I like it! I have found that lipping the upper edges of the liner with 2"x8" boards mitered together at the corners saves wear ant tear on the liner. Did you use any padding under the liner? Do you have any pump or filter in there? As for predatory fish how about some of your locals, I think you have tench, roach, rudd, and eels available.
My 7000 l. pond!!
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The TRUST said:
Yeah he could certainly add Pike in there but all his other fish would be swallowed and as for the wels catfish i think he'd need a bigger pond as they grow to a really large size yeah i'd say bigger for a wels
Thanks for the kind words!
It's just the 5 ft poles with the boards screwed on them.
I don't use any filtration or pumps. Thats one of the reasens why I can't (I don't want to too) keep many large fish. I don't have the money to have a big pump spinnin' 24/7.
I like it this way, but like Thrust sad a southern pike would be cool, but I have to think about that.
It's just the 5 ft poles with the boards screwed on them.
I don't use any filtration or pumps. Thats one of the reasens why I can't (I don't want to too) keep many large fish. I don't have the money to have a big pump spinnin' 24/7.
I like it this way, but like Thrust sad a southern pike would be cool, but I have to think about that.
DanDanThePiranhaMan said:Yeah he could certainly add Pike in there but all his other fish would be swallowed and as for the wels catfish i think he'd need a bigger pond as they grow to a really large size yeah i'd say bigger for a wels
Make sure u have a camera ready. Watching those orfe get eaten by a Northern Pike would be cool as hell.
I'm really liking this pond
The TRUST said:Make sure u have a camera ready. Watching those orfe get eaten by a Northern Pike would be cool as hell.
I'm really liking this pond
Also if he wanted to keep more than a couple of Northen Pike he could opt for the smaller versions and keep more of them JACK PIKE .
Yeah the pond looks bad ass you can tell he's worked hard 10/10 for effort.
DanDanThePiranhaMan said:Also if he wanted to keep more than a couple of Northen Pike he could opt for the smaller versions and keep more of them JACK PIKE .
Yeah the pond looks bad ass you can tell he's worked hard 10/10 for effort.
Jack Pike??? Does that mean they are Northern pike that are runts and didn't grow to full size???
I have checked online for pond pumps and a 7000-8000liter pump runs from $100-$200 U.S. plus shipping and they use 150-230 watts/hr. A very adequate filter can be cheaply made from a 120 liter food grade plastic pickle barrel. If you use a showerhead water return or spash trough the set up will cycle your pond's water about once an hour and just about triple the number of fish you can keep or allow you to keep fish with higher oxygen needs like a sterlet or roach. Something to think about, picture a 1 meter sterlet in there.
The TRUST said:
I want 15 of those!
No for real, i'm just gonna site back and injoy the pond for now. Maybe next year i'm gonna work on keeping some big fish, but defenetly not a scarlet. Some pikes would be cool, but it's not all up to me. I made it for my mum and dad, so they make the decision.
And the pond is outtha my reach probably the most of the time, because i'm in college and the pond is at my parents house.
Thanks for the kind words once again,
Loubard
