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Post by beanie on Mar 19, 2008 11:37:23 GMT
cleared part of my pond yesterday and have noticed quite a few baby fish again this year. what do you do with your fish if nobody wants them? I'm afraid my pond will get overstocked.
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Post by madonplants on Mar 19, 2008 13:24:38 GMT
cleared part of my pond yesterday and have noticed quite a few baby fish again this year. what do you do with your fish if nobody wants them? I'm afraid my pond will get overstocked. I have baby fish for the first time, (probably because I have only just started keeping fish!) so I am interested in this too. Have you asked local aquatic dealers if they would exchange your fish for fish food? I did this with my tropical baby fish. Keith |
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Post by beanie on Mar 19, 2008 19:09:51 GMT
I've not tried that yet, they're a pretty mixed bag as they seem to be interbreeding, not sure if they'd buy mongrels. The only two which seem to breed true are the goldfish and what i think is a comet( very pale pink in color). I did have the idea of putting them in a local wildlife pond but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do that.
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Post by retropwr on Mar 19, 2008 19:27:00 GMT
No, don't put them in a wildlife pond. I'm pretty sure it's illegal and even if not it will upset the balance of life in there.
If you can't find an LFS who will sell them on perhaps you can find one who will at least put some in their display ponds.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2009 0:15:08 GMT
I want some baby fish angel
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2009 0:15:42 GMT
please
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Post by andy on Aug 8, 2009 4:33:09 GMT
As mentioned Beanie, don't put them into a wildlife pond as not only is it illegal (countryside and wildlife act) but if there are native fish such as carp in there, the chance of inbreeding with the indiginous fish are quite high....and then you you get all sorts of problems !!!
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Post by beanie on Aug 12, 2009 16:01:58 GMT
I accidentally left the net off the pond last night and hubby says the fish havn't come up to feed this morning so I hope the heron hasn't been for a visit, I'll be checking again later
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2010 17:27:24 GMT
Hey congrats. I tried many times to get fish breeding in my backyard pond which was under my garden shed kits but could not get any great success. I would suggest you to let the fish breed. You can later sell them to local aquatic dealer if they are ornamental fish or if common fish then release them in a river, big pond or lake.
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Post by francegarden on Oct 26, 2010 7:33:21 GMT
Beanie.
You should not feed fish if the temp is below 10C as they cannot digest the food and it will ferment in their stomachs - with unfortunate results. i find mine are not interested now, anyway.
Also, you will probably find that the numbers of fish adapt to the size of the pond. we had 3 goldfish in a pond in my previous house here in France, which was a holiday house for many years.
The fish would sometimes not be fed for a month or two and not at all in the winter and they thrived.
They produced babies but we never had more than about 16 to 20 in total so - natural selection - I suppose, so I would suggest you just leave them to their own devices. Fun to have in the pond - one gave us a cabaret act one evening when it was warm - leaping out of the water after insects.
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Post by francegarden on Oct 26, 2010 7:36:34 GMT
bsherrin.
Never a good idea to release non-native wild-life into the wild. Seeing your location - rabbits come to mind!!
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Post by andy on Oct 26, 2010 9:30:30 GMT
Beanie. You should not feed fish if the temp is below 10C as they cannot digest the food and it will ferment in their stomachs - with unfortunate results. Always thought the same until i started keeping koi. If you feed a wheatgerm based food, you can feed down to 5 or 6 degrees c....i always fed if the fish wanted it regardless of temperature. I've also been fishing and caught most species when there's been ice on the pond. |
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