New pond update

[MudskipperFan]

Yes.
My pond is doing good, the only problem is that mosquito larvae keep getting stuck into the pump and messing it up. I don't feed the fish anymore, they just eat mud/algae off the sides of the pond and eat the floating horsetails and anacharis as well. Recently, I put in a few guppies to eat the mosquito larvae and feed the big black goldfish and so far they are doing as planned. The white goldfish is fat like the other ones, and the biggest goldfish looks like a shrunken carp. At this point, I'm really tempted to buy a koi for the pond as they are really low costing and I could sell it to my neighbors if it overgrows. I probably won't. I filled up the pond a whole lot and it is really clear. I don't have any pictures because my computer got a virus again and I am using my dad's crappy mac so I can't take any pictures. So it is pretty good.
I still want to buy tadpoles.

 

[MudskipperFan]

Also another interesting thing is that whenever I drop an earthworm into the pond to feed my fish it will survive and still stay at the bottom and be alive for weeks. A few days ago, while I was examining my pond, I found a millipede at the bottom that was attached to a plant. It possibly fell in after my dad put a boulder into the pond, about a month ago. It was still moving. I think the pond has a lot of oxygen, which is why they survived.

 

[Virtuoso2K12]

So why do still want tadpoles again?

 

[MudskipperFan]

They'll decorate the pond more and keep the bug population down.

 

[Virtuoso2K12]

so what did the fish and game department said about it?

 

[J double R]

fish do not eat mud. you should still feed them, even if it's a little.

tadpoles don't usually eat bugs.. they will, however, eat any algae or dead plant matter.

 

[DAVIDFBT]

I think it's a little too late to add tadpoles to your pond even if you find them. Most frogs reproduce in the spring and metamorphosize in early fall. Better to wait until next spring. What size pond is this again?

 

[Darkness9876]

The pond is too small for the koi he wants, It will most likely become stunted before he gives it away.

 

[jpappy789]

Feed the fish please. I do not believe that goldfish have the mouth shape to sustain themselves on algae alone...and they do not eat mud.

And absolutely no tadpoles, at least not the ones that you wanted. As much as you want them remember that the environment comes first.

 

[DAVIDFBT]

The pond is too small for the koi he wants, It will most likely become stunted before he gives it away.

I totally missed the part where he said he wanted koi. I agree, abslutely NO koi at all in this pond. Not even "Just until he gets too big, then I'll give him away." That pond is just big enough for an outdoor goldfish, let alone a koi that will grow to 3 feet.