It was a great day and the first time this year I've really felt the sun beating down on my back. Roll on summer! The water the fish were in was quite shallow and not so cold, although
@shangman might feel differently!
I did put a couple of the fry into one of my outdoor ponds with lots of plant cover. It'll be interesting to see how they fare and develop.
I was really intrigued by what the water parameters might be where we found them. I stupidly forgot all about that when I got home and poured most of the water away. Luckily there was just enough to get 4 tests in. I didn't bother testing ammonia and nitrite as I assumed the water is well and truly cycled 😅 I didn't have enough water anyway.
Now, I know hobbyist test kits can be off but this test is brand new and seems to align with control fluids. It was
nothing like I was expecting...
TDS ~500 (It was swinging from 480 to 600 but most often settled at 500).
pH - 8
GH - 43 (thanks, that's my test fluid drained 🙃)
KH - 29 (also, thanks.)
NO3 - 20
For some reason I expected the water to be really similar to my collected rainwater, with KH 3 and GH 3, but it was anything but. I suppose in these water ways there's a lot of things the water passes over to pick up minerals and a crap ton of things dissolving into the water, including human trash. Even if the results are not pinpoint accurate, the sticklebacks are living in some hardcore water compared to our aquariums!
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