My pond

[Craig ish]

my 50th birthday presant oase pe750 preformed pond before and after pics after my 2 strokes 8 years ago ive finaly got my pond enjoy sitting at my fartherinlaws house watching his fish just cant wait to get mine up and running just got to back fill it with sand not doing2 bad considering ive had 2 stroke in 4days 8years ago its a oase pe 750 letre 7.4ft long 4ft wide 2 ft deep wounder how many fish il be able to get in it

 

[Batchhatchcatch]

It's one fish per 20 gallons, but I'm assuming you want to keep your fish happy and healthy I would not put more than 10 in it, carp family fish polite their waters fast your gonna need a good pump and anything over 10, your pump will be working over time! Lol. I'd buy some nice live plants and decorations I'd start with 5 fish so you can learn your environment not at the expense of 10 fish because nothing is worse than waking up to feed your fish and seeing you have a predator issue and no fish left. Any goldfish/carp family fish will be large faster than you think so start small learn your breed of fish and progress at your pace if you need plants feel free to let me know ! I can send you some starts

 

[Craig ish]

It's one fish per 20 gallons, but I'm assuming you want to keep your fish happy and healthy I would not put more than 10 in it, carp family fish polite their waters fast your gonna need a good pump and anything over 10, your pump will be working over time! Lol. I'd buy some nice live plants and decorations I'd start with 5 fish so you can learn your environment not at the expense of 10 fish because nothing is worse than waking up to feed your fish and seeing you have a predator issue and no fish left. Any goldfish/carp family fish will be large faster than you think so start small learn your breed of fish and progress at your pace if you need plants feel free to let me know ! I can send you some starts

i intend getting the oase 6000 or 900 all in one filter pump uv lightwith fountian

 

[brokensword]

It's one fish per 20 gallons, but I'm assuming you want to keep your fish happy and healthy I would not put more than 10 in it, carp family fish polite their waters fast your gonna need a good pump and anything over 10, your pump will be working over time! Lol. I'd buy some nice live plants and decorations I'd start with 5 fish so you can learn your environment not at the expense of 10 fish because nothing is worse than waking up to feed your fish and seeing you have a predator issue and no fish left. Any goldfish/carp family fish will be large faster than you think so start small learn your breed of fish and progress at your pace if you need plants feel free to let me know ! I can send you some starts

some pond mythology going on here; might work for aquariums but ponds are a bit different. There's an exponential relationship with size of 'carp family' and their bio output; it's NOT linear. So, a more basic and realistic rule of thumb is (1) koi for the first 1000 gallons and you'll need 250-500 gallons for every next one. Koi can grow to be over 30" and within 3 years. Attached is LisaK's fish poop chart for education purposes.

For your pond, I'd recommend goldfish as they can be just as colorful but don't put out nearly as much bioload as koi. And they don't need the same amount of feeding nor get nearly as large or grow as fast. Tougher than koi, too.



You MUST know the Total SSA of your filter to know how many fish you can place in your pond!


Fish Weights, Lengths, Ammonia Produced, and
Waste Produced

Fish Length	Weight in Ounces	Weight in Grams	Ammonia Produced in MG/24 hr	Waste Produced in Grams/24 hr
1"	.01	.28	0.028	0.0924
2"	.08	2.27	0.227	0.7491
3"	.26	7.37	0.737	2.4321
4"	.62	17.58	1.758	5.8014
5"	1.21	34.30	3.43	11.319
6"	2.09	59.25	5.925	19.5525
7"	3.33	94.40	9.44	31.152
8"	4.96	140.61	14.061	46.4013
9"	7.07	200.43	20.043	66.1419
10"	9.70	274.99	27.499	90.7467
12"	16.76	475.14	47.514	156.7962
14"	26.61	754.38	75.438	248.9454
16"	39.72	1,126.04	112.604	371.5932
18"	56.55	1,603.17	160.317	529.0461
20"	77.58	2,199.36	219.936	725.7888
22"	103.25	2,927.10	292.71	965.943
24"	134.05	3,800.25	380.025	1,254.0825
26"	170.43	4,831.61	483.161	1,594.4313
28"	212.87	6,034.76	603.476	1,991.4708
30"	261.82	7,422.47	742.247	2,449.4151

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[Craig ish]

some pond mythology going on here; might work for aquariums but ponds are a bit different. There's an exponential relationship with size of 'carp family' and their bio output; it's NOT linear. So, a more basic and realistic rule of thumb is (1) koi for the first 1000 gallons and you'll need 250-500 gallons for every next one. Koi can grow to be over 30" and within 3 years. Attached is LisaK's fish poop chart for education purposes.

For your pond, I'd recommend goldfish as they can be just as colorful but don't put out nearly as much bioload as koi. And they don't need the same amount of feeding nor get nearly as large or grow as fast. Tougher than koi, too.



You MUST know the Total SSA of your filter to know how many fish you can place in your pond!


