The Doofie Man wrote
The bigger the pond the better the
filtering has to be I'd think.

Actually it is the opposite. Smaller ponds tend to get over populated with fish
and they need more aggressive filtering.
My pond is 3,000 gallons, has 12 goldfish right now and filtered only by
plants.

As for how many plants.
Plants are good, lots of plants are better until...
the plants use up the oxygen at night that the fish need. Then you need to add
extra air movement into the pond. Bubblers, fountains, anything that moves the
water around.

Is a skimmer really that important?

It is one of the ponding mistakes I made and I wish I'd put one in.


kathy :-)
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