On Sat, 26 Mar "Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote:

Population: Kathy is right about pet shops and about the value of cutting
back the numbers of goldies. Unfortunately, that will also fuel their
successful spawn.

I respectfully disagree, I think it is the "feeding" that fuels it, if they
aren't fed, live off the pond than the statement below controls the
problem:

However, the big guys will eat up the babies if they are hungry.

Reason: I worried about over population in the Demon pond when someone (and
we do know who) put in 6 comet goldfish (not even pretty ones). Since they
aren't fed and must compete with a dozen butterfly koi and lots of rosy
reds, we haven't had the population explosion I worried about.

To the original poster, even without a filter you can help the water
quality by doing frequent small water changes, 20% once a week. You'll will
need something to treat the new water to detox chlorine or chloramines,
whichever your water company uses.

BTW, can you run an extension cord out there? Not prudent, but many of us
did it (and still do it) for years before we got the post right out to the
pond(s)/filter(s). ~ jan


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