March 1998

Started the pond

April 1998

All month - setting the stones around the edge

May 1998

	9 Sarasa Comet attempting to mate with Shubunkin late at night
	10 A female Shubunkin died - exhausted from mating !
	23 A Diamond Mirror Carp died from "Cotton wool fungus"

June 1998

	5 Sturgeons missing - presumed caught by cats
	6 Completed the edging of the pond
	7 Saw 3 tiny fish in the pond - this is the first time I'd seen any fry.
	8 Fish mating again
	21 Saw a fish hatch from an egg !
	27 Moved some fry to the reserve tank
	28 Bought 2 sterlettes - Dr Benson & Dr Carter.

July 1998

	5 Cannot see the Sturgeons - clearly they are easy prey for cats so I'll never buy any more.
	8 Fish mating again !

August 1998

	23 Bought 2x Ghost Koi & 1x Sarasa Comet
	31 Mike & Beth brought round Big Betty, a "Pond-Fill Refugee"

September 1998

	1 Finally managed to get some fish to eat from my hand.
	10 Spotted a new fish. Proportionally, it's longer than the other baby fish and very pale. Just over an inch long.
	19 Ghost Koi No 2 found to have "fin rot". Placed the fish in the Isolation Tank and used the Pond Cure stuff.
	23 Ghost Koi No 1 died - "fin rot".

October 1998

	9 Simon's Pond Page published on the internet
	11 Fish mating again - isn't it a bit unusual for them to be doing this so late in the year?
	18 Gutso wounded - a cut down her side. Appeared to recover.
	20 Most of the fish appear dormant - resting on the silt motionless. Apparently this is normal during cold spells. Most plants are now dying.
	23 Gutso died from a fungal infection from her wound (tried the usual chemical treatment in an isolation tank). See Tips and learn from my mistakes.

November 1998

	Cold weather - fish dormant
	Switched the pump off

February 1999

12 Saw a frog for the first time in months - it must be hibernating somewhere nearby.

March 1999

	14 Frogs everywhere
	21 1st frog spawn
	22 More frog spawn - now 4 clumps ! The frogs will come right up to me if I make a croaking sound - I presume it's because they think I'm some kind of big female frog ! I can hear the frogs croaking all night!
	31 After 10 days there are signs that the frog spawn is growing

April 1999

	2 Added stones around the edges & a shower for the birds.
	4 Tadpoles hatched after 2 weeks
	5 Bought 3x Ghost Carp

May 1999

	1 Virtually all the tadpoles had been eaten by the fish
	22 Finally managed to get the Blue Orfes to take food from my hand. A victory because these are very shy fish!

June 1999

	25 The goldfish were mating.
	26 Found eggs near surface, Note this happened weeks earlier last year.

July 1999

	3 Saw a dozen small fry that can't be more than a day or two old.
	12 Bought 2x Plecostomus about 2 inches long. (Bad idea!)

August 1999

1 Scary has some kind of fungus on gill - applied treatment.

September 1999

	23 Despite treatment the fungus remains.
	25 Bought 3x Ghost koi (2x silver, 1x yellow/gold).

November 1999

The fish have lost their appetite at last!

February 2000

10 Saw the first frogs - they appeared on the 12th last year - what a coincidence!

March 2000

	9 1st frogspawn.
	25 Tadpoles beginning to wriggle inside frogspawn.
	30 Tadpoles hatched after nearly 3 weeks.

April 2000

Virtually all tadpoles in pond have been eaten by the fish.

May 2000

28 Received 4x Smooth Newts from Cath & Dave's pond in Barnsley.

June 2000

	10 Fish mating. Female goldfish, male goldfish (Joe55) and Sarasa Comet (Angel.) This was after an unusually warm day.
	13 Saw tiny fry - it only took 3 days for the eggs to hatch in this hot weather.
	27 Fish breeding again !

July 2000

	1 Bought 3xkoi
	2 Saw some tiny newts

The diary ends here !

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