Probably also worth mentioning for our Aussie friends that Eastern Long Neck Turtles will take chunks out of your goldfish if you have them in your pond. I found that out the hard way when I was a kid with my first pond.
Would their claws not put a hole in the liner also? Have removed one turtle from my pond in East Gippsland already. They like to wander in on hot days.
I'm in NSW and keep white clouds, danios and firetail gudgeon in my pond which was a swimming pool. I have lots of green tree frogs, hence the small fish. Love the white clouds, they hang out by the steps are lot and are inquisitive, every time I move something around. The danios seem to sprint everywhere and hardly see the gudgeons. Just over 100 in total ... Will add Pacific blue eyes once weather warms too.
After watching your vids, I'm going to add a dozen gold fish to my koi/swimming pond. My pond is in its second year, and is starting to have some string algae problems. I only have seven koi, so hopefully the new fish will help them keep the algae at bay. Thanks for the helpful videos.
I live in Flanders, Belgium and have a 10.000 l pond as natural as possible. We have a lot of salamanders (100) in our pond so the only fish we can have is the American minnow (because of its orange color and Rice fish, also for the orange color. They are algea eathers and do not harm the salamanders. They like to school together juist below the water surface. I am new follower of your channel and in September (when most of the salamanders are out of the pond) I will make a bog filter like yours 😉
I live in northern nsw and keep crimson spotted rainbow fish and Marjorie hardyheads (both native to our area) with my gold fish. I like the goldfish way more than I thought I would and we also swim in our pond and they and the natives are quite interactive. I do love the rainbows though they are awesome fish and quite trout like in the way they attack any insect, worm or other food in the water. Quite entertaining.
What do you feed them? I'm currently building a pond and want to have Bluegills. I caught a few Bluegill fry for my aquarium a few years ago. I assumed they would eat plain old fish food flakes or pellets. They would not. They would only eat brine shrimp, worms, and feeder fish. My worry is the expense and pain of fresh food.
Hi Ozponds, I keep goldfish in my small 2’ x 6’ pond. I live in the most southeast corner of Ireland near the Irish Sea. I struggled to get my pea green water clear for 3 years, till I took your advice about stones and plants- I now have crystal clear water for the first time ever, so thank you. I am struggling to get pond plants here in Ireland, so I grew water cress and put it in my pebble fountain filter and it’s doing great, however I am getting some string algae on my large rocks in my pond. Have you any suggestions on how to get rid of it? My pond is by a hedge so mostly in the shade, also I have a couple of small frogs that have moved in and I’m delighted about that.
I’m so happy you now have clear water. Last week I made a video on string algae - Pond algae control. Should you use copper algaecides? ua-cam.com/video/dQB6jzCqSBs/v-deo.html hopefully that will help you 👍
I’m in the uk london (CFB) have a lot of different fish In my pond 4 koi love them as there are very pretty and change as they grow. Weather loach these guys are a lot of fun and eat Algae. Golden orfe, stickleback, goldfish and gudgeon never see the last one though.
Hi Kev. I'm from NZ and i haven't built a pond yet, but i dream of having a large pond, with a creek and keep Inangas (Galaixias), Koura (Fresh water Crays) and a couple of Tuna (long fin eels)
I live in south eastern North Carolina (Wilmington). It gets quite warm but winter temperatures don't drop lower that 5 Celsius here and never longer than a day or two. I have 2 10 gallon patio ponds that were empty for a year...water, plants and cycled but no fish...I was worried about putting fish in them. This year I decided on rice fish..9 in each pond..they're doing great...
I keep Koi, goldfish (comet, ranchu, shubunkin), 24k Gold Mt. Minnows, and Platys in Southern California. The Platys will eat algae all day long too, but don’t do well in the cold. I threw a heater in over winter. I tried cherry barbs, but they didn’t survive the winter. I want some platinum rice fish next.
I am in central Florida and now have goldfish and mollies. The mollies being live bearers can over populate . I do have birds that come feed on them, they don’t bother the goldfish,they are too big. In talking to other pond owners about 30 miles north found that they can not grow mollies,the weather gets too cold in the winter.
