Seeking Advise on ponds

[markus92]

Hi aq,

I have no experience with ponds so i would like to seek my fellow aq bros who have some experience in dealing with ponds, can help advise what i should look out for when wanting to add fish into a pond? water ph kh ammonia nitrate like a planted fish tank? wondering how those bros who have private ponds start their ponds up.

[jiajuen900]

Hi! Sounds interesting. What kind of pond do you have? Quite a while back I was looking for stocking options for my pond. You can view it in this link.
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...-for-Fish-Pond

[markus92]

Hi there,

Wow nice pond u have there in your home! the pond isnt mine its the schools but the club i'm in is allowed to put fishes in. its a newly cemented pond so i don't want running the risk of adding life stock and realizing that that water parameters can't sustain the fish bioload. stocking with mainly catfish and carp.

your a student? were u studying at?

[jiajuen900]

Sent you a PM

With regards to livestock for a pond. I guess it depends on many factors, the size of the pond, size of filter and if it is planted.

One thing about cement ponds (This is something I have heard of but never experienced). New cement ponds might have chemicals leaching out of the concrete that could potentially be lethal to livestock. It will take a while for these chemicals to completely leach out.

You could try getting some feeder fish, mollies or guppies to test the water out first.

[markus92]

yeah i got some advise from another forum that cement increases PH value even hit 10 in his newly built pond, had to wait a few months and lots of WC for it to stabilize

[bryan]

What I've seen is people throwing in Pineapples. The acidity is suppose to neutralize the high PH leeching from the cement.

I think it is a waste of pineapples so I suggest you eat them then throw in the skin and core.

[markus92]

How many pineapples would I need hahas.. natural PH down uh? Can be used as food for smaller fish in the pond aswell..

[jiajuen900]

The pineapple theory sounds kind of interesting. I went to look it up.
http://www.koianswers.com/discussion...nd-syndrome/p1

seems to be a few other options