I have a pond of 15.000 l (little less than 4.000 gals) and constructed it
in the way that I have one deep water zone and the rest is rather shallow.
So for my fish (SRBDs, Fundulus catenatus) I only have to drain the pond so
that the fish are in the deep water - no escape.
Steffen
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> Von: Rich Butts <richbutts44_at_yahoo.com> > Antworten an: nanfa_at_aquaria.net > Datum: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:39:06 -0700 (PDT) > An: nanfa_at_aquaria.net > Betreff: NANFA-- not thinking > > I have been working on my 2,000 gal pond for nearly a year now. It is planted > and has some filtration etc. So, in a moment of excitement, I put all of my > sunfish, blue spotted and black banded, into this rather large 3 foot deep > pond. That was the last time that I have seen them and I now have an algea > bloom to make matters worse. > Anyone have any suggestions on how to get these guys out of the pond at the > end of the season, say November. I live in Massachusetts. Any chance that > they could survive the winter outside in the pond? I had about six of each > type sunfish. Draining the pond is an option that would require more work > than it is worth at this point. > Rich Butts - > /"Unless stated otherwise, comments made on this list do not necessarily > / reflect the beliefs or goals of the North American Native Fishes > / Association" > / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes Association > / nanfa_at_aquaria.net. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help, send the word > / subscribe, unsubscribe, or help in the body (not subject) of an email to > / nanfa-request_at_aquaria.net. For a digest version, send the command to > / nanfa-digest-request_at_aquaria.net instead. > / For more information about NANFA, visit our web page, http://www.nanfa.org /----------------------------------------------------------------------------- /"Unless stated otherwise, comments made on this list do not necessarily / reflect the beliefs or goals of the North American Native Fishes / Association" / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes Association / nanfa_at_aquaria.net. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help, send the word / subscribe, unsubscribe, or help in the body (not subject) of an email to / nanfa-request_at_aquaria.net. For a digest version, send the command to / nanfa-digest-request_at_aquaria.net instead. / For more information about NANFA, visit our web page, http://www.nanfa.org