you are going to have to thin out your pond until you have a maximum of 1 goldfish
per 20 gallons of pond. if you would like some natural "birth control" get 3 Orfes.
they eat the eggs and fry and with them around you wont have excess GF.
Ingrid
"Tom Puskar" wrote:
I'm new to this group so apologies if this has already been covered.
I have an outdoor pond stocked with goldfish. My original 10 goldfish are
very prolific and I now have more than 100 fish of various sizes and types.
This year alone the outdoor pond has generated over 30 new fish.
I'm in zone 6 and we've had a few brutal winters in the past two years. To
preserve my finned friends, I built a 300 gallon indoor pond and also have a
100 gallon aquarium and a 29 gallon aquarium--all overstocked!
Here's my problem and I'd appreciate help. I appear to have a pretty severe
ammonia problem in all the indoor tanks. Although I haven't lost a single
fish (and they are breeding in the 300 gallon tank) I keep getting ammonia
readings off the scale on the standard kits.
I do water changes, charge the aquaria with Cycle or MicrobeLift but the
readings are still high. I put ammo rocks (or chips as appropriate) in the
tanks but still get high readings. Nitrates are also usually pretty high.
I hate to get rid of my fish but I need to fix this problem. The fish range
in size from tiny fry (1 inch or less) to 6-8 inches long.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
I hate to make this a marathon post and would be glad to discuss additional
details offline.
Thanks to anyone with ideas.
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Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.