Gazillions of fish

[Racer]

Hi,

I added a 30 gal mini-pond in my back yard about 2 months ago. I decided to buy 6 teeny weeney white cloud fish due to their size and the small size of my pond.

After a few weeks, I started seeing itsy bitsy swimming things in the pond. Hmm - tadpoles or fish? Well, it didn't take long to see they were baby fish. While my water is clear, I have a ton of plants so its hard to see just how many fish I have now which appears to include 3 sizes - new babies, half grown babies and full grown fish.

I am so worried this population explosion is going to be deadly for all the fish. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[JRS]

Assuming you are feeding the fish regularly? Many fish will self regulate their population to some extent in the absence of other food by eating fry/eggs. The only other option would be to remove them or give them away.

 

[GBBUDD]

A healthy 30 galloon which it sounds like yours maybe. Can support about 30 white clouds but i wouldn't go much higher than that.