well, where do I start, a mate of mine rang me tonight and said "I have a present for you Tone?"... err what are you talking about, I said... I recently helped her empty a pond in her garden, which we did 2 weeks ago, it was pretty much empty, with a small amount of dreggs in the bottom..

Today she sold the pond to some guy from out of town, who came to collect it.... he tipped it up and to his surprise saw a fish, hidden in the algae and weed that was left in the pond.... assuming it was dead he went to tip it out and it moved.....

it turns out that the fish was indeed alive, it had survived FREEZING temperatures, NO WATER, so nothing to swim in, a mad dog and a 3 year old lad lol lol.... for over 2 weeks...

so, ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce you to ALISON, ALI for short coz shes such a fighter lol... (named tonight by me and a dear friend)





she is believed to be a DOJO LOACH, or WEATHER LOACH... I have rehomed her in a small tank I have that has just a few danios in, but, if she survives the change to positively tropical temperatures, she will be the first esident of my new tank in the wall....

I cant belive she survived, but she did, so I'm hoping she survives and kees fighting...

T

thats awesome mate!! gotta b one of the coolest looking fish ever!!

will look the shit in yr new tank. am sure he'll b fine if he survived so long in the pond!!

fantastic bud!!

Fingers Crossed T... I love her and I think she is mine.

I am sure in your care, she will thrive!

cool story tony im sure she'll do fine now that shes in your care

cool Tony... i believe it is really a weather loach that could hibernate
for a long period of time without water, just buried their body under the
ground before the pond dries up.

PAUL wrote:

Yes, a true survivor that is, with exceptional addaptations to survive conditions that are deadly for most other fish.
Sweet specimen.
What's their potential adult size?
I love to get special fish from friends.
And yeah, i got some of those friends too, they're a real blessing!
Your a lucky guy.
Man, your tank is gonna rock!

i think they go to about 10", shes about 7 or 8 already, so probably adult, I will see how she gets on and keep my fingers crossed..

T

fantastic mate!

Thats is a cool story and i cant wait to see the fish in the new tank!

very lucky fish. i know some cats can live in those conditions along withs eels i guess your dojo can too. )

what u going to be feeding it T?

yeah lucky indeed marcus lol...

i dropped a couple of algae pellets in for now see if they interest her..

T