Slick

Slick is my 3-4 year old Koi. It has no scales on the sides. So touching it or petting it is no harm to the fish.  Slick has out grown his 28 gallon tank.

My friend Tim and his wife have just moved to a new place in Iowa with beautiful gardens in the back yard.  He told me he was starting to look for koi to go in the pond he was going to install.  It didn't take long to figure out that He and Slick needed each other.

I found out that I needed to go to Iowa on business and I was going straight passed Tim's place. It was Slick's time to move.  Date and time was set... then the drama began.  Saturday just before 9AM I walked into the porch to maka a call. (Phone company - more cell towers please!) On the way back in, the bottom of the tank was surrounded in water! YIKES!

*did Slick jump and splash?
*was the tank leaking?

Only one way to tell. Slick went into a 5 gallon pale.  I emptied, cleaned out the tank, dried it well and put it in the tub with a few inches of water. In between that time, I went to the chiropractor and had to figure out how to keep Slick alive for 36 hours.  My boyfriend borrowed me his cooler he takes when fishing for northerns. Then I bought a minnow aeriator for inside the cooler. I got home and Slick was upside down in the pale! It wasn't that long.  I quickly dumped him into the cooler and started the air.  I was VERY worried. 

Slick has been in Iowa for 4 days now and is still alive and splashing plenty.  Tim was hoping to pick up a bigger aquarium tonight for winters andto give slick more room until the pond is ready.