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Garden Ponds and Aquariums. |
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Posts: 231 29-Mar-2008 12:59 " Bandit " |
How many of you on here have a garden pond ? Do you have any fish in them?
If so, please post a pic and let's start some discussion as to fish behaviour in them. If you dont have a pond, do you have an aquarium? |
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halibutflap |
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Posts: 94 29-Mar-2008 13:20 |
I used to have a pond at my old place but now the neighbours in the flat below me objected to me sinking one into there lounge!! I have a tropical tank but
don't have any pics to put on as yet - One thing I will say with a tank is...if you have a foot long plec dont bother planting it up with nice plants to
make it look great...the b******ds rip it up in less time than it took me to plant them!!
I know where you are coming from though bandit, there is a specific time in the spring when the water temp rises to the point where they just seem to explode into life....having a pond is a great indicator for when to increase feed levels when fishing. I had mainly goldfish with a couple of Koi and ghosties by the way. |
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matchman1.barbelfishingworld |
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Posts: 231 29-Mar-2008 14:05 " Bandit " |
I have a small pond in the garden , its got maybe a dozen or so goldfish, and a couple of small koi. I will attach pic.
Correct Halibut, they are brilliant for watching feeding habits etc. I have fed them up with micro pellets over the winter, and been amazed as to how they feed and the depths they feed at. Totally useful! In October they were about say 2 ounces in weight, they are now at least 6 ! Hope the pics work on my next post. Keep adding any thoughts of "fish watching" in a pond or aquarium, and what anyone has learnt from it. |
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Posts: 231 29-Mar-2008 14:26 " Bandit " |
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Posts: 231 29-Mar-2008 14:31 " Bandit " |
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Posts: 231 29-Mar-2008 14:32 " Bandit " |
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Posts: 231 29-Mar-2008 14:34 " Bandit " |
spot the fish..lol... they are in there!!
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Posts: 3921 31-Mar-2008 13:00 " Nike "
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Roo050969 |
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 Posts: 1347 31-Mar-2008 20:35
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I did have a pond in the back garden a few years ago but thanks to the local heron it got wiped out overnight.
We have a coldwater tank indoors with 3 fantail goldfish, 1 Blackmore and 6 Minnows in. Trying to see some form of feeding pattern is quite a task as it is a free for all when the food first goes in but I have noticed that the larger fish will only be on top for a little while and then move down to await the food hitting the bottom. They also stay out of the "active" feed area and wait for it to come to them. This demonstrates the fact the fish are not always in your main feeding area when out fishing. Roo
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izzak |
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Posts: 65 1-Apr-2008 00:27 |
One pond two tanks. Pond contains comets and blue orfe. There are 3 large comets which breed every year oh boy do they breed. Interestingly one of them lost
its pigment and turned a pinky white. This throws up some very different colours in the off spring. Varying from white pink light orange and dark orange.
The two tanks are used to grow on some of each tears fry. |
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uniden300.barbelfishingworld |
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 Posts: 5 15-Apr-2008 13:20 |
ive got 2 ponds but 1 is being moved to a new place in garden and ive allso got a 6ft fish tank in conservertory i will put some pics up
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 Posts: 113 16-Apr-2008 10:03 |
I have a pond, 25l tank on the stairs landing and a 60l in my bedroom. in the pond i have 8 goldfish, 2 comets, 2 shubumkins and a grass carp that i never see.
in the tank on the landing i have 1 fancy goldfish and in my tank in my bedroom i have 5 fancy goldfish 8 minnows and a sucking loach, i hope to get a weather
loach today.
Regards Michael |
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Posts: 65 18-Apr-2008 02:20 |
Had a big problem all winter. The pond was losing water, the level dropped 4-6 inches every day. I did check tubing etc from the filter but nothing was
found. I was dreading having to replace the lining.
Anyway the other day I decided to clean out the filter, again nothing was found after checking all the fittings. there were no visible indications of a leak. We have not topped up the pond since???????? |
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PoleFisher90 |
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Posts: 113 18-Apr-2008 19:03 |
sounds like a hole in the liner.
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Posts: 65 21-Apr-2008 02:17 |
Thats what we thought. The pond hasnt lost any water for days now.
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Posts: 231 21-Apr-2008 18:24 " Bandit " |
AAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!! went to the pond this morning, and a couple of herons have visited, and wiped me out of my fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they also did the same to
neighbours, as you can see I had canes across the pond, but obviously not suffice!!! What a bad day!!!
Any suggestions? can I just add some more fish? |
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Posts: 1254 21-Apr-2008 18:31
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we had the canes on my mates pond ,but we strung string ,from one to the other ,along the top ,the middle and about a foot from the bottom, as they dont
like things touching there necks , and next time they came back , they touched the sting and off they went ,try it mate , bk
TO HOT TO HANDLE ,,BUT COLDER THAN ICE,
 
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Posts: 231 22-Apr-2008 10:55 " Bandit " |
They will have a pellet in there necks if they come back lol... cheers BK, will try that, any suggestions of fish to add in?
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Posts: 1254 22-Apr-2008 21:34
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matchman1 wrote:
TO HOT TO HANDLE ,,BUT COLDER THAN ICE,
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Posts: 231 24-Apr-2008 11:44 " Bandit " |
Cheers BK - I am going to take your advice,, see my pics as to how big the pond is ok mate. - and thanks for advice.
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