Barbel

[David Sim]

Hi

In the latter stages of a new pond - 1500 gal's - in the UK. Anyone had any
experience with stocking a couple of Barbel?

Pond will be well filtered & aired - I'm just concerned about the lack of
"running" water for the fish

Thanks

David

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>In the latter stages of a new pond - 1500 gal's - in the UK. Anyone had any
>experience with stocking a couple of Barbel?

Do you really mean Barbels, or koi? Barbels are game fish, ugly, from the
pictures I saw by Googling. Their profile looks very much like koi though.

>Pond will be well filtered & aired - I'm just concerned about the lack of
>"running" water for the fish

Define "running" water. If it's is being filtered, there must be flow. How
many gph is flowing thru the filter? ~ jan


See my ponds and filter design:
www.jjspond.us

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

[HUNTER]

I hope your not on about River Barbel

"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
...
> >In the latter stages of a new pond - 1500 gal's - in the UK. Anyone had
any
> >experience with stocking a couple of Barbel?
>
> Do you really mean Barbels, or koi? Barbels are game fish, ugly, from the
> pictures I saw by Googling. Their profile looks very much like koi though.
>
> >Pond will be well filtered & aired - I'm just concerned about the lack of
> >"running" water for the fish
>
> Define "running" water. If it's is being filtered, there must be flow. How
> many gph is flowing thru the filter? ~ jan
>
>
> See my ponds and filter design:
> www.jjspond.us
>
> ~Keep 'em Wet!~
> Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
> To e-mail see website

[Andy]

David Sim wrote:
> Hi
>
> In the latter stages of a new pond - 1500 gal's - in the UK. Anyone had any
> experience with stocking a couple of Barbel?
>
> Pond will be well filtered & aired - I'm just concerned about the lack of
> "running" water for the fish

http://www.thebarbelsociety.co.uk/qanda.htm

Might provide some insight - from a quick read through it seems the
answer is that keeping barbel in still water is bad for their health.

--
Andy