Depends on the size of your pond and oxygen content. Somethings to look into would be koi (you’re allowed to keep them in NSW), goldfish, rice fish, mountain minnows, trout. If you wanted natives galaxias, Pygmy perch, Murray rainbows, Murray cod, silver perch and yellow belly. Those are all pretty common and easy to source.
Hi Kev. How are you Sir? I agree with you on everything you said. Why is it that Koi are illegal there? I like Koi as well as Goldfish. As for me, I am not fussed about what fish. Whatever Fish I would go for be happy with, as that depends on the size and depth of the Pond. However that is me hyper talking as I do not have my own pond. Your video has now been given the 151st Thumbs up. Have a awesome Week. Take care Sir. 👍😊❤️
Hello how are you... I loved your videos. you have way to simplify things. But I have a question, the fish waste fall down at the bottom of the pond and the suction pump is at the top of the water surface. How is waste removed from the bottom of a pond?
The bacterias and little critters break it down into an inert substance I call mulm (also called detritus). Overtime it does build up, when it looks ugly it’s time to net or vacuum it out.
Excellent video . Thank heaps I went to shop today to buysome gold fish for my small pond. Girl tried to sell me a bunch of chemicals. I had gold fish in past and never used chemicals and they all survived for years . Do I need chemicals?
I bought mine from a lovely lady on Facebook. Chris from middle creek farm, look them up. She specialises in native fish and I’m not sure if she still does the medaka (rice fish).
Any tips on dealing with toads? They will lay so many eggs during the rainy season here that they clog up filters and is just an overall mess. Ive tried using predator fishes but most of them dont look good in a pond where you can only see from above
I live in northwest Florida and and have had more than a few seasons of battling this issue. The ONLY thing I have found so far thats worked for me was getting a roll of screen (like for screen doors) and cutting it to loosely fit into the pond. It doesn't stop them from laying their eggs in there, as nothing really does, but every other day or so just lift the screen and they are all attached to it then I just rinse them off with pond water into my compost pile for my plants.
not once have i seen my White Clouds go anywhere near the surface. they are middle to bottom at all times. also, I bought 20 (in 2 lots of 10) and i have never seen more than 8 at most together at one time (more commonly only 2 or 3 together), even straight after I first bought them months ago. so it interested me to hear you say they usually hang out at the surface and that they like to hang in large schools. Made me wonder why mine would be the opposite of that. Do you have any thoughts on this Kev?
It's been my understanding that fish choose what depth they swim at based on temperature, and schooling is a defense mechanism. They do it when they feel uncomfortable with their surroundings. It looks like they would have schooled when you first got them though. Maybe you just got some chill fish.
@@Ozponds in Adelaide it has just hit winter and the colder weather has definitely hit. At the same time, I now cannot find a single white cloud in the pond (out of 20 original) . Do they hide away in the colder weather Kev? I haven't seen any for at least a week now during the day and I just went out at night with a torch checking every inch of the pond for over 30 minutes and there is no sign of the white clouds. Water quality is perfect.
I know what you mean this cold snap is brutal. We can’t even get into double digits here! I’m still seeing my white clouds, but they are in very small ponds. Largest pond with white clouds is only 200L.
What would you recommend for a pond of 1200l in Sydney? Its 2m long by 1m and 70cm deep. I want would like native fish or any fish that would breed. What would you put in?
That's a shame you can't keep Koi fish. They have so much personality. Mine grew from 2" in May when I got him to 10" in length by October of that first year. They certainly are eating machines. I have to distract him while feeding so I can make sure the Goldfish get some food too.
Just illegal to keep them. Carp are impacting lots of the waterways here and having negative impacts on native fish. So I guess the govt just decided, that’s it no one can keep them.
Yes. If they escape into local waterways they breed and outcompete local species. Weird thing is my state (Victoria) and the state above (NSW) share a river border. NSW allows koi, so it’s very confusing.
They’re only illegal in certain States, to try to reduce the ecological damage when they are released or escape into waterways. We already have waterways plagued with carp species. We really need to stop keeping foreign species and grow to love what is native to our own environment.
