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Good Grief woman!

That is HUGE! What are you planning in stocking in that monster???

Wow Cindy, I'm gonna have to come over and swim laps in that thing!!!

That's a good job you did there --wanna come make one for me???? On your way you can stop and make one for Jiffy too, oh, and bring Andys credit card along too will ya--I'm sure he wouldn't care....

I am absolutely green with envy right now, Cindy. I would love to have a pond that size...

We went shopping for those flat rocks. $170 a pallet. They wouldn't sell me just what I needed for my little puddle because their scale was broken and they didn't know how to charge for them.

Dianna

Well, I'd share some of my rocks with you and Jiffy if I could.
I have piles of them all over the place...some so big (4'+ diameter) that I have to move them with the backhoe. I sorta collect them! I think I bit off more than I can chew with this pond.


Cindy

Shall this "pond" be called "Loch Cindy Lou"

uh, ya think?

Can I have it next????

Thanks! I'll post some more pics of it tomorrow. It looks way different now with rocks around it.

Hey!
You won't even have to leave the house!

You need to get some of those coooooool lookin'
white ducks like Njoynit has in hers.......

I have livestock in it already that probably isn't compatible with ducks...a stupid Cocker Spaniel that thinks it's his private swimming pool.

Yeah...Hell Hound!

:rolleyes:

Wow! That thing is big enough to hold koi if you wanted! How wonderful!

Oh, man...don't be giving me anymore ideas!
I tend to go a little extreme!

Just remember, that goldfish are in the carp
family and will grow in size to the size of their
surroundings.. bigger area = bigger fish

Hey, I think I see an Alien's light comin'
out of the water there..
Do you see it, get closer, closer..CLOSER...

If they grew over 8 inches in that puddle I had them in, they will end up being 2 feet long!


Oh, that's just those crazy goldfish playing with my light sabre again!

Actually....it more a matter of them finally having room to grow to their natural size. Carp/goldies kept in small bowls and tanks will stay small, not because they grow to their surroundings, but because they end up stunted. Limited space, poor water quality (a goldie will produce massive amounts of ammonia in a bowl within hours of receiving fresh water) and limited oxygen availability all end up weakening the fish so it doesn't grow to it's natural potential or even live out a semi-normal life span. Most goldies are very capable of living 20 years or more if their basic requirements are met!

In a big pond like this, you can expect common (feeder) type goldies to grow to 12-15 inches long. And, if you got koi...they could double that.

If you did get koi...PLEASE restrain the desire to get lots of them. Even a pond this size won't hold a bunch of them...but 2 or 3 might work out ok.

If not koi...then rest assured you will still have lots of fun watching all those baby goldies grow into mammoth fishies.

You might want to check in at your local, privately owned fish store and see if the owners need a supplier for goldies (or if they will at least take your extras off your hands.) You will end up needing that backhoe again in the spring otherwise. You may also have an area fish club that would take extras too.

I wonder if there's been any research done in the field of goldfish birth control?

Oh...and I'm not even thinking about koi.
I have extremely high stress due to these goldfish...
...which I love VERY much and want to take the best care of that I can.

Koi would put me over that edge...

not to mention andy's credit card. koi are expensive from what i have heard. but they can be beautiful!

Even mutt kois at the chain petstores run about $20 a fish...so they are indeed a far cry from the cheap goldies.

And, for people who are seriously bonkers about their goldies...neutering a fish is not out of the question when you are fortunate enough to have a vet who deals in aquatic life. It's way farther than I would want to go...but different strokes and all.

Giraffe,
Okay, I'll bite.. *so to speak*

How the HECK DO THEY NEUTER THEM PUPPIES????
(Or should I say GUPPIES?? )

What the....
Are you sh**ting me??????

I swear, I have spent all evening reading about pond maintenance... :rolleyes:
It is like going back to school...
...but nothing sinks in anymore for some reason.

I just hope my fish live and want a career instead of a family.

Cindy and Laura, all i can say is YOU CRACK ME UP,rolling me self off the floor.

the only image that came trough my mind reading you guys was like all of that happened to samantha stevens,at least she could always make it disappear and laura if you were the neighboor ...woudn t that mean you d be mrs kravitz....wonder about endora

dough.