I cleaned up the nice balcony #medaka pond enough to move there the medaka that were in the nasty garden medaka ponds (as well as the big water lilly).

Now, I wonder if I did the right thing. All the medaka in the balcony pond died last winter (No idea why, the snails survived, and I even spotted a shrimp - I thought shrimps were not supposed to live through the winter), whereas at least five, maybe more (the water is nasty) survived in the garden ponds. 🤔

#LifeInJapan #Spring

@David I kept mine inside this winter (midatlantic US) in perfect conditions and lost a few, with the common wisdom saying they should have been outside. Moving them outside next week. For such easy fish mine have been fussy

@small_cypress "midatlantic US"

Sorry, I don't know what that means in terms of climate. (nor location really, I don't think that the US is in the middle of the Altantic). 🤔 🤷‍♂️

@David ahh sorry - like the middle of the Atlantic coast of the US (near Washington DC - so not freezing like further north or as mild as Florida down south)