Barbel
 

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

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

I hope your not on about River Barbel

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
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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

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