My pond is stagnant but very healthy, with plants, tadpoles and frogs. I have just put 3 goldfish and 4 Orfes into the pond, however after a few hours, they don't seem to surface. I havent seen them since. The pond water has alot of algae in it though and a bit murky. What do i do? help please.
2006-07-14 10:15:30 · 21 answers · asked by SI & V 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Do you have a pump to oxygenate the water?
2006-07-14 10:17:37 · answer #1 · answered by monkeyface 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a no brainer. Get the algae out of there. A healthy pond won't have algae nor be stagnant, ok? I don't know what an Orfes is, but goldfish need to be able to get to the top and breathe and if you have algae, especially, that poor thing can't get through it.
I'm not a pond person (yet) but have read so much on this subject and I know you have to have circulation in that pond to promote a healthy environment for whatever animals/amphibians you have in there.
2006-07-14 17:25:14 · answer #2 · answered by kath68142 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to keep and see your fish you will have to get a pump, filter and ultra violet light filter they do some good combination sets these days you will have to clean them out almost daily to start with but this will soon go down to about once or twice a month
you will have to work out the volume of water in the pond to do this measure width X lenght X depth x 6.25 this will give you the gallonage of your pond then get a pump and filter that can filter this every 2 hrs
the uv light will cause the alge to clump together and be filtered out by the filter hence the regular cleaning
2006-07-15 10:55:54 · answer #3 · answered by bbh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're probably at the bottom where you can't see them. You might want to get a clarifier so you can enjoy watching them and keep the algae down. Too much algae will kill them by taking up all the oxygen in the water.
2006-07-14 17:19:30 · answer #4 · answered by PuterPrsn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless they are now floating on the surface they'll still be alive, but suggest you get a pump to get some oxygen into the water
2006-07-14 17:45:14 · answer #5 · answered by Jules 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clean it out. Maybe they are where you can't see them. Or the forgs ate them. they are meat eaters you know! ( I suggest you clean the tank out firrst. If you still don't see them, it has to be the frogs. If orfes are big, they could have eaten them too. I've never really heard of those fish before!
~*Alyssa*~
2006-07-14 17:24:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try to shine a light in it. it's not the greatest thing but it may work. and i've never heard of orfes, but i don't think they're man eaters. so reach your arm in and feed your fish... also try to filter your water a bit so it won't be so murky.
2006-07-14 17:21:18 · answer #7 · answered by Shupert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will surface when they have settled in.The algae is a pain but I think you'll have to keep getting it out or buy something to treat the water.
2006-07-14 17:19:47 · answer #8 · answered by red 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy a filter my dads pond has one makes the water nice and clear and you need something to kill the algae
2006-07-14 17:20:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either put your glasses on or clean the blooming pond out
2006-07-14 17:20:43 · answer #10 · answered by crl_cpr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.make sure you havea fountain to get oxygen into the water
2.feed them floating food to encourage them to come to the surface
3.get some more goldfish,mine would hide all the timeuntil I got some more then they started playing around the pong and having a good time
2006-07-14 17:24:32 · answer #11 · answered by meatismurder90 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