Pond in Sydney

[redwine]

Hi all,

I live in Sydney Australia and inherited a pond when I moved into my house 8 years ago. Since then I've learned a great deal about maintaining a pond and caring for fish and found out how enjoyable the hobby can be.

This forum contains a wealth of information to assist any pond owner although I haven't found an answer to my current dilemma of my goldfish destroying my water lilies so I've asked my first question in the "Aquatic Plants" forum.

Cheers,
Alison

 

[DrDave]

Welcome to the Forum!

 

[j.w]

redwine

 

[CometKeith]

Hi Alison, Welcome!!!

 

[addy1]

Welcome to the group of pond fanatics!

 

[DrCase]

Welcome to the Forum !!!

 

[marla]

welcome to the forum

 

[koiguy1969]

WELCOME TO THE GROUP... as far as the fish tearing up the lillies. i had this problem with my koi..they used to tear off little chunks from the pads. but last year they started biting them off at or just above the rhyzone. 20+ pads floating almost everyday for a couple weeks. it was ridiculous. but this is the first ive heard of this problem with goldies. i used to have 60 - 70 goldies in my pond at any given time till i gave them away and never saw them perpetrate any plant destruction.except algea eating..but thats a good thing.

 

[sissy]

welcome to the forum Alison and that is true my koi destroy the plants but seems the goldies could care less about the plants .