Good afternoon

[Nia Roo Studio]

New to ponds and hope to learn. I have a small pond in sunny Glasgow.

Welcome, you’re amidst friends here, I originally came from Glasgow (Pollok) where I had two fish houses and then my ponds were sunken fibreglass baths (3). Now in Berwick upon tweed, I have my fish house and two raised wooden 175 gallon ponds I keep fancy goldfish, enjoy the pond way of life

 

[bjorn_toulouse]

I'm just round the corner in Langside, Berwick on Tweed is nice, bit different from Pollock. I know this is a daft question but do you get your fish from the pet shop or from a garden pond shop?

 

[Nia Roo Studio]

I'm just round the corner in Langside, Berwick on Tweed is nice, bit different from Pollock. I know this is a daft question but do you get your fish from the pet shop or from a garden pond shop?

Bjorn, I don’t purchase fish from pet shops, I do get the odd one from local garden centre. I mostly buy my breeding stock from other breeders, there are a load near you in Glasgow, I travel to Muscleburgh, Falkirk and Fife, but I do see adverts for sellers in Glasgow. Which type of fish you after? I could possibly give you a few people to try (breeders don’t charge a lot, and you know the stock will be perfect, I breed Ryukins, Ranchu and Tossacins.

 

[bjorn_toulouse]

Just ordinary goldfish, nothing special. One of the reasons we planned a pond was because my 18 year old goldfish was a bit too big for its bowl. As fate would have it, it died when I was half way through the build. Originally I was going to put minnows in it but it was slim pickings at Queens Park

 

[GBBUDD]

Careful with minnows if there's no creditors you will have thousands of minnows in no time ..... as me how I know. Only 8 survived the winter the biggest and here we are again with a few hundred minnows now but come September I'll have thousands ahain

 

[bjorn_toulouse]

Careful with minnows if there's no creditors you will have thousands of minnows in no time ..... as me how I know. Only 8 survived the winter the biggest and here we are again with a few hundred minnows now but come September I'll have thousands ahain

Fair enough thanks for the advice, goldfish it is then.

 

[bjorn_toulouse]

What plants do you put in your ponds?

 

[Nia Roo Studio]

What plants do you put in your ponds?

Elodia densa, Lillie’s, yellow flag iris and bull rushes. I added duck weed to my regret, now I can’t get rid of the stuff lol.

 

[bjorn_toulouse]

Had a quick google for duckweed, sounds a pain in the ass.

 

[Nia Roo Studio]

Had a quick google for duckweed, sounds a pain in the ass.

Bjorn I can give you some Lilly tubers, and perhaps some bullrush tubers, what’s the dimensions of your pond? Are you on messenger? (e-mail address removed).

 

[Nia Roo Studio]

This is the fish out in my pond at the moment.

 

[j.w]

What plants do you put in your ponds?

Parrots feather is nice and comes in a few different types. You can plant in a big pot to keep it in one spot or tuck between side rocks w/roots in water. It will float across the water.
I have this batch in a big pot:

And some of this in rocks and a pot:

 

[Phaewryn]

Quite an all consuming hobby.,???????? Please clarify was that the pond or the WIFEY

Ah, married life. All consuming!

 

[GBBUDD]

Fair enough thanks for the advice, goldfish it is then.

Oh don't misunderstand if you have a healthy pond. And feed even your gold fish well they too can multiply quickly. After you see a build up of foam on the water for the next couple weeks light feedings only. The adults will eat the eggs

 

[bjorn_toulouse]

Bjorn I can give you some Lilly tubers, and perhaps some bullrush tubers, what’s the dimensions of your pond? Are you on messenger? (e-mail address removed).

Hi Michael my pond is only about 1m by 1m and 80cm at its deepest. It has a 3 in one filter feeding a "bog filter" ( a huge plant pot filled with gravel and plants) I would gratefully take anything.