lingi;3809439; said:Im thinking the cover is out of the question tbh cos even if i can afford it, it will stop the rain from getting in and in the winter we dont fill it cos we dont use the water for watering plants, so it depends on rainwater also somewhat.
THe small mosquito fish ive been adding recently arent visible, neither dead or alive, i suspect its either theyre getting eaten by the water bugs and dragonfly larvae, or theyre just going deep down cos of the cold, could anyone elaborate on this?
Also i checked today and there is about 1 or 1 and a half feet of silt at the bottom on one side and almost none on the other, but its really too much of a hassle for me to empty the pond and remove it cos i need to empty the whole pond, get a small jcb and a crane to lower it inside, just too much rly. Do u think its really absolutely necessary or is it of little importance? i mean the water DOES get changed almost daily....
Also i think in the next couple of weeks im gonna start renovating it, gonna put up a fence all around it and some lights to do some barbeques in the area later on, a wooden ramp for turtles to come in/out of it, and a low rubble wall so they dont go out of the pond area. (and maybe build a bridge in the middle of it for me to just stand thereand also create a canopy of natural palm leaves floating in a corner of the pond for the fish to find shelter under during hot or windy days.
Then ill get a couple of 1foot koi from a friend and add a dozen turtles and some minnows, weather loaches and maybe a sturgeon(bloody expensive over here).
Anyone got some ideas for me about stocking or anything really?
Your pond is huge but turtle can nip sleeping fish.
Koi would look great by themselves and would thrive all yr long in your pond.
If me I would go with the koi and some and/or Goldfish for a yr before adding anything because you may not than want to.
I dont know Koi but the goldfish will multiply in drones after the first winter and you get neat colors .
