Hurricane Sandy fish - alive in my pool!

[Charley]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azQ_dfJYHzE

Well, In a sense, I guess I have one of the largest fish tanks on LI at the moment.

Opened, the pool 2 weeks ago to discover fish in the pool! In the process of converting the saltwater back to freshwater.

Using a minnow trap, I caught 9 fish so far, at 5 more that I see. Put them in an old 10 gallon outside.

 

[Arati]

that's crazy. thanx for the video

 

[jerl77]

Lol that's great make the pool into a reef

 

[beastium]

Ill buy 1 from u??

 

[Cu455]

Thats awesome. Do you know what they are? You should just leave it a saltwater pond.

 

[Charley]

Probably should sell them on Ebay...rare Hurricane Sandy fish!

 

[Charley]

Seems to be killie's and minnows......In the pool, the killies have a nice light blue on top that's surprisingly quite pretty. Nicer than when you see them in the bay. In the tank they look kinda drab again........will try for a pic tomorrow if the water settles down and clears up a bit. They are real skittish in there. Was hoping for something more exotic. Wish they were a pair of clowns or a trigger!

 

[Charley]

Hey Beastium...........give you a great deal on them

 

[beastium]

Lol yea saltwater pond that's crazy. I for real would house one. Im waiting for a pic

 

[Charley]

Ok, will have a pic tomorrow......took some today but not so good......

 

[Charley]

Looks like another dozen or so in trap......will leave them there overnight...

 

[crox99]

What did they eat for 9 months?

 

[Charley]

I see them eating the algae on the walls of the pools......maybe some bugs but always picking on the algae,

 

[ROGERWILCO357]

Man U could have found a shark in there lol make it a reef pool that would be awesome dive in with mask check ur corals hand feed the fish sweet.

 

[46nBliss]

cool video. were you a little shocked at first to see fish in there?

 

[Charley]

Yes, very shocked because of the cold winter and no light since I did put a blue tarp on after the storm that I just removed 2 weeks ago. Have caught about 25 approx. so far. I think I will release them into the bay this evening.....they are so skittish there is no way to enjoy them in a tank.......There are still more swimming around the bait trap......they survived the drop down in saltwater from 8,000 ppm to 2,100 ppm. Have to bring it down to 400ppm to run the pumps. Will take 3 more days....

 

[beastium]

Are they still alive in the 10 gallon? haha can you please take a pic of that 10g?

 

[Weicowireman]

Aint that some shizzz..

 

[beastium]

Are they back in the ocean

 

[Charley]

Well.....more complicated than that...they have perished!