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12 Sep 2000 A Blue Heron found the pond for the first time yesterday afternoon. I saw a few fish left last night, but this morning it was back for a snack. I have seen no fish since then. The pondcam has not captured sight of a fish since the 13th. Anybody who has a successful recipe for keeping these sushi eaters away from a pond please send me email at the address at the bottom of the page.

26 Aug 2000 We bought two more Shubunkins from Tropic Isle as a birthday present for 'Grandma' and we hoped that she would leave them in the pond for us to look after. Happily, this turned out to be the case. I feel very mean putting them in the salt dip before introducing them to the pond, but it doesn't seem to kill them (1lb non-iodized salt to 1 Gal of water). They stay in for 15 seconds -- by the end they look almost dead and are not moving. Then I transfer them to the pond and they sink to the bottom. But after maybe 30-60 seconds they start to swim off and by the following day, they seem fine. I hope that it kills the parasites!

12 Aug 2000 I found a small black fish which is turning gold. I think that this is our first baby!!

23 Jul 2000 We added two new Shubunkins to the top pond. Hopefully they will eat some of the bugs up there! While in the store (Tropic Isle), we saw the feeders that we bought last year. We had forgotten how small they really were, and how much they had grown in our pond. The camera is now connected through a surge suppressor. Lets hope that this provides some measure of protection.

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Open source audio/video streaming software -- this drives my pondcam