New fish to old pond

[Murray]

Intro myself. Im Murray, have a pond in our garden that didn't have any fish in. I have since added about 13 fish, including 3 Koi's. They have just had babies. Not sure if they are Koi babies or Gold fish babies. Im no expert on fish but falling in love with them. Ill be asking loads of questions and look forward to sharing my fish and pond stories with you.

 

[Lisak1]

Welcome @Murray !

How big is your pond? Hopefully someone advised you when you bought koi that they grow very large very fast! And you most likely have goldfish babies, as they breed easily. Post some pictures and we'll help identify them!

 

[Becky]

Hello and welcome to the forum!

 

[Murray]

Welcome @Murray !

How big is your pond? Hopefully someone advised you when you bought koi that they grow very large very fast! And you most likely have goldfish babies, as they breed easily. Post some pictures and we'll help identify them!

Thanks so much I will get some photos for you.

 

[RobAmy]

welcome to the forum

 

[j.w]

@Murray

 

[addy1]

Welcome to our forum!
Looking forward to pictures of your pond.

 

[ashirley]

Welcome!! You will find lots of excellent advise and support here!

 

[Murray]

Here are pictures of my pond

 

[Gemma]

Welcome to the forum @Murray !

Nice pond!
I would just keep goldfish, your pond looks too small for koi

 

[j.w]

Such a pretty pond! I agree w/ @Gemma the pond is sufficient for the goldfish but koi will eventually get too large. I'm sure someone could be found to give them a good home when they grow, otherwise I hope you like digging a new larger pond

 

[Murray]

Such a pretty pond! I agree w/ @Gemma the pond is sufficient for the goldfish but koi will eventually get too large. I'm sure someone could be found to give them a good home when they grow, otherwise I hope you like digging a new larger pond

Thanks for the comments guys. It’s 1m deep and 2m x 2m till oo small ?

 

[Murray]

Thanks for the comments guys. It’s 1m deep and 2m x 2m till oo small ?

 

[Murray]

I have a water pump and a UV light in the pump however I don’t have a filter. Is a filter imperative ?

 

[addy1]

Thanks for the comments guys. It’s 1m deep and 2m x 2m till oo small ?

Using a quick calculator your pond is around 3 feet deep and 6 feet wide, long. Plus minus, That is around 1000 us gallons which could support one koi with GREAT filtration. They are a lot dirtier than gold fish and need good filtration.

If you want to stay with no filtration, gold fish can handle that.