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[gregsgardening]

thanks andy

 

[VanDiesil]

I keep hearing this 1,000 gallon saying and its utter Rubbish come on a 1,000 gallons for the first one, then what about the rest 100 gallons so why is the first 1.000 gallons?

As Waterbug kindly illustrated on another thread, it is not the amount of water the fish have but the quality of that water itself that is the problem. I have always been told (even back 25 years ago when I did work experience at a Koi centre) that the total length of all the fish in the pond should not exceed the width at the narrowest point of the pond. Same applies to aquarium fish where the basic rule is 1" of fish to 1" of tank length. Obviously you have to use common sense in that the fish must be able to turn easily in the water it is housed in.

My existing preformed pond is well overstocked going by the 1000 gallons per koi, as it holds 3 x 15" koi, 7 x 12" mirror carp as well as goldfish and shubunkins which exceed the longest side of the pond if you put the fish end to end! The water parameters are perfect and the filtration is more than is recommended for a pond of that size. I had one oxygen crash during recent extremely hot weather which turned to low pressure in a very short time with thunderstorms where I lost a couple of sturgeon & 3 x golden orfe (these species are always the first to go with low oxygen) and I couldn't do anything about this as I was 200 miles from home on holiday!.

Even in a pond of that size, they have plenty of room to swim around still and are always pleased to see me when I walk up to the pond with or without food.