I don't know what the fish are (there are just two species) but I was
very surprised to see they had succumbed to the cold. There was no ice
on the pond. The lowest temperatures were below freezing at night only
for a few days and the lowest here was 25 F (-4 C) with a couple days on
either side where the low was a few degrees higher.
But the water was very shallow... probably averages only about 1 foot.
If you look at the photo of the pond you can see that the high water
mark is very much higher. At the present water level there is no
connection to the inlet and outlet streams.
Before sending I decided to check the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission's website. The nearest fish appears to be a
Warmouth <http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/Freshwaterfish_Warmouth.htm>
The appearance is very similar except that in death and underwater the
Warmouth's coloration is not seen. I didn't find anything else that
looks like the second species (not seen in my photo)
Chuck Norcutt
Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Yes, we had a small pond in our garden in the Netherlands that always
> froze, but the fish in it survived fine. I assume Florida fish are
> not used to living under ice....
>
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> On Jan 14, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>
>> What type of fish are they Chuck? They look like some type of "pan
>> fish" (perch, crappie, red breast, etc.) but must be something
>> unique to Florida since all of the previous survive the winter here
>> at the bottom of the lake/stream. Perhaps the pond is too shallow.
>> Too bad.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
>> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> The pond out behind my place here in Palmetto, Florida and some
>>> of the 45 fish that didn't survive. My rough guess on first
>>> discovering this scene was that 20-30 fish had succumbed to the
>>> cold and that none had survived. The next day I did a count and
>>> was surprised to find 45 that hadn't made it. Most of the fish
>>> are about 1 foot long. Since reflections keep me from seeing
>>> into the entire pond I think there may actually be about 60. But
>>> I was surprised to find 5 live ones where the day before I had
>>> seen none. Many of the plants are also in poor condition.
>>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Winterset_pond/index.htm>
>>>
>>> ps: I got most of them but I was very frustrated by not being
>>> able to completely remove the blue sky reflections from the water
>>> with my polarizer in photo 2.
>>>
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