Not illegal in all states in Oz just some. They are highly invasive if released in wild, but that m easy not be the only reason. Hard to get in northern nsw for some time. Goldfish are a good and much cheaper a alternative. They can live 15 to 20 years and grow as large as 30cm, but most mac out more like 20 to 25
@@jimbomort9141 i live in Romania and koi are legal here. I have a pond and i had 4 koi and they all died, unfortunately, because they are very senstitive to water changes, ph change, green water etc. But now i have 11 goldfish and they are really cool. Recently i built a bog filter to clean the green water.
@@Namelesss2005 great to hear the goldfish are working out for you. Ous should be full size in another year or two (ie up to 30cm) and I think thats a great size and because they have more flowing fins, I think they are more graceful than the Koi. Goldfish are pretty robust which helps. Ours are in 20,000 litre converted fibreglass pool, which has worked out really well.
@@Ozponds lol, Australia is run by authoritarian nutters. Covid showed that. Would love to visit the great people and places but the government and police scare me.
Probably also worth mentioning for our Aussie friends that Eastern Long Neck Turtles will take chunks out of your goldfish if you have them in your pond. I found that out the hard way when I was a kid with my first pond.
Would their claws not put a hole in the liner also?
Have removed one turtle from my pond in East Gippsland already. They like to wander in on hot days.
Nice one Geoff. Turtles gotta eat too 👍
I’m not sure I’ve never kept turtles (yet) maybe someone with first hand knowledge will answer.
Oh man…
Thanks for sharing this fact so people won’t learn it the hard way 😄
@@Ozponds what about rainbow shiners in a 110 gal stock pond
under all day shade do you have anything on them ?
I'm in NSW and keep white clouds, danios and firetail gudgeon in my pond which was a swimming pool. I have lots of green tree frogs, hence the small fish. Love the white clouds, they hang out by the steps are lot and are inquisitive, every time I move something around. The danios seem to sprint everywhere and hardly see the gudgeons. Just over 100 in total ... Will add Pacific blue eyes once weather warms too.
Sounds wonderful 👍
After watching your vids, I'm going to add a dozen gold fish to my koi/swimming pond. My pond is in its second year, and is starting to have some string algae problems. I only have seven koi, so hopefully the new fish will help them keep the algae at bay. Thanks for the helpful videos.
🤞
I live in Flanders, Belgium and have a 10.000 l pond as natural as possible. We have a lot of salamanders (100) in our pond so the only fish we can have is the American minnow (because of its orange color and Rice fish, also for the orange color. They are algea eathers and do not harm the salamanders. They like to school together juist below the water surface. I am new follower of your channel and in September (when most of the salamanders are out of the pond) I will make a bog filter like yours 😉
That sounds like an awesome pond!
I live in northern nsw and keep crimson spotted rainbow fish and Marjorie hardyheads (both native to our area) with my gold fish. I like the goldfish way more than I thought I would and we also swim in our pond and they and the natives are quite interactive. I do love the rainbows though they are awesome fish and quite trout like in the way they attack any insect, worm or other food in the water. Quite entertaining.
Awesome Jimbo 👍
USA I keep sunfish in my small pond . Locally caught, love to feed them there so active
Very cool 👍
What do you feed them? I'm currently building a pond and want to have Bluegills. I caught a few Bluegill fry for my aquarium a few years ago.
I assumed they would eat plain old fish food flakes or pellets. They would not.
They would only eat brine shrimp, worms, and feeder fish.
My worry is the expense and pain of fresh food.
I mix goldfish flakes with bread, make little balls with my fingers. I have a solar light that attracts bugs also.
Hi Ozponds, I keep goldfish in my small 2’ x 6’ pond. I live in the most southeast corner of Ireland near the Irish Sea. I struggled to get my pea green water clear for 3 years, till I took your advice about stones and plants- I now have crystal clear water for the first time ever, so thank you.
I am struggling to get pond plants here in Ireland, so I grew water cress and put it in my pebble fountain filter and it’s doing great, however I am getting some string algae on my large rocks in my pond. Have you any suggestions on how to get rid of it? My pond is by a hedge so mostly in the shade, also I have a couple of small frogs that have moved in and I’m delighted about that.
