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Are pine needles poison to fish?
I have a friend who has a large pond. He would like to sink several
Christmas trees in the pond for structure. The question came up would the fish nibble the needles and if so are they toxic? Any info would be a great help. Thank You Jim Bunton |
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Are pine needles poison to fish?
I don't know for sure, but I don't think so. It's pretty common in the
spring to toss in branches for spawning media, and the skeletons of Christmas trees make a nice place for fry to hide. But - unless it's a natural pond - it will make an AWFUL mess as it decomposes. Lee "Jim Bunton" wrote in message m... I have a friend who has a large pond. He would like to sink several Christmas trees in the pond for structure. The question came up would the fish nibble the needles and if so are they toxic? Any info would be a great help. Thank You Jim Bunton |
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Are pine needles poison to fish?
Hench, the decomposing might not be so good for the fish?? I wonder if the
pine needles might make the water more acidic?? Tim.. "Lee B." wrote in message ... I don't know for sure, but I don't think so. It's pretty common in the spring to toss in branches for spawning media, and the skeletons of Christmas trees make a nice place for fry to hide. But - unless it's a natural pond - it will make an AWFUL mess as it decomposes. Lee "Jim Bunton" wrote in message m... I have a friend who has a large pond. He would like to sink several Christmas trees in the pond for structure. The question came up would the fish nibble the needles and if so are they toxic? Any info would be a great help. Thank You Jim Bunton |
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Are pine needles poison to fish?
And the decomposing will turn the water tea color. Unless the Kh is
unusually high, it will make the water acidic, imo. In man-made but large ponds (with water coming in and flowing out from the river) locally, they use old christmas trees for the reasons Lee described. ~ jan Hench, the decomposing might not be so good for the fish?? I wonder if the pine needles might make the water more acidic?? Tim.. "Lee B." wrote in message ... I don't know for sure, but I don't think so. It's pretty common in the spring to toss in branches for spawning media, and the skeletons of Christmas trees make a nice place for fry to hide. But - unless it's a natural pond - it will make an AWFUL mess as it decomposes. Lee "Jim Bunton" wrote in message m... I have a friend who has a large pond. He would like to sink several Christmas trees in the pond for structure. The question came up would the fish nibble the needles and if so are they toxic? Any info would be a great help. Thank You Jim Bunton See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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Are pine needles poison to fish?
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote in message . ..
And the decomposing will turn the water tea color. Unless the Kh is unusually high, it will make the water acidic, imo. In man-made but large ponds (with water coming in and flowing out from the river) locally, they use old christmas trees for the reasons Lee described. ~ jan Hench, the decomposing might not be so good for the fish?? I wonder if the pine needles might make the water more acidic?? Tim.. "Lee B." wrote in message ... I don't know for sure, but I don't think so. It's pretty common in the spring to toss in branches for spawning media, and the skeletons of Christmas trees make a nice place for fry to hide. But - unless it's a natural pond - it will make an AWFUL mess as it decomposes. Lee "Jim Bunton" wrote in message m... I have a friend who has a large pond. He would like to sink several Christmas trees in the pond for structure. The question came up would the fish nibble the needles and if so are they toxic? Any info would be a great help. Thank You Jim Bunton See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website My pond is under a pine tree and if the needles were poisonous my fish would be dead by now. I do scoop them out though and they definaltly make the water a tea color. |
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Are pine needles poison to fish?
"steve" wrote in message om... snip My pond is under a pine tree and if the needles were poisonous my fish would be dead by now. I do scoop them out though and they definaltly make the water a tea color. Same here. The needles also clump nicely with string algae. Makes cleanup easy. BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
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