Wow!!! That much for a FISH!!!???
The thing is, the koi people might think we’re just as strange spending that much and more on a horse…
Kim
Mmmm. I like SeaKitten and Chips. With malt vinegar.
Hilarious thread!
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I feel it necessary to make a PSA to point out that I never actually beat my fish. [/QUOTE]
Yeah, right, you fish abuser. I bet you don’t even give them peas. :no:
So… I’m trying to find a good fresh fish store within driving distance of Danbury CT, Patterson/ Pawling NY.
Simply canNOT find my shad roe this year. And the season is coming to a close!
Anyone??
Any thread that can simultaneously make me bust out laughing and wet my pants…deserves a prize. That’s all I’m sayin’.
City Fish Market Inc
www.cfishct.com
884 Silas Deane Hwy
Wethersfield, CT 06109
(860) 257-6467
Get directions
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These seasonal items are available for a limited period of time. Soft Shell Crabs are in season from April to September with a peak production during the month of May. Cape Cod and Nantucket Bay Scallops, these tender, delicious scallops are in season from October to March. Block Island Bluefish is running during the summer months; May through September. Delicious Striped Bass are available by catch quotas; when a quota has been filled the fishery is closed. Shad and Shad Roe; this season begins in March with early catches from Virginia and continues until our season ends with the Connecticut River production, April 15th through early June.
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Any thread that can simultaneously make me bust out laughing and wet my pants…deserves a prize. That’s all I’m sayin’.[/QUOTE]
this is what I am talking about for all of you anti “Hoot and Tick” COTHers!!!:D:)::lol::winkgrin::yes:;):no:
I deserve a prize:winkgrin:
As long as we’re giving out awards, I heartily nominate Seven-up for the above post. I haven’t laughed that hard in a while…in fact, I don’t think I’ve laughed that hard since I read about the investigation into the goldfish scandal, in which numerous six-figure imported rollkur-trained Koi bought without a trial by an independently wealthy junior were later killed for insurance money 
Yes they do. People travel all over the country to attend fish shows. They give out prizes, trophies, ribbons. Hell, if people can show breyer horses, why not fish?
They are judged according to finnage, color, personality, etc.
Just so you know - a pair of show quality Ryukins sells for enough $$$ to buy you a new pair of riding boots.
I ordered a few fish at one time or another that were around $80 a fish. Beautiful fish with nice finnage and color ARE worth a lot if they are healthy and well bred. No different than anything else a person wants to breed and sell. In Japan, Koi and Goldifsh are big business.
There’s nothing wrong with it, IF the fish are well cared for. That’s all I’m saying. Goldfish are messy, they require high levels of Vitamin C in the diet, and they NEED cold water. Cold water fish require double the oxygen than tropical or reef fish. You cannot get that in the typical horse tank sitting out in the sun. With inadequate oxygen, their organs fail and blood pools in the fills. Fish or otherwise, it’s not exactly good “husbandry” if you won’t care for the fish correctly.
Goldfish has a lifespan of 12-14 years if cared for properly. People are happy if they get 2 or 3 years out of them. All I’m saying is that when cared for correctly, the fish live a long time and stay healthy.
ALL fish carry a lot of bacteria and parasites both internally and externally. Get any bit of stress going on from warm temperatures, or inadequate nutrition, and they can have a major breakout of bacterial infestation and/or parasites. I guess when you see parasitic worms or a white bacterial bloom in your horse’s water source, you’ll think again about how you care for them.
Not sure I want my fish drinking water that has gill flukes, anchor worms, or fish lice floating around in it. Or any number different fungus, virus, and bacteria strains.
So sure, if you want to supplement their diet and make sure the water stays cool, then go for it.
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City Fish Market Inc
www.cfishct.com
884 Silas Deane Hwy
Wethersfield, CT 06109
(860) 257-6467
Get directions
Seasonal Favorites
These seasonal items are available for a limited period of time. Soft Shell Crabs are in season from April to September with a peak production during the month of May. Cape Cod and Nantucket Bay Scallops, these tender, delicious scallops are in season from October to March. Block Island Bluefish is running during the summer months; May through September. Delicious Striped Bass are available by catch quotas; when a quota has been filled the fishery is closed. Shad and Shad Roe; this season begins in March with early catches from Virginia and continues until our season ends with the Connecticut River production, April 15th through early June.[/QUOTE]
Thanks Equibrit, but that’s about an hour and a half from my house.
My fault, I suppose, ‘driving distance’ is a relative term. For grocery items anyway.
…and in respect to the mods, I’m fully aware Im Wa-a-a-y OT & NHR now. Golfish swimming in equine water troughs is acceptable. Shad Roe for a Friday night supper, notsomuch…
Sansena…it’s not cheap but Westbrook Lobster house delivers. They usually have shad roe.
Ooops it said 56 miles Around here that’s close !