I’m so happy you now have clear water. Last week I made a video on string algae - Pond algae control. Should you use copper algaecides?
ua-cam.com/video/dQB6jzCqSBs/v-deo.html hopefully that will help you 👍
@@Ozponds thank you for your reply, I’ll have a look at your string algae video 👍😊
I’m from Massachusetts in the USA. I keep koi in one pond. Another pond I have red ear slider turtles and shabunkin goldfish
Sounds wonderful
I’m in the uk london (CFB) have a lot of different fish In my pond 4 koi love them as there are very pretty and change as they grow.
Weather loach these guys are a lot of fun and eat Algae.
Golden orfe, stickleback, goldfish and gudgeon never see the last one though.
It’s taken me 18months to finally see just one southern purple spotted gudgeon. I put 10 in my dream pond. Elusive little buggers!
I have Shubunkin gold fish along with a few Comet goldfish. They are very good looking fish and 4 long fin Koi...love it!
Wonderful 👍
Hi Kev. I'm from NZ and i haven't built a pond yet, but i dream of having a large pond, with a creek and keep Inangas (Galaixias), Koura (Fresh water Crays) and a couple of Tuna (long fin eels)
That sounds super awesome 👍
I live in south eastern North Carolina (Wilmington). It gets quite warm but winter temperatures don't drop lower that 5 Celsius here and never longer than a day or two. I have 2 10 gallon patio ponds that were empty for a year...water, plants and cycled but no fish...I was worried about putting fish in them. This year I decided on rice fish..9 in each pond..they're doing great...
Awesome!
beautiful pond wow nice done
I keep Koi, goldfish (comet, ranchu, shubunkin), 24k Gold Mt. Minnows, and Platys in Southern California. The Platys will eat algae all day long too, but don’t do well in the cold. I threw a heater in over winter. I tried cherry barbs, but they didn’t survive the winter. I want some platinum rice fish next.
Very cool and diverse 👍
I am in central Florida and now have goldfish and mollies. The mollies being live bearers can over populate . I do have birds that come feed on them, they don’t bother the goldfish,they are too big. In talking to other pond owners about 30 miles north found that they can not grow mollies,the weather gets too cold in the winter.
Awesome. Thanks for the info Linda 👍
FYI, Goldfish will eat any smaller fish that they can get. Same as Perch. Those Ricefish were expensive snacks. :D
Oh well. Live and learn.
So beautiful thank you for sharing God bless you always
And thank you for your kind words 👍
@@Ozponds you are so welcome God bless you always
What fish would be good for sub zero temps in winter and or should i put a heater in pond . Lithgow nsw
Depends on the size of your pond and oxygen content. Somethings to look into would be koi (you’re allowed to keep them in NSW), goldfish, rice fish, mountain minnows, trout. If you wanted natives galaxias, Pygmy perch, Murray rainbows, Murray cod, silver perch and yellow belly. Those are all pretty common and easy to source.
Hi Kev.
How are you Sir?
I agree with you on everything you said.
Why is it that Koi are illegal there?
I like Koi as well as Goldfish. As for me, I am not fussed about what fish. Whatever Fish I would go for be happy with, as that depends on the size and depth of the Pond. However that is me hyper talking as I do not have my own pond.
Your video has now been given the 151st Thumbs up.
Have a awesome Week.
Take care Sir. 👍😊❤️
I’m well thanks mate 👍. The koi are illegal because if they escape into the local rivers they cause damage and outcompete native species.
@@Ozponds I'm happy to hear that you are well.
Now I understand. Thankyou very much Sir. 👍😊❤️
Other than koi and goldfish, anyone have suggestions for a place that freezes quite thoroughly every year (we get temps below 0°F or -17°C)?
Hello how are you... I loved your videos. you have way to simplify things. But I have a question, the fish waste fall down at the bottom of the pond and the suction pump is at the top of the water surface. How is waste removed from the bottom of a pond?
The bacterias and little critters break it down into an inert substance I call mulm (also called detritus). Overtime it does build up, when it looks ugly it’s time to net or vacuum it out.
