"Reel McKoi" wrote in message
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"D Kat" wrote in message
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The pond only measures 4'X6'X2.5' and is in full sun with the plants not
offering much shade at all yet.

What is the water temperature? He may be looking for cooler more oxygen
rich water.

The pond with the large fish is probably 3
times that surface area and in full shade. Do you think a large fish
would cope with that transfer? I'm about as fish ignorant as they come.
Donna

There are thousands of pages of information on pond fish on the Internet.
:-) I would move him to the shady pond.

Unfortunately I can't find the time to read those thousands of pages of
information - and it has to have something to stick to when you are taking
it in. When I'm not programming, potting, making glazes, gardening,
cleaning a house (which is an adventure with son home for a month), etc. I'm
reading through here and clayart to pick up the bits that will stick. One
of the reasons this room is so great is that you get condensed info, that is
to the point.

I don't 'raise' fish. I threw in some feeder fish over a decade ago to keep
the mosquitoes down. They are still with me. Right now I am dependent on
what you all throw at me. What I know about ponds I have picked up in here.
My first filter was the store bought variety and it was awful. Every week
the water flow would drop to a drip and I would be hosing it clean. I
learned from here NOT to rinse it out with hose water but to use pond water.
That improved things once the critters got growing but it still was a lot of
work. I then learned in here about lava rock in a bucket with your pump.
That is what I have been using ever since and while I don't have crystal
clear water all of the time my plants and fish are quite happy with what I
have. The raccoons used to regularly tear up my pond and kill my fish. I
learned from here that if you take the sides of your pond straight down they
can't get in to make messes and will leave things alone. I haven't had
raccoon problems since reshaping my ponds with this design. When I retire
and if I can afford someone to dig me a hole of a size big enough to have
koi then I will push myself into learning about fish and I will still be
woefully ignorant compared to most of those who know about fish here.

Now that I have spent way to much time rambling I must get back to work
(spent all morning getting the house back to livable, took care of cats and
dog, now must face debugging programming code... I would so rather be
reading about fish or throwing some pots). Donna