Pond Fish Garden Nursery Landscaping Guide
Pond Fish For Your Garden Pond
By Rodger G Allenby
Once you’ve created your own fish pond, you will need to choose
the pond fish to put in it. If you’ve designed a larger pond for
sport fishing, the choices will depend on the sorts of fish that
thrive in your area.
But for a smaller pond in your yard, you’ll need to consider
a few factors before you get to your pond stocking. Climate will
be one of these, as will the size and location of the pond itself.
For these smaller, more domestic ponds there are probably only
a few choices of fish.
Koi Fish Can Grow Quite Large
Size is important in different ways for different fish. Take
koi fish, for example. Since this ornamental species grow quite
large, you’ll need to be sure the pond is also large, so they
won’t become overcrowded or suffocate. Even though koi start out
small, you’ll still need about 100 gallons per fish.
A deeper pond is also essential, since predators can reach koi
at upper levels but can’t get at them if they swim deeper. If
you have a shallow pond, proper management might dictate that
you choose something smaller for your pond fish instead, such
as goldfish.
Koi Fish Eat Plants
The types and location of plants are another factor in pond stocking.
Goldfish don’t eat plants, but koi do, so while you might have
a few plants in a goldfish pond, you’d need more in a pond stocked
with koi. And take heed to the type of climate you live in as
well.
Both goldfish and koi are pond fish that can handle cooler waters,
but you would need to install a heater if there’s any danger that
the water could freeze over during the winter. This simply can’t
be allowed to happen, because it would cut off the upper oxygen
supply to the pond, and your fish could suffocate.
Choosing Goldfish For Your Pond
Once you’ve looked at all of these things, you can finally choose
what type and numbers of pond fish you want. There are many different
types of goldfish, each with their own sort of beauty, and these
fish can be happy in many different kinds of ponds.
Koi have certain extra requirements, like deeper ponds, while
their cousins the Orfe requiring longer, rather than deeper, ponds.
Good fish management will depend on good management of the pond,
and the juxtaposition of these things will create a healthy pond
environment that you can enjoy for many years.
About the Author:
Rodger G Allenby has written a number of articles on gardening
and landscaping including Mum
Flowers, Table
Top Fountains, Garden
Supplies, Green
Lawn, Grass
Seed, Bird
Baths, Hummingbird
Feeders, Gardening
Tools, Backyard
Putting Green, Backyard
Ideas, Backyard
Landscaping Pictures, Outdoor
Fire Pit, Underground
Pet Fence, Backyard
Fences, Above
Ground Storage Tank, Enclosed
Porch.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.
Little Known Facts About Fish Ponds ....
How do I care for my fish ponds?
Natural fish ponds take care of themselves.
Those ponds are usually formed at the end of a spring or creek
that continuously feeds fresh water and nutrients into the pond.
Since you are building your own pond you will need to observe
these ponds.
Your pond will need fresh water added to
it regularly. If you have an ornamental pond you will need to
use distilled water because the water that comes out of your garden
hose from the city will contain chemicals that are not beneficial
to the fish or the plant life.
If it is a small pond you will also need
a pump to infuse the water with fresh oxygen. Larger ponds can
get away without having a pump because more often than not there
is plenty of plant life to oxygenate the water.
When it comes to cleaning your pond once
again size is the determining factor. Ideally your pond should
be big enough that you can put in fish that are considered "cleaners."
Carp are ideal for taking care of slime and scum that often accumulates
in ponds.
In a smaller ornamental pond you can put
in special snails to help keep the pond clean and healthy.
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