Native pond monster

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FisHaRNekEd

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no longer in a tent, in a house for now...
I went to catch some fish in the pond behind my house, hoping to get some perch or bluegill for my new tank, but I think this monster has eaten everything in the pond. Including my trap and the Bacon in my trap.

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http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95895
 
meepster;1200670; said:
so there are absolutely no fish in the pond now because of him?
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here's what i saw in the pond; tons of pond turtles, 4 or 5 18" carp (i think they are comets someone dumped) and "nessie". its about a .5 acre pond.
the water is murky, and when i tried to fish all i caught was turtles. i didnt even see any small perch or bluegills that are typically seen chasing bugs near the shoreling.
would it be a good idea to have the pond stocked? what would this do to the ecosystem?
also, this is a man made pond that's only inlet is from storm/drainage pipes, and no outlet.
 
stocking it would be piontless because all the turtles would eat the fish faster than they could reproduce, what you need to do is drain the pond take out the turtles make a grate over the inlet and build a small fence around the pond so turtles couldn't get back in and then stock it
 
thanks, but its a community pond, and i think the children around here would be sad if i collected up the turtles and made soup. although the local aquarium doesn't have a "nessie", but i like all my limbs intact, so i probably wont mess with him.
 
I doubt the turtles ate ALL the fish, it would be more likely that the fish all died from winter kill or something.
 
FisHaRNekEd;1200928; said:
here's what i saw in the pond; tons of pond turtles, 4 or 5 18" carp (i think they are comets someone dumped) and "nessie". its about a .5 acre pond.
the water is murky, and when i tried to fish all i caught was turtles. i didnt even see any small perch or bluegills that are typically seen chasing bugs near the shoreling.
would it be a good idea to have the pond stocked? what would this do to the ecosystem?
also, this is a man made pond that's only inlet is from storm/drainage pipes, and no outlet.
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Comets do not grow into carp. Goldfish and carp are two distinct species.
 
Druu;1201221; said:
Comets do not grow into carp. Goldfish and carp are two distinct species.
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yes, but do they not have the same affect on the environment? i think they are pretty much the same, including kio, they were all intorduced the same into the US?
 
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