Re: Fish in well water ????

[Guest guest]

Few years back we had a water problem. Was dry so we checked the level

first. Ours is 14 ft. deep, fed by 3 underground, sand filtered springs on

an aquifer. Was told we go dry, the town is. When DH took concrete top off

there were a few snakes swimming around in it and the problem was a well

part coming out of well.. He removed snakes, found their entryway, and

plugged it. I'd check it to see if there's anything evident in it or entry

which could be a new underground spring, hard to figure with water covering.

Any digging going on around you? Pond nearby? DH not here to ask if there is

any kind of screen or filter at well outtake. Knew someone who got squirrels

in their well more than once. Have no clue how but would be thankful for a

fish, salamander or snake to a squirrel.

Wanita

>

> Ok folks, here is a twighlight zone mystery for you ...

>

> My daughter was grossed out the other day by finding

> a strange lump on some ice from our icemaker. I figured

> something had dropped onto the ice from the freezer.

>

> Well, today I saw something hanging out the ice chute,

> and I put it under a magnifier ... it was kind of fragile

> and gellike, like a slug, but when I looked at it under

> magnification, it looked a whole lot like a baby fish.

> Eyes, tail, the whole bit.

>

> OK, I would write this off to an urban legend, except

> it happened to ME, and not under the influence of

> anything but green tea. Now our water IS well water,

> but it goes through a Culligan system to soften it, which

> I guess doesn't filter it.

>

> Any of you folks with well water have any ideas? Salamander

> eggs maybe? The well is capped with concrete and a big

> pump, it's not open at all.

>

> -- Heidi

[Guest guest]

>He removed snakes, found their entryway, and

>plugged it. I'd check it to see if there's anything evident in it or entry

>which could be a new underground spring, hard to figure with water covering.

>Any digging going on around you? Pond nearby? DH not here to ask if there is

>any kind of screen or filter at well outtake. Knew someone who got squirrels

>in their well more than once. Have no clue how but would be thankful for a

>fish, salamander or snake to a squirrel.

>

>Wanita

Ack! Yeah, the mention of snakes certainly makes me feel

more thankful!

Our well is 150 feet down, I think, and checking it is rather difficult

at best. There are ponds all over, though I didn't think they had fish.

No one has disturbed anything within several hundred feet of the well

for years. However, there seem to be a lot of underground " pipes "

all over the property. When we try to flush out gophers, the

water never comes out the other gopher hole. On the side

of the hill, water gushes from these little holes in the side

of the hill (about 700 feet away from our yard) but we have

no idea where THAT water is coming from. So I guess it would be

very possible that some little " pipe " empties into the well.

Anyway, I feel less crazy now ...

-- Heidi

[Guest guest]

--Maybe they're tadpoles?

Robin

In , Heidi Schuppenhauer

<heidis@t...> wrote:

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> Any of you folks with well water have any ideas? Salamander

> eggs maybe? The well is capped with concrete and a big

> pump, it's not open at all.

>

> -- Heidi

[Guest guest]

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>--Maybe they're tadpoles?

>

>Robin

I thought about that, but I've seen a LOT

of tadpoles and they usually have a big head

with a tiny tail, and usually are black when small.

-- Heidi