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Re: Killie ponds

What is a "Hellbender"?
Rawlin

Christopher W Vasold wrote:

> Hello All,
> Just wanted to share my experience with ponds, a neighbor of mine has a pond
> that is about 500 gallons. I purchased some Flag fish in a LFS last year which
> did not do much for me so in they went. Well I looked in the pond yesterday and
> saw half a dozen swimming around. This pond has been set up for 20 years and
> has only been drained a few times and at the deep end (5 feet) there is about 3
> feet of mud in which resides the biggest Hellbender I have ever seen. It has
> been there about 20 years also. The majority of the fish are Mosquito fish but
> there are also four 8" Goldfish, a few gold colored minnows (my contribution
> again),and some Lima's (livebearers), that I just added and some Pupfish. This
> pond has no filtration and all of the fish are extremely healthy. The eat
> whatever falls in the pond and the only food they get is half a can of Vets
> brand dog food that my neighbors wife tosses in to feed the Hellbender every
> few days. BTW, the Hellbender was given to Arizona State University as part of
> a pair and when their usefulness was over into the pond they went. This guy is
> probably over 2 feet long and when we drain the pond this fall I will get to
> see just how long he is. Anyway any interesting killies that I come across in
> the future just may find their way into the pond.
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