Self-Sustaining Tiniest Pond? - 04/21/14 08:52 PM
Hey guys,
You know i don't have a real pond yet, since it is very unusual to have one, in my country. I am still struggling to have one.
In the meantime, i use every chance to learn something about nature of ponds ands its residences. I have a cement pond, that can get only 1000 gal of water. No filtration, no chemicals, no management. I have some little Tilapias inside it and i add some water occasionally. That's it!
And since i don't interrupt the water, and i don't keep Kois, i guess i can be considered as a pond owner .
Here comes my question: There are backswimmers and fly larvaes in the water. But they will disappear a couple days after i put the fishes. Fishes will eat them all. They will also eat all the algae in the water, and in a couple weeks the water will be out of any kind of food source. However, i want a self sustaining little pond. I don't want natural food source to just disappear in a couple days
How can i do that?
PS: I got only a couple fishes in the pond.
You know i don't have a real pond yet, since it is very unusual to have one, in my country. I am still struggling to have one.
In the meantime, i use every chance to learn something about nature of ponds ands its residences. I have a cement pond, that can get only 1000 gal of water. No filtration, no chemicals, no management. I have some little Tilapias inside it and i add some water occasionally. That's it!
And since i don't interrupt the water, and i don't keep Kois, i guess i can be considered as a pond owner .
Here comes my question: There are backswimmers and fly larvaes in the water. But they will disappear a couple days after i put the fishes. Fishes will eat them all. They will also eat all the algae in the water, and in a couple weeks the water will be out of any kind of food source. However, i want a self sustaining little pond. I don't want natural food source to just disappear in a couple days
How can i do that?
PS: I got only a couple fishes in the pond.