Hello from over the pond

[Pondora]

Hi all, I am from West Yorkshire in the UK. We are

newbie-ish to this fishy business....had a few small goldfish but have now inherited from a friend who was filling in his pond. My other half has just finished our pond enlargement surgery and they all seem to love it. Pssst.....I'll let you into a little secret......I have zero idea what half these fish even are . I bow to your superior knowledge and experience and await your educated replies ☺

 

[RobAmy]

Welcome to the group.

 

[Becky]

Hello and welcome to the forum

 

[addy1]

Welcome to our forum! Looks like it is a combination of Koi and goldfish.

 

[Lisak1]

Welcome! You do have a combination of fish there - koi and goldfish it appears. How big is your pond?

P.S. I love your screen name @Pondora !

 

[Pondora]

Thanks for the welcome's and heads up on the fish ☺ @Lisak1 the name just popped into my head (its a weird &wonderful place lol).
Hmm size of pond......its a sort of 18ft "L" shape (or maybe a flaccid "C" ) 4ft at its deepest and 4ft at its widest APPROXIMATELY Im not millimetre/inch perfect.

 

[Pondora]

As you can no doubt tell.....uploading is not my forte lol

 

[Lisak1]

You did fine! Next time, when you upload you have a choice to display full sized image or thumbnails. Either is fine, but I like to choose full sized.

Very pretty pond and setting! Just be aware that your koi appear to still be juveniles - they are going to grow much larger and you may find yourself overstocked, which can spell disaster. Do you have filtration on your pond? A waterfall? Aeration of any kind? You said the pond is 4 feet at it's widest - how long is it do you suppose?

 

[Pondora]

Its approx 18ft long and yes we have a waterfall and filters and plan on installing an aereator ☺

 

[Stephen Noble]

Very nice. Welcome to the forum!
Stephen

 

[Gemma]

Hi and welcome to the forum @Pondora

 

[qclabrat]

welcome!! @Pondora
like the offset planks over the pond. Are they weight bearing are just under the rocks for fish shade?

 

[Mmathis]

Hello and welcome!

 

[Pondora]

welcome!! @Pondora
like the offset planks over the pond. Are they weight bearing are just under the rocks for fish shade?

started out as a hidey hole but ended up being both ☺