{"id":1031,"date":"2012-03-11T01:05:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T01:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2012-03-11T01:15:19","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T01:15:19","slug":"new-showas-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/2012\/03\/new-showas-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"New Showas 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

I visited Wet Pets today for the spring opening. My intention was to go get a piece of filter matting to replace one that is falling apart but of course the fish were calling my name. I saw several that I liked including many doitsu showas. However due to budget constraints and the wife being with me I settled on a pair of showas from the AA grade tank. Below is a picture taken of them in the box and bag they rode home in just before entering their new home. <\/p>\n

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\nThe first showa is 11 inches and was spotted by my daughter. She has a good mix of black, white, and red and has a mask over one eye and it reminded her of the Harry Potter character Mad-Eye Moody, so she has been named Mad-Eye. The second is an 8 inch hi showa which is red and black on top but has some white on the stomach and fins. For some reason my wife sees a spiderman mask pattern and so he is known as Spider-fish or Spidey. Both fish are from Ogata Koi farm in Japan. Both are a bit orange right now but I am hoping with a bit of sunshine, good food, and pond algae they will darken to a nice red over the summer. WetPets has its tanks in a hanger which limits sunlight and the fish lose some of their color. It was a nice day for a drive to the mountains and adding two fish to the collection is icing on the cake. <\/p>\n

Other pond keeping news…
\nWhile filling the pond after cleaning today I had a heavy metal nozzle with a narrow outlet on the hose and it was spraying very hard into the water, so I went to move it. I grabbed the hose about 3 feet from the end and it rocketed up and whacked me on the nose. No broken bones but I now have a nice gash there. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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