!*#$ing Heron !

[Martin Harran]

Have my pond eight years, gradually built up to 24 fish - including 6 of
original fish I put in when I first built it - and a !*#$ing Heron cleaned
it out last week :(

Anyway, I've had a problem with murky water last few years, all tests
showing it ok* and no problem with sick or dying fish, I've put it down to a
probable combination of the pond getting too much sun and too few plants
for the number of fish.

I put in some extra plants last year and I'm wondering if I should now leave
the pond for a year with no fish to get rid of the murkiness in the water.
Any opinions on this?

(*I have a UV filtering system and there's a waterfall in the pond which
obviously helps the oxygenation)

[Reel McKoi[_3_]]

"Martin Harran" > wrote in message
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> Have my pond eight years, gradually built up to 24 fish - including 6 of
> original fish I put in when I first built it - and a !*#$ing Heron
> cleaned it out last week :(
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They (herons and kingfishers) just about cleaned our our ponds until we
bird-netted them. No more predation.
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[adavisus]

Martin Harran;729400 Wrote:
> Have my pond eight years, gradually built up to 24 fish - including 6 of
>
> original fish I put in when I first built it - and a !*#$ing Heron
> cleaned
> it out last week :(
>
> Anyway, I've had a problem with murky water last few years, all tests
> showing it ok* and no problem with sick or dying fish, I've put it down
> to a
> probable combination of the pond getting too much sun and too few
> plants
> for the number of fish.
>
> I put in some extra plants last year and I'm wondering if I should now
> leave
> the pond for a year with no fish to get rid of the murkiness in the
> water.
> Any opinions on this?
>
> (*I have a UV filtering system and there's a waterfall in the pond
> which
> obviously helps the oxygenation)


Without fish rummaging around, stirring up anything that fits into
their mouths, ponds with 60% plant coverage usually stabilise to gin
clear water conditions after a few weeks

Regards, andy
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