Upgraded the kids goldfish pond

[WILF 44,282]

I don’t know much about fish ponds only ever having had anything to do with lakes.

But from the little I do know, I think a pond is an ongoing labour of work.

Pal of mine spent thousands on his pond and pump system, but he still wound up having to give it a good clean out a few times every summer.

I don’t think it’s one of those things you can sit back and say “well that’s done, I can forget about that”

In the lakes we used to put bales of barley straw to try and keep blooms sensible, now obviously I know you can’t put a bale of straw in a garden pond but I wonder if smaller, tightly packed balls that you could make yourself would help a bit? 

Theres even blooms in the sea off littlehampton at the moment so I suppose it’s inevitable that something as small as a pond will suffer too.

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1 hour ago, WILF said:

I don’t know much about fish ponds only ever having had anything to do with lakes.

But from the little I do know, I think a pond is an ongoing labour of work.

Pal of mine spent thousands on his pond and pump system, but he still wound up having to give it a good clean out a few times every summer.

I don’t think it’s one of those things you can sit back and say “well that’s done, I can forget about that”

In the lakes we used to put bales of barley straw to try and keep blooms sensible, now obviously I know you can’t put a bale of straw in a garden pond but I wonder if smaller, tightly packed balls that you could make yourself would help a bit? 

Theres even blooms in the sea off littlehampton at the moment so I suppose it’s inevitable that something as small as a pond will suffer too.

You can put little bits of barley in garden ponds to help stop green water but most people just go for the uv 

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There chasing the female around something rotten.. il be suprised if she dont dies of exshaustion. Should i sepearate her or just leave nature to nature 

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Mine were at it like mad this morning too. 

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This ones gonna go belly up there smashing f**k out of her lol

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Seperated her she layed her eggs 

[Waz 4,204]

Theyre just grabbing her.

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Doing well bit green on the inside which i would exspect .. havent changed water once just cleaned filter a few times seems to be keeping clear enough for me.. lilys have well taken off ! 

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Here is my goldfish pond, algae on the sides and bottom hold good bio to keep it healthy 

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4 hours ago, Rusty_terrier said:

Lily's on mines doing good as well. Fish are alot more active and come right up when you go to feed them. Water looks a bit dark bit I think it's just the colour of the barrel.

My lily hasnt flowered atall? Get a small filter mate bit of water moving about. 

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6 hours ago, Rusty_terrier said:

 

Looking back mines must be dirty . Cant even see the pirate ship thing at the bottom and more. Maybe empty half the water this weekend and put fresh in

They reckon weekends the worst time for a water change as that's when the tap water has its highest concentration of chlorine. 

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On 15/05/2019 at 10:36, WILF said:

I don’t know much about fish ponds only ever having had anything to do with lakes.

But from the little I do know, I think a pond is an ongoing labour of work.

Pal of mine spent thousands on his pond and pump system, but he still wound up having to give it a good clean out a few times every summer.

I don’t think it’s one of those things you can sit back and say “well that’s done, I can forget about that”

In the lakes we used to put bales of barley straw to try and keep blooms sensible, now obviously I know you can’t put a bale of straw in a garden pond but I wonder if smaller, tightly packed balls that you could make yourself would help a bit? 

Theres even blooms in the sea off littlehampton at the moment so I suppose it’s inevitable that something as small as a pond will suffer too.

Same every year wilf, may bloom covers the whole coast