300g pond with no filter, no pump, no water movement

[bunlet]

My old aquarium filter that was in the 300g pond just died. Is it ok to have no filter or no water movement in the pond? Too lazy and too broke to get a pond filter. There are 10 comet goldfish and about 10 rosy red minnows in a 300g pond with plants covering 90% of the top and hornwort and java moss at the bottom. At the top 60% is water hyacinth 20% water cress and 10% water lillies. I've been spraying the hose in there for a minute before I feed is that good enough?

 

[*TJ]

no.... at least add an airstone with air pump. While submerged plants release O2 during daylight hours they consume it at night, this can be dangerous to your fish... do regular water change outs (weekly) and you should be ok as long as you don't over feed the fish.

 

[khombre]

Hello there. I'd definitely add something to induce water movement at the surface. As already stated, your plants will produce O2 during daytime but at night, they will start consuming O2 meaning your fish will have to compete with them. You may lose fish this way. Just my humble opinion. Personally, I prefer powerheads when it comes to ponds. Good luck

 

[Desertponder]

If you didn't have fish in there you could get away with no O2 or water movement.
You can get an inexpensive pump and a spitter or air stone to at least get the water moving a little.
As far as a filter goes, you can make your own but you will need an appropriate sized pump for your pond for this setup.

http://rodandjenn2.home.mchsi.com/Adam_s_Filter/adam_s_filter.html

 

[sillyboy_16117]

no filtration no water movement ====== breading ground for those pesty sketters.

and will equal dead fish as there will me no way oxygen in the water after a few days.
and without filtration your nitrate levels will spike which will also kill your fish.