When can I introduce fish to my new pond ?

[Big Lou]

I agree with both Lisa and JW. Good luck.

 

[morewater]

Water lettuce and hyacinths can quickly take over a pond. Cull them out to maintain a reasonable effect.

 

[Dave 54]

thanks everyone for all the compliments!

so i've added de-chlorinate substance to the pool and i've been adding bacteria to the pool also last 2-3 days... i wanted to get a pack of rosey barb but a lot of people suggested that this is a bad time to introduce them to a pond because its cold, and that i should do it in the summer.

i'm not sure what difference does it make because it will be winter next year again - maybe its because they'll have more time to adjust to the temperature ?

anyway, i think i'll start adding goldfish today or tomorrow.

oh, and i've been gardening for a while now (the pond is my latest project) and i am truly baffled on the speed the water plants is growing. the lettuce has doubled itself (at least) in the 1 week its in my pond! the water lilly has also popped 2 new leaves... its pretty cool

i would love to shoot a follow up video in about a month to show you the progress.

on the subject of koi - some people told me that if i would bring small koi (young ones) they wouldn't grow too much in my pond, so its ok to bring 2-3 koi fishes. any thoughts ?

also any other advice on fish i could add would be awesome - haven't added any yet

thanks a lot for all the comments again!!

Simply Put "NO", koi would not do well in such a small pond and would rapidly outgrow it so if you wish to go ahead and keep koi , your going to need a digger to dig a hole 4.5ft deep and as wide as you want it , hense me saying people are never really happy with their first attempt at a pond and build bigger one for koi

Dave

 

[Big Lou]

Wise words Dave.

 

[sissy]

yep they grow fast and destroy plants mine right now are over 2 ft long and wish someone had warned me

 

[callingcolleen1]

and you can forget about the water lillys if you put koi in there, cause they will dig out the dirt in the pot and rip the pads!

 

[sissy]

they destroy floating plants are if you get snails they eat them and they poop a lot and are fussier about water quality

 

[Dave 54]

So true guys we UK BKKS koi kepers have what we call formal ponds which means no plants just koi and algae on the sides and bottom of the pond .

Dave

 

[callingcolleen1]

Except I still have lots of floating Horn wort, aquatic mint and grasses on edges that somehow escaped the wrath of my big koi!