Excellent video . Thank heaps
I went to shop today to buysome gold fish for my small pond. Girl tried to sell me a bunch of chemicals. I had gold fish in past and never used chemicals and they all survived for years . Do I need chemicals?
No you don’t need chemicals.
@@Ozponds thanks love your setup . I'm in Melbourne hoppers crossing . Can I get the japanese rice fish locally to melb
I bought mine from a lovely lady on Facebook. Chris from middle creek farm, look them up. She specialises in native fish and I’m not sure if she still does the medaka (rice fish).
@@Ozponds thanks heaps mate appreciate it
I live in ohio USA I keep koi, high fin banded shark, golden orfe and now looking to add golden dojo loaches
Cool 👍
Hi Ozponds, am from Melbourne and was wondering where u found the Japanese Rice fish? Haven't seen them in stores yet. Thanks for the great video
Go to Facebook. Look up middle creek farm. 👍
Any tips on dealing with toads? They will lay so many eggs during the rainy season here that they clog up filters and is just an overall mess. Ive tried using predator fishes but most of them dont look good in a pond where you can only see from above
No sorry. I have no first hand experience with toad eggs clogging filters.
I live in northwest Florida and and have had more than a few seasons of battling this issue. The ONLY thing I have found so far thats worked for me was getting a roll of screen (like for screen doors) and cutting it to loosely fit into the pond. It doesn't stop them from laying their eggs in there, as nothing really does, but every other day or so just lift the screen and they are all attached to it then I just rinse them off with pond water into my compost pile for my plants.
Love my kois and goldfish- Canada here brrrrrr!!!
🥶awesome 👍
Cod, Silver and Golden Perch in Northern VIC check out North West Aquaculture in Mildura
Nice 👍
I bought a Sarasa and Shubunkins mix 24 goldfish for under 100 dollars us.
Nice 👍
I like the idea of using native fish... 🤔
It’s very cool.
Hello, Im from Portugal. In my 13000 liter pond i have koi, kinguios, orandas and molies.
Awesome 👍
Those Murray river rainbows are beautiful. Do you keep them year round in your pond? How cold does the water get in your pond in winter?
Thank you!
Yes I do. I’ve seen the water at 5C but I don’t monitor it at all times.
@@Ozponds wow that is pretty cold. Thank you for responding
not once have i seen my White Clouds go anywhere near the surface. they are middle to bottom at all times. also, I bought 20 (in 2 lots of 10) and i have never seen more than 8 at most together at one time (more commonly only 2 or 3 together), even straight after I first bought them months ago. so it interested me to hear you say they usually hang out at the surface and that they like to hang in large schools. Made me wonder why mine would be the opposite of that. Do you have any thoughts on this Kev?
Not sure mate. Even when I kept them in a really large pond they always schooled together and hung out near the top.
It's been my understanding that fish choose what depth they swim at based on temperature, and schooling is a defense mechanism. They do it when they feel uncomfortable with their surroundings. It looks like they would have schooled when you first got them though. Maybe you just got some chill fish.
@@Ozponds in Adelaide it has just hit winter and the colder weather has definitely hit. At the same time, I now cannot find a single white cloud in the pond (out of 20 original) . Do they hide away in the colder weather Kev? I haven't seen any for at least a week now during the day and I just went out at night with a torch checking every inch of the pond for over 30 minutes and there is no sign of the white clouds. Water quality is perfect.
I know what you mean this cold snap is brutal. We can’t even get into double digits here! I’m still seeing my white clouds, but they are in very small ponds. Largest pond with white clouds is only 200L.
I’ve had them before in a pond and they were really shy. Thought they were dead and then one day I cleaned the pond and found them haha
What would you recommend for a pond of 1200l in Sydney? Its 2m long by 1m and 70cm deep. I want would like native fish or any fish that would breed. What would you put in?
I’d try some pacific blue eyes.
@@Ozponds I was thinking them Crimson-Spotted Rainbow Fish, and
Purple-Spotted Gudgeon. Would that work well?
The gudgeons might eat a few young rainbows. But otherwise yeah. In nature everything is eating everything anyway 👍
Coburg Aquarium seems like they sometimes have galaxias but seems as though they're out of stock rn
I’ll keep my eye on their website 👍
I’m from California and I got some goldfish. A raccoon got two of them but the others are doing fine. Never feed them either.
