View Full Version : Which came first? Fish or pond?
ChilDawg
09-08-2003, 3:15 PM
I'm just curious, so I posted a poll...if you have a pond, did you decide to make it based on the fish that you wanted to put in it, or did you have a pond already dug and decide to put fish in it then?
ChilDawg
09-08-2003, 3:18 PM
I'll wait a while before answering the question so as not to influence anyone.
thom336
09-11-2003, 9:18 AM
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:confused: Well...I cant vote for some reason. But I made my ponds because I wanted the fish.
ChilDawg
09-15-2003, 8:10 AM
thom, the forum wasn't working the other day...do you want to try voting again?
thom336
09-15-2003, 8:22 AM
Still no luck..:(
ChilDawg
09-15-2003, 8:33 AM
Huh...that's weird...I'll keep your vote in mind, then...
My husband wanted a pond, and after we built it and put in a waterbell, we decided to put fish in it. Until he accidentally dropped an entire bottle of algae kill in it, we hadn't lost a fish.
Now I think the frog is snacking on the smaller ones.
We have goldfish in our pond, BTW.
Tyler718
09-19-2003, 6:56 AM
I got my pond from a friend who was taking one of his down. He moved the fish from it and put them into his other one until I got it in the ground. I then moved the fish in a week later. So I guess you can say I got both at the same time.
Dave
125gJoe
09-19-2003, 3:55 PM
We got the pond (kit) first. Setting it up with nice plants was the priority, fish were not part of it. We did put 2 large Oscars that out-grew a 35g.... During Winter it got too cold for them... :(
We also had a small 'Slider' turtle, but seems to have been dinner for a bird..
We have feeder Goldfish that have grown huge! Thinking of adding a pleco. Frogs showed up on their own, and make much noise at night. The neighbor complained a little bit about it, but we joked with her about it and not another word from her.. LOL
I've heard some put real nice looking cichlids in ponds, but I can't figure out why, since you can hardly see them.
125gJoe
09-24-2003, 9:59 PM
1. Pond Kit
2. Set-up and add water and "filter"
3. Pond type plants
4. Fish added (later on..)
5. Turtle added
6. Frogs - showed up on their own (neighbor probably thinks
we bought them just to disturb her.. LOL)
graysilm
02-20-2006, 8:59 AM
i have a pond in my yard that was there when i moved into my place. it was full of leaves and pinestraw and silt. after cleaning it out i realized that there was a nice size orange koi living in there. no one had been feeding him in months since my house was vacant for a while before i moved in. Sadly when my town was hit by Hurricane ophelia last fall the pond overflowed and i found the koi dead in the yard a few days later. Since then my dog played in the pond a lot and tore up the plastic liner so my new project is to replace the liner. I will think about fish after that.
When I was a kid we had a lily pond with attached bog garden. Those I have done myself have been integrated designs - a Koi pond is nothing like an ornamental lily pond, so the question does not mean a lot.
frloplady
02-23-2006, 11:30 PM
i have a pond in my yard that was there when i moved into my place. it was full of leaves and pinestraw and silt. after cleaning it out i realized that there was a nice size orange koi living in there. no one had been feeding him in months since my house was vacant for a while before i moved in. Sadly when my town was hit by Hurricane ophelia last fall the pond overflowed and i found the koi dead in the yard a few days later. Since then my dog played in the pond a lot and tore up the plastic liner so my new project is to replace the liner. I will think about fish after that.
Go with a good EPDM 45 mil or better rubber liner. I tried the cheap route with 20 mil pvc..and it cost more in the long run....ended up getting the rubber liner the next summer :mad: