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How long to leave a pond before adding fish.
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Posted by aaron118 England (My Page) on Wed, Mar 30, 05 at 7:54
| We are having a pond started next week, and I am just wondering how long to leave the pond to settle before adding some fish?
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RE: How long to leave a pond before adding fish.
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| I started putting plants in mine after a couple of days. I think you are meant to wait several weeks before a trial fish or two. Personally I would wait till you have it well stocked with plants....but proper fish keepers here will advise you. What sort of fish are you going for? Are you having it as a "natural"/ wildife pond or will you have filters and waterfalls and fountains? |
RE: How long to leave a pond before adding fish.
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- Posted by AJC_1 8 the fens (My Page) on
Wed, Mar 30, 05 at 10:52
| they say a new pond should be left for 3 weeks before adding fish, if a filter and pump are used then same time, that gives it time to gas off the chlorine and life to start forming in the water and the filter to begin too, but if you use a declorenator fish can go in the next dayproviding you have some palnts in it. |
RE: How long to leave a pond before adding fish.
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they say three to six weeks for the filter to "mature".i just couldnt wait that long,,and in they went after a week,,plants first though and dechlore ;-)
happy ponding,,start with small fish if its your first,,just in case! |
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