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Posted by rayg UK (My Page) on Sun, Aug 5, 07 at 5:46
How can I prevent fish coming down the stream between my 3 inter-connected ponds when they are chased by amorous males?
The bottom pond is not big enough for the extra visitors,and I am concerned they will damage themselves on the slide down,also,is it stressful to net them and put them back? They vary in size between 3 and 8 inches.
I initially left the bottom pond fish-free but over the last 2 years I found quite a few baby fish which I transfer to the larger ponds when they grow to about 3 inches. I have the pump in the bottom pond which empties into the top pond and then in turn flows down to the middle and then the bottom to start again.
Would the young fish I find in the bottom pond have come down the stream as eggs or fry? I intended to keep the bottom pond fairly wild with frogs etc,but it is now a nursery for the other 2 ponds.I cannot extend the bottom pond.
Any suggestions?
Many thanks.
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RE: Fish coming over the top
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Is there any way you can stop them entering the stream by putting in a grid or net across the outlet from the top pond?
Or somehow have a large net if there is a fall into the lower pond to catch them...but you'd have to check this frequently. Maybe one of those pop up laundry baskets.
I built an upper and a lower pond with linking waterfall, with fish in lower pond only. I intended to have a pump to send water up to the top pond, but as :I want to keep this fish free, in the end I didn't install it although I bought one.
Now the only time the fall is used is when I top up the top pond from the water butt using a hose pipe. |
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