glasfryn
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Location: west Wales UK
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject: can someone tell me - possible to over stock pond with fish? |
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we have a pond which is about 3m x 4m and its been very good,but we have had a heron who has culled some of the larger goldfish (we only have goldfish)and we now have a net over the whole pond.
This year we have had a glut of tiddlers and fry and now have over 200 fish in the pond when there was only ever about 60 before my question :- is it true that a pond will only allow so many fish to live,is it possible to over stock it with fish.
One point here is we only had one tiddler last year and he/she survived the whole very cold winter.
If they all grow to full size we will need a lorry load of fish food every day next summer,not that we mind as its the fist time we have ever had a pond and it has just about everything in it frogs,newts,and all sorts of wildlife in it and visiting.
G.
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bethie
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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Too many fish is not good. How about taking the net off for a while?
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saffron
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Location: England
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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no expert but I thought fish regulated themselves & only breed if the pond can substain them? 
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pondlady
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Location: New Orleans, La
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| Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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The fish population will regulate itself if allowed to. Feeding them will just make more and more fishies. General rule for fish: 1 linear foot of fish per 25 square feet of pond surface.
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