Hi, my name is Ali

[alleyrabbit]

Hi, my name is ali and i'm based in Gloucester in the UK.

my pond is about 3 years old is about 1 meter round and 90cm deep half above ground and half below with a brick parapet wall.

it's home to a water lily and a bullrush along with alot of unidentified weed.
it also houses some shubunkins which are my current problem, i was told it should house 6 based on it's dimensions, so we bought 6, last year they bred and we now have about 30 baby fish in addition to at least 5 of the origional (1 was always very elusive so i might still be in there its hard to tell.

unfortunatly i don't think the pond is able to cpoe with this many fish and has now gone a very unattractive shade of green, i've cleaned the fliters but nothing makes any difference.

i additionally cleaned out a lot of weed early in the year it had completly clogged up and the fish were struggling.

my question is what do i do with the fish? i've asked around and nobody wants them, i can't bring myself to let them loose as i'm sure they would die, but i don't think i can keep them either without causing them more trauma?

help needed please

Ali

 

[sissy]

Have you tried an ad giving them away or your local pet shop or just word of mouth .

 

[alleyrabbit]

i've put them on freecycle and had no response.

i hadn't though of the pet shop, i will try that.

Ali

 

[Koigal50]

Don't let the loose. As you can see, goldfish and koi multiply like crazy. It wouldn't be good for a natural eco system.

Do you have craigslist over there. That's how I sell my koi. Goldfish might have to give away because you can buy them at the store for 20 cents.

 

[Mmathis]

What Sissy said -- check a local pet store.