This is our new pond at the allotment me and my girlfriend made, we saw there was a goldfish living in it before when it was about a buckets worth of mud, we’ve got plenty more duckweed we can put in there, just don’t want to impact his oxygen too much as he’s had barely any for the past 2 years (we’ve only known he was in the old one for the past couple months), how can we bring algae down so we can see our little guy? I’m thinking of making a parasol type thing to go over it for more shade. This is very new we made it last week so I don’t expect it to be crystal clear right away. We’ve got 0 electricity or water supply other than the solar pump and jugs we bring in. Out of camera we’ve also got a water lily and some hornwort in there. Will this be enough

What fertilizer is everyone using (north east USA)? I went down the rabbit hole reading reviews and there’s too many bad reviews on everything

Approximately 1000 gallon pond with a few koi and goldfish-

Does anyone know what this is? It looks dead, I am thinking algae, but why has it all died all of a sudden?

I have this garden bed in the back corner of my yard and my husband and I have been talking about possibly adding a small pond. Does anyone have any build ideas?

How much does it actually cost to start a small pond?

TIA

The algae is under control now but only after a traumatic loss of two lovely fish babies. I shared this before but just for the sake of clarity - partner and I inherited this pond when we bought our new (to us) home in October of last year. The learning curve has been steep but we were getting a groove and doing our best.

Partner woke to a loud noise from the pond a few weeks ago, came out to find the pond nearly empty and two fish passed while the surviving two struggled. We snapped into gear and got them (by hand, it was 6am and we couldn’t find the net) into a tub of dechlorinated water. Partner saved their lives just barely, they were distressed but are doing very well weeks later.

Turns out the previous owner had installed the main pump on the base of the pond without elevation so when a pipe fitting failed all the water was pumped out. We lost two lovelies and it’s been so sad to process. We’ve repaired the pipes, elevated the pump, and gotten the pond up and going. We also setup all the gear we need if there is ever another emergency situation. Water is the clearest it’s been now, but we sure wish it could have been another way.

Now we have these two babes to love on, they’ve gotten more social with us and seem very content. We are unsure if we should add more fish or not. Curious if there are ideal minimums or if a couple more would make these fish even more happy? Any thoughts or input appreciated. We’re committed to giving these guys a great life and hoping we’re up the steepest part of the learning curve now. 🤞

Note - pond is 1500 gallons and these fish are about 4/5 years old and had been in a school of 4 for their whole lives.

This morning I noticed my pond pump was flipped over underwater like there had been a struggle (I know the signs from when my late blind and deaf pug would stumble in every so often previously). I went to right it and noticed most of one of my shubunken fish a foot or two away from the edge. Then I realized only one goldfish was in the pond, and what looks like all of my dojo loaches (thank God for the fast noodles). Eventually I found at least 3ish remains of the original 8 I had. Due to the spread and messiness I'm thinking more mammal than bird, but I can't be sure. Another thing I noticed is my lab puppy has been usually "sniffy" and wary of the backyard today, as if he smells a creature he's nervous about.

I guess I'm mostly posting to be sad and share with people who would get how sad I am over fish. I've watched these guys for almost 3 years now, starting out as 2 inch babies and growing into fat happy big boys (and girls, IDK) and now they are almost entirely gone. I don't want to decide anything now, but want are your opinions on what to do next? I feel bad for the remaining shubunken being all by himself even though there are loaches in with him. I'm open to getting more fish but I want to figure out some kind of predator deterrent, especially if whatever it was has learned this is a fun food source. I'm in western Washington if that's relevant.

Every day I come out check on this bulb, and today we've finally broke the surface. She'll be my first. #fingerscrossed 😭🪷🤞

so I’ve recently started expanding my pond and im wondering what fish I can put in there. Im not a hundred percent sure about the size and dimensions but I think it is 2 meters by 4. Also any recommendations for pumps and filters. it came with house and I decided to fix it up since there were two comet goldfish in there and its leaky.

What on earth is this?!

Context: am moving house s(SW UK) so transferred some pieces from my medium sized pond to whisky barrel half. Nothing exotic etc just some old wood marginals, oxygenators. Saved some newts and pond snails on the way.

Two weeks and this slime is blocking my pump. Doesn't smell hideous but definitely has a whiff to it.

Any ideas?

The pond rebuild is getting a lot closer to being finished. But now all these big rounded rocks are in place I feel like the waterfall is kind of dwarfed and I’m not really a fan of the dark rocks but they are the only rocks I have on hand. Of course it might look more balanced when more rocks are stacked up at the sides. But I would welcome any advice or suggestions.

The ostrich fern will get planted on a little hill to the side of the falls with purple coral bells next to that. Then there’s a stepping stone leading to steps on the pond shelves. So the waterfall has limited space. I don’t think I really want it bigger but maybe I need chunkier rocks for the cascades? It can’t go too high or any wider. I just want it to look like it belongs there. Right now it’s a first draft, I set up before we got the new rocks.