Posted by PHSplendens on October 20, 2002 at 21:54:48:
In Reply to: Oranda and pond posted by ygroughneck on October 20, 2002 at 20:51:30:
:HI, I have had a pond for about 3 months and is doing great except that the algae is growing too fast. It killed one of my plecos. I was wondering about the Pond care Algae fix stuff. Has anyone tried this? My other question is I found this black oranda at petco that is about 6 inches. He sure looks sad in his enclosure. I wanted to know if I could "rescue" him and place him with 6 other feeder fish that are the same size. My pond is 125 gallons. I had a person come over to tell wether it was overstocked, but he said no. Let me know what you think! Thanx
Actually no I would not add any more fish to your pond, it is already overstocked with the 6 you have. At the very least you should have 25-gallons per fish, which would mean a 125-gallon pond could hold only 5 goldfish whether they are feeders or not.
Also, exactly how did the algae kill your pleco? I don't recommend adding any chemicals since chemicals will turn out to be more trouble than they are worth. If you have that much algae then you need to find out why you have that much algae and fix whatever is causing it. Test the water for nitrates, that will tell you a lot, also, how much sun does the pond get?
PHSplendens
