Anchovy wrote:
> I have a small pond in the garden where we keep about 12 goldfish.
> Recently there have been some new additions to the family, about 30 of
> them. I'm no expert but I do not feel the pond is big enough to
> support that many fish. (the pond is about 4ft wide by 5ft long and
> about 4ft deep) Firstly could this have happened because we've been
> feeding the fish and now they are relying on the food we provide. The
> instructions on the food said to feed them in summer and not in
> winter. If we stop feeding the fish what will happen?
> Should we move some fish to another pond?
>
Umm... counting on fingers and toes..
4x4x5 = 80 cubic feet ~= 640 gallons.
How big are your fish? Should be OK unless you've got seriously big
bruisers.
Figure 3 gallons per inch of goldfish.
If they're spawning and the little ones are surviving, the fish are
happy. Hopefully something is providing some aeration? Waterfall?
Fountain? Spraybar?
As to summer/winter feeding... That really depends on the temperatures
where you live. If you're so lucky to live where the temps stay
above... say 60 degrees, feed away.
There are a whole set of other protocols if the pond is going to drop
much below that, or even freeze...
A good place to ask more questions would be rec.ponds (very active).
-Donald
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"There is nothing so strong as gentleness, and there is nothing so
gentle as real strength." St. Francis de Sales
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