**** WINTRY WEATHER ****

It´s December and the weather has suddenly gone from warm and mild to wet,very windy and now frequently cold.
Our pump has now been turned off for the winter duration as our oxygen intake has decreased with nature and our bodies kind of shut down,so we hang around near to the bottom more now and have long since stopped being fed fish food.
If we get a bit peckish,we just feed off of the grubs that land on the pond´s surface or crawls though along the plant foliage but basically we have all slowed up now and are taking it easy.

We surface when the warm wintry sun is upon our backs and laze around for a bit but now,when the weather is colder and wetter,we sink low and stay snug,in our kind of fishy way.
Roll on the Spring,when the temperature gradually warm´s our water,the sun is out for longer and feel´s stronger and the frogs lay their spawn in our plants.......nothing better than a good tadpole feast,as you regain body condition after the long winter.
Best bit too,is when our pump get´s switched back on and we can frolic and splash in the waterfall,which helps to remove any unwanted parasites and make´s us feel generally good.

Well,till then..............enjoy winter.....blub,blub,blub,blub!!!!.