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Wild caught fish in ponds.
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Posted by aaron118 England (My Page) on Tue, Jun 7, 05 at 15:20
| I know an owner of a big private moat where I am aloud to fish it and have some fish if I want. It has some nice koi, common and mirror carp as well as other species of fish. Would it be ok for me to catch some and put them in my home pond (I live in the UK by the way)? Obviously I would need to be very careful doing this as some might have infections and disease but I would only try and take the visually healthy ones home anyway (e.g. healthy fins, scales no deformities). What type of quarantine and treatment would I use on wild caught fish to ensure they don't have a disease going into my pond?
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RE: Wild caught fish in ponds.
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- Posted by AJC_1 8 the fens (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 7, 05 at 19:49
| No for two reasons, one the fish you buy at dealers etc have never been exposed to the diseases that river and lake fish have so they would have no immunity against them, you would wipe your pond out quicker than KHV and there is no quarentuine that will help, because they are immune to any bugs they carry so they wont ever show on them and its unlikely you will ever kill all the fatal ones they may have, its like our child hood ailments, we are immune but our kids aint, and its the same for fish not growing in a lake/river enviromnet. two, river and lake fish especialy carp, tench and bream and chub have been known to jump out of a garden pond when put in one, in fact it happens 9 times out of 10 on the first night, they are not happy with the water or the confined space, those that dont die over night die slower, but die they do. |
RE: Wild caught fish in ponds.
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| My granddaughters brought me 12 minnows 2 years ago, i still have all 12, they are a joy to watch when shoaling, i made a pea gravel area for them under the water fall about 1mtr long x2ft wide they absolutley love it, and they live happily with my orfe helping them keep the fly population down, they even know when it`s feeding time and join in, i am hoping they will spawn this year. |
RE: Wild caught fish in ponds.
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My sticklebacks were from a local beck and I have had no problems with them at all. That was 8 years ago. I didn't already have other fish though and didn't get any for another year or so. I always add eradick when I introduce new fish, but never quarantine then.
Ajc does make good points though and the difference with both mine and Deesee is that we had only small fish in comparison to what you want to introduce. I don't know how bigger fish would respond to the move.
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RE: Wild caught fish in ponds.
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Aaron, do you already have any fish in your pond or would these be the first?
If you already have some you would need to be sure that extra would not be too much for the pond.
If you have no fish at the moment, surely there is less problem with importing new ones?
I only have sticklebacks so I'm not really qualified to make more than these observations. |
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