LOL…here in CT that’c across the state. :winkgrin: Unless you’re trying to travel on Rte 84 through Hartford during rush hour…then that’s 90 minutes for 2 miles. :lol:
Shad roe isn’t as easy to find as it used to be. Not as many people seem to enjoy it anymore, my husband loves it and I enjoy it too. But Westbrook does carry it…if they don’t have it in they’ll contact you when they do get it in. You can pick up or have it delivered. Oddly enough…Westbrook Lobster House (both a restaurant and a fish seller) isn’t in Westbrook but right near the town line on the Clinton side. Fantastic fresh steamers there too. Mmmmm, now I’m hungry.
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There’s nothing wrong with it, IF the fish are well cared for. That’s all I’m saying. Goldfish are messy, they require high levels of Vitamin C in the diet, and they NEED cold water. Cold water fish require double the oxygen than tropical or reef fish. You cannot get that in the typical horse tank sitting out in the sun. With inadequate oxygen, their organs fail and blood pools in the fills. Fish or otherwise, it’s not exactly good “husbandry” if you won’t care for the fish correctly.
Goldfish has a lifespan of 12-14 years if cared for properly. People are happy if they get 2 or 3 years out of them. All I’m saying is that when cared for correctly, the fish live a long time and stay healthy.
ALL fish carry a lot of bacteria and parasites both internally and externally. Get any bit of stress going on from warm temperatures, or inadequate nutrition, and they can have a major breakout of bacterial infestation and/or parasites. I guess when you see parasitic worms or a white bacterial bloom in your horse’s water source, you’ll think again about how you care for them.
Not sure I want my fish drinking water that has gill flukes, anchor worms, or fish lice floating around in it. Or any number different fungus, virus, and bacteria strains.
So sure, if you want to supplement their diet and make sure the water stays cool, then go for it.[/QUOTE]
That is why I add water daily to my tank - it comes out of the well which is 485 ft. below ground at approximately 57 degrees (yes, I am anal, I did take temps). I overflow the tank, the tank is in the shade primarily all day, and during the winter, I float a ball in the tank so that the tank doesn’t freeze over, but my fish seem to hibernate during the winter. My goldfish or koi or whatever they are, seem to thrive on minimal handling, they grow and are extremely pretty, deep orange with no “white spots” or other apparent disease on them.
I try hard to keep the tank reasonably clean and the horses must add nutrients to the tank by their feed, hay dunks, etc. The algae eater is now 5 inches long and is of the sucker fish variety, I don’t know the technical name for him, but he appears quite lively when I try to catch him with the net.
Three 3-4" goldfish (maybe they are koi and I just don’t know the difference but they don’t have the wonderful fins that some goldfish have) in a 100 gallon tank and they are growing ever larger. The fourth must be rehomed this year to another tank as he/she is 4" now and I don’t think overcrowding is the way to go.
These fish have the horses trained I think, horse approaches tank, fish come to the top to see “what they will drop in”. I do feed goldfish pellets/flakes and only a smidge of that to keep the tank cleaner and the fish from being overfed.
I have well water, so no chems are in the mix. I have a fear that fish two and three will reach five inches this year, so they must not be gold fish? and they will require a new tank.
I love my fish, the horses put up with them, the cats haven’t discovered them and the dogs are scared of the horses (Tyranna put the fear of God into the horse chasing Bria) so none go into the paddock to aggravate the fish.
Am I supposed to do something more? Add Vitamin C drops in the form of what? We don’t have a pet supply house here, but since they survived all last year, last winter and now here it is spring, I’d like to see them keep going!
I aim for long lived fishies.
Mayhew-- ok, I’m busted, I never gave them peas. But peas are gross. :lol: What if you put a bunch of peas in there and they didn’t like them? You’re left with pea soup. Or sea poop, maybe.
Vandy-- thanks for the nom. takes a bow:lol:
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Yes They do. Take it as a given that a fish out of a tank has a slight parasite load and you would treat it for parasites right afterwards. Would you buy a horse out of pasture and not worm it? [/QUOTE]
No, I would not buy a horse out of pasture and not deworm it. OK, so I’m not really a fish person. I have a question, do fish in tanks require deoworming? I had a Betta for 4 years and I had special stuff for him but I don’t recall having a dewormer. How does the pet store know the fish is clean? I’m asking because I want to get another Betta to keep at my work. (sorry to go off topic)
So if people have goldfish in their water tanks, do they have to deworm the fish? Is there any risk of horses catching parasites from the fish if they aren’t treated?
So i’ve never heard of and/or tried this whole goldfish thing, but is it really that difficult to just clean the tank yourself once a week? God knows we have all touched something much worse than some tank scum while dealing with our horses.
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Mayhew-- ok, I’m busted, I never gave them peas. But peas are gross. :lol: What if you put a bunch of peas in there and they didn’t like them? You’re left with pea soup. Or sea poop, maybe.
Vandy-- thanks for the nom. takes a bow:lol:[/QUOTE]
They love peas, at least mine do. I give my Rollkur Koi shrimp and scallops too. That’s kind of canibal-ish isn’t it?
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So i’ve never heard of and/or tried this whole goldfish thing, but is it really that difficult to just clean the tank yourself once a week? God knows we have all touched something much worse than some tank scum while dealing with our horses.[/QUOTE]
Not if you have a 100 gallon tank. But in many parts of the country, people with livestock rely on very large, immovable concrete tanks. It’s much easier to let the fish do the work in that case.
