This has been the most delayed update ever! I haven't been on this forum much over the last year, but i have not forgotten about this thread.
Last year over the course of June and July i started adding goldfish to the pond. The first goldfish to go in the pond were not my tank ones though- the parents of a friend of a friend had a seriously overstocked goldfish pond and were trying to rehome their goldfish so i went down to their place and picked up 8 goldfish (4 white/cream color ones, one of which has red lips, 3 orange ones and 1 black one) and added those to the pond. About a month later i added 6 of my tank goldfish to the pond, leaving 3 of the them in the tank. Here are some of the pictures i took of me adding my tank goldfish to the pond at the time.
Goldfish floating in their bags in the pond (there was a lot of duckweed in the pond at the time- its all gone now);
The garden & pond;
The waterfall area (the waterfall was quite obscured by the tall pond plants);
Other end of the pond;
Goldfish in their bags about to be let out;
Being released into the pond;
Exploring the pond- "Ooo there's another fish here already!";
The rescued/adopted goldfish and the tank goldfish quickly made friends and started swimming up and down the pond together
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