UK 🇬🇧, gold fish 🐟 and comet
Hi Kev,
Wanting to make a pond for a Murray river turtle with a bog filter. What fish would you suggest? Goldfish and white clouds?
I want a turtle but have never had one, so I’m not sure. Hopefully someone with more knowledge will see the comment and let us both know 👍
@@Ozponds What’s stopping you from getting a turtle 😂🤣
I need to fence 1.5 acres.
I live in the Philippines, not mine but the fish my friend is keeping in his medium pond is a singular snakehead that wants to bite off my finger
😂 I suggest you don’t let it!
Can I mix goldfish & white cloud fish in the same pond?
I have before. But only comets as they are fast. I wouldn’t do it with fancy goldfish.
I live in Victoria too, how do you deal with dragonfly nymph?
I let them grow into dragonflies.
How do you keep your water so clear?
The secret to a crystal clear garden pond.
ua-cam.com/video/KdZVg2tgGhc/v-deo.html.
That's a shame you can't keep Koi fish. They have so much personality. Mine grew from 2" in May when I got him to 10" in length by October of that first year. They certainly are eating machines. I have to distract him while feeding so I can make sure the Goldfish get some food too.
😂 awesome 👍
Are dogs going in the pond an issue that youve had ? Can the liner hold up
My dog is in the ponds constantly. The liner is covered with rock and pebbles so her paws make no direct contact with the liner.
I cant remember the exact species but theres a species of hardy head that almost only eat algae, have a look at them
Oh that’d be nice 👍
Wish I could keep tropical aquarium fish in a pond.
Me too. I’m constantly on realestate.com looking for land in Queensland. Maybe one day.
Members of the Barb family are rumoured to do well outside too... Can anyone back me up on this?
I’ve kept rosy barbs in an outdoor patio pond before.
I can't imagine how beautiful koi fish would be in your hands if they aren't illegal in your area.
I’d really love to have a few.
Put a trap in your local. Then pick what you want eant in the pond
Why can you not have Koi in your area? I have never heard of this?
Just illegal to keep them. Carp are impacting lots of the waterways here and having negative impacts on native fish. So I guess the govt just decided, that’s it no one can keep them.
Why are koi fish illegal where you are? I know there invasive but don't think that should make them illegal...
They illegal here in New zealand 🇳🇿 as well as they destroy natural water ways etc
Yes. If they escape into local waterways they breed and outcompete local species. Weird thing is my state (Victoria) and the state above (NSW) share a river border. NSW allows koi, so it’s very confusing.
Why are koi illegal in australia?
Because they are Carp and damage our natural waterways…only illegal in some states… however there’s a black market in them.
They’re only illegal in certain States, to try to reduce the ecological damage when they are released or escape into waterways. We already have waterways plagued with carp species. We really need to stop keeping foreign species and grow to love what is native to our own environment.
Not illegal in all states in Oz just some. They are highly invasive if released in wild, but that m easy not be the only reason. Hard to get in northern nsw for some time. Goldfish are a good and much cheaper a alternative. They can live 15 to 20 years and grow as large as 30cm, but most mac out more like 20 to 25
@@jimbomort9141 i live in Romania and koi are legal here. I have a pond and i had 4 koi and they all died, unfortunately, because they are very senstitive to water changes, ph change, green water etc. But now i have 11 goldfish and they are really cool. Recently i built a bog filter to clean the green water.
@@Namelesss2005 great to hear the goldfish are working out for you. Ous should be full size in another year or two (ie up to 30cm) and I think thats a great size and because they have more flowing fins, I think they are more graceful than the Koi. Goldfish are pretty robust which helps. Ours are in 20,000 litre converted fibreglass pool, which has worked out really well.
How are Koi illegal but goldfish fine? Goldfish lose their colour and are dangerous to natural environment.
No idea. It seems a contradiction to me too! But hey I don’t make the rules.
@@Ozponds lol, Australia is run by authoritarian nutters. Covid showed that. Would love to visit the great people and places but the government and police scare me.