New pond questions.

[420benz]

I don't know the temp.of the water.Just ordered a thermometer. I have Gold fish, Shubunkins, comets and mosquito eating fish. There is no way to confine them so i think i will get a plastic one for now. He is 5. Since the pond is very new there is no algae yet.

 

[Lisak1]

Most garden ponds are not suited for turtles quite honestly. The ponds that I've seen that had turtles were built FOR turtles. We did visit one pond once that had a red eared slider that had just taken up residence and stayed, but they were lucky - there's no way to make them stay unless you contain them.

 

[420benz]

Thanks.
This will have to do for now.

 

[Mmathis]

Thanks.
This will have to do for now.

Hey, for a 5 y/o, that seems the perfect choice! It’s always there and you don’t have to worry about feeding it. My turtles aren’t aquatic, but they still need shallow water, so it’s much easier to confine them.

 

[420benz]

We will see how long it takes him to realize that it's fake.

 

[JohnHuff]

I don't feed my fish once the water temp goes under 55F. Before that, I transitioned from summer food to autumn food (that had less protein) and fed less.

 

[420benz]

OK Thanks

 

[j.w]

I'm still feeding my goldfish off and on. Temp is still around high 50's during the daytime.

 

[420benz]

When i put food in the pond they come out from under the cave[after i leave] and eat.

 

[420benz]

Strange happening this morning.It was raining pretty hard and it seemed like the fish were trying to get out of the pond.One of them actually flipped on its side on top of one of the rocks. I guess they never experienced rain before.

 

[Mmathis]

Strange happening this morning.It was raining pretty hard and it seemed like the fish were trying to get out of the pond.One of them actually flipped on its side on top of one of the rocks. I guess they never experienced rain before.

Do you have a water test kit? How often do you check? What are the numbers for your ammonia, nitrites, pH?

 

[420benz]

ill check

 

[420benz]

Don't know what's going on ?

 

[mrsclem]

Don't know what's going on ?

The ammonia test kit should be 2 bottles of reagent and I believe nitrate test is as well. Ph looks fine as does nitrate.

 

[Mmathis]

As @mrsclem stated, and do you have the nitrite test?