Fish Weights, Lengths, Ammonia Produced, and
Waste Produced

Fish Length	Weight in Ounces	Weight in Grams	Ammonia Produced in MG/24 hr	Waste Produced in Grams/24 hr
1"	.01	.28	0.028	0.0924
2"	.08	2.27	0.227	0.7491
3"	.26	7.37	0.737	2.4321
4"	.62	17.58	1.758	5.8014
5"	1.21	34.30	3.43	11.319
6"	2.09	59.25	5.925	19.5525
7"	3.33	94.40	9.44	31.152
8"	4.96	140.61	14.061	46.4013
9"	7.07	200.43	20.043	66.1419
10"	9.70	274.99	27.499	90.7467
12"	16.76	475.14	47.514	156.7962
14"	26.61	754.38	75.438	248.9454
16"	39.72	1,126.04	112.604	371.5932
18"	56.55	1,603.17	160.317	529.0461
20"	77.58	2,199.36	219.936	725.7888
22"	103.25	2,927.10	292.71	965.943
24"	134.05	3,800.25	380.025	1,254.0825
26"	170.43	4,831.61	483.161	1,594.4313
28"	212.87	6,034.76	603.476	1,991.4708
30"	261.82	7,422.47	742.247	2,449.4151

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im thinking abou 5 or 6 gold fish and a bule orfle and golden orfle may be a ghoast koi

 

[Craig ish]

It's one fish per 20 gallons, but I'm assuming you want to keep your fish happy and healthy I would not put more than 10 in it, carp family fish polite their waters fast your gonna need a good pump and anything over 10, your pump will be working over time! Lol. I'd buy some nice live plants and decorations I'd start with 5 fish so you can learn your environment not at the expense of 10 fish because nothing is worse than waking up to feed your fish and seeing you have a predator issue and no fish left. Any goldfish/carp family fish will be large faster than you think so start small learn your breed of fish and progress at your pace if you need plants feel free to let me know ! I can send you some starts

whats best plants to put in my pond

 

[brokensword]

im thinking abou 5 or 6 gold fish and a bule orfle and golden orfle may be a ghoast koi

if orfe get over 20" I wouldn't and just stick with goldfish; they have shubunkins that are multicolored goldfish.

 

[brokensword]

whats best plants to put in my pond

floating; water hyacinth, water lettuce. Marginals; water iris, horsetail, marsh marigold, cardinal flower, forgetmenots.

 

[combatwombat]

30"

261.82

7,422.47

742.247

2,449.4151

2,449 grams = 5.4 lbs.

 

[brokensword]

2,449 grams = 5.4 lbs.

kinda eye-opening, isn't it? It's why I'm praying my koi don't ever reach their limit! Btw, and maybe you originally mentioned it but I'm not going to dig back all 3500 pages of your build, but are you planning on fish? And what kind????

 

[combatwombat]

kinda eye-opening, isn't it? It's why I'm praying my koi don't ever reach their limit! Btw, and maybe you originally mentioned it but I'm not going to dig back all 3500 pages of your build, but are you planning on fish? And what kind????

I'm planning on fish, but it's been one of those long-term diplomacy goals. Wife would prefer not to have fish, so I have been waiting for her to see the finished pond so that she can understand that it needs fish to be complete.

As for what kind, I don't know. I haven't really thought about it. Probably some shubunkins a bunch of goldfish, but I think we're up into the water volume range where a few koi would be right at home, too.

Also, I cannot believe that a 30" koi poops 1/3 it's body weight daily. That is hard to even fathom.

I'm not going to dig back all 3500 pages of your build

Hey, most of those pages are just you guys all yelling at me to hurry up.

 

[Craig ish]

kinda eye-opening, isn't it? It's why I'm praying my koi don't ever reach their limit! Btw, and maybe you originally mentioned it but I'm not going to dig back all 3500 pages of your build, but are you planning on fish? And what kind????

im thinking6 or 7 gold fish blue orfe golden orfe ghoast koi

 

[Craig ish]

2,449 grams = 5.4 lbs.

what u mean

It's one fish per 20 gallons, but I'm assuming you want to keep your fish happy and healthy I would not put more than 10 in it, carp family fish polite their waters fast your gonna need a good pump and anything over 10, your pump will be working over time! Lol. I'd buy some nice live plants and decorations I'd start with 5 fish so you can learn your environment not at the expense of 10 fish because nothing is worse than waking up to feed your fish and seeing you have a predator issue and no fish left. Any goldfish/carp family fish will be large faster than you think so start small learn your breed of fish and progress at your pace if you need plants feel free to let me know ! I can send you some starts

so how many plants should i put in my pond was thinking warter lillies and maybe some artifical floating plants i in uk

 

[Craig ish]

I'm planning on fish, but it's been one of those long-term diplomacy goals. Wife would prefer not to have fish, so I have been waiting for her to see the finished pond so that she can understand that it needs fish to be complete.

As for what kind, I don't know. I haven't really thought about it. Probably some shubunkins a bunch of goldfish, but I think we're up into the water volume range where a few koi would be right at home, too.

Also, I cannot believe that a 30" koi poops 1/3 it's body weight daily. That is hard to even fathom.



Hey, most of those pages are just you guys all yelling at me to hurry up.

how many plants do u suggest to put in my pond and wat about artifical floating plants are they any good

 

[addy1]

wat about artifical floating plants are they any good

maybe just for shade