karl

i have kept fish for over 20 years and spent 1000s on all the mod cons in the past at 1 time i had 3 ponds in my garden this 1 being the smallest the large 1 was 16 ft x 10 ft x 6ft deep

markf1fan

cool so we could learn alot from you then lol, have you any pictures of your bigger pond.

karl

i have some pics will have to find them out and put them on
some of the things ive leant about keeping fish are
keep every think natral the best you can
observe the fish as much as you can as they will tell you if some thinks not right
feed them the things they would eat in the wild(slugs worms tadpoles black berrys bread and give them some greens lettuce mint ect

freddy

Very true

markf1fan

slugs worms tadpoles black berrys now i would be worried with all of that. do slugs not bring diseases into the pond.

karl

well thats what my fish get look at all the crap that anglers put in fishing pools they have no big filters to clean it out and yet the fish live and grow well

markf1fan

yes very true but then when im spending 100s of £ on koi i would be more worrying about what i would be putting in pond. normal carp in lakes are more hardy i would of thought, but i understand what your saying.

karl

[quote=markf1fan;32773]yes very true but then when im spending 100s of £ on koi i would be more worrying about what i would be putting in pond. normal carp in lakes are more hardy i would of thought, but i understand what your saying.[/QUOT

my pond is just there for me to enjoy im not telling any 1 to do the things i do as every 1 has there own way of doing things the things i do have worked for me up to know i dont show koi and my pond as a mix of fish in it and cost me very littel to run my fish are probly more hardy than others as they live more of a natral life