Puting Feeder Fish In A Pond

[black angel]

Definition of bioload: The demand placed upon the life-support system in the aquarium/pond as a result of the metabolism of all the living organisms present in the tank.

Too many fish equals too much waste which the natural ecology cant cope with and eventually everything will die. So thats really why we have filtration, to try and keep the bioload in large quantities for the fish we have. I think

 

[Boxcar Muzzdogg]

also i refuse to respond to you

Its cool, I'm not looking for a response, all I needed to know was that you realize its wrong to do what your doing, your refusal to respond confirms that, and your intentions to go ahead and do it anyways show that your a selfish person that isnt really doing this for the enjoyment of a little kid, peace out

 

[anvil63]

Just to defend theemon a bit. I do not know where in Ohio he is, but I grew up in southern Ohio, and we had many small ponds in the area that had no connection to any other water, and the only way the fish showed up was by stocking. Around my house this led to some unnatural species distribution; like a pond with nothing but catfish - no bluegill, perch, bass - just catfish. Not how I would have stocked, but oh well. Where I grew up in Ohio was an interesting area as it was very flat with very few lakes. As a result many of the ponds I grew up by were isolated with no fish in them at all. Very different from where I live now where everything is connected and there are lakes everywhere.

Carl

 

[LucyHurst]

Look. This is absolutely rediculous.
I take it this pond has no filtration?
There are turtles living in it? if there are the fish will just get eaten.
300 Goldfish is a stupid number to put in anything that is small enough to be called a pond.
Common goldfish grow to over a foot long and you are not gonna get more than about 30 living happily in this pond.
If it has no filtration you wont get more than 10 in there.
Anyway none of this should be relevant as its is a stupid thing to do to a natural pond, there will be hundereds of different native species living there and you are just gonna kill em all off because a spoilt little girl wants a few fish.
It being just one pond makes no difference, anything that lives in this pond will be traveling to other ponds to find mates etc. and it will disrupt the ecosyslem a hell of a lot. You could even have endangered species in there.
And even though it is on some guys property it is probably not legal to introduce fish to it.
So dont even give it a second thought, just drop the idea.

 

[black angel]

Dont hold back Lucy will you

 

[LucyHurst]

just voicing what i thought. trying to save the slow painfull fate of 300 fishies and a bunch of wildlife B)

 

[WAG741L]

Dont hold back Lucy will you

After many years' interest in tropicals, and a return to the hobby after a break, I am now belatedly looking at coldwater (and yes, I know that isn't the usual order).

So, as someone who knows very little about coldwater fish in external ponds, my only contribution is the obvious: that eggs and contamination can be carried by wading or swimming birds, and amphibians, from one 'pond' to another.

And even as a comparative newcomer to this forum (August 2005), it doesn't take Einstein to see that so much well-meant and experienced advice is given - and subsequently ignored, with disastrous consequences.