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jsorensen
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Location : St. Louis
Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
 |  Subject: My 1500 gallon pond Sun May 03, 2009 10:10 am | |
| well i have officially started to stock my 1500 gallon pond with what it was meant for. Yesterday i went fishing and caught 1 11in bass and 1 3 in bluegill. Before that i "cycled" it with some feeder goldies and they are about 3-6in right now but wont last long will try and post some pics of the pond by the end of the week and hopefully a pic of the bass if i can see him | |
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Mike D
DIY Guy
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Age : 41
Location : Maine
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| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Sun May 03, 2009 10:12 am | |
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jsorensen
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Posts : 331
Age : 30
Location : St. Louis
Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Sun May 03, 2009 10:26 am | |
| well actually my brother caught the bass. he was given me crap because he caught the biggest fish | |
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Mostlycichlids
Cichlid Specialist
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Age : 44
Location : New Mexico USA
Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Sun May 03, 2009 3:37 pm | |
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jsorensen
Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30
Location : St. Louis
Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Sun May 03, 2009 3:55 pm | |
| going again today hopefully i can get a channel cat  | |
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jsorensen
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Posts : 331
Age : 30
Location : St. Louis
Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Sun May 03, 2009 10:09 pm | |
| today was a great fishing day i caught about 4 bluegill for the pond and my brother caught 1 6lb blue cat and a 2lb channel | |
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Wyomingite
Fish Wrangler
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Humor : "I drank what?" - Socrates
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| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Sun May 03, 2009 11:50 pm | |
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Mike D
DIY Guy
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Age : 41
Location : Maine
Humor : You can't offend me
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Mon May 04, 2009 6:46 am | |
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jsorensen
Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30
Location : St. Louis
Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Mon May 04, 2009 7:55 am | |
| wil try and get some on tuesday i have a vball game today and will hopefully get a pic of the monster cat and the other cