moving to their new home...

While I wish that this post was about people/dog people moving into their new home, meaning us and McKinney, that is not the case!  A couple of months ago, Tom, the builder, told us that the house would be ready mid June...that was the first time I realized that his perception of reality might differ from reality.  While we are getting very close (updates to come in a separate post), we are still very far away!   

So, as I jealously post this entry, our fish are getting to enjoy their new home before us...unh unh unh!  The only solace I get from this whole experience is that I would not be able to breathe underwater as long as they can!

The move began yesterday.  Thanks to the kind lady at Water Gardens Galore who provided us with fish safe bags and a pill for each bag that is supposed to like make them high or something so that they can manage the 20 minute ride in a bag filled with our nasty pond water.  Pond fish are quite high maintenance - when they get stressed they do this heavy breathing, really dramatic puffing thing. 

The pond that Dan built (awesome owner of Sublime Water Garden) is breaking in quite nicely...the bog plants are starting to do great things to the water.  If you do not know what a bog is, it is a natural filter with a lot of rocks that allow water to flow up through them to filter the water and then fall over the weir into the pond.

 All of the bubbles created by the waterfall oxygenate the pond...the fishies love the waterfall.  In addition, the bottom drain is aerated.  With 1200 gallons of bog filtered, aerated water, the new home of our fishies is quite an upgrade.  This is not to say that their former home was a dump...it just wasn't professionally installed plus it didn't have the modern equipment that makes it a sustainable, healthy environment.
 

The first three fish to move were basically the first three that we could catch and the other four evasive fish made their way this morning.  We also transported the pond plants to the new pond. 

Since the sacrificial lambs (fish given to us by Dan during the open house) and the first three fishies from our pond adapted just as well, I am most confident that the four today will think that it was worth the stress...however, from what I hear, fishies forget things every three seconds.

Stay tuned for when the real people are finally able to move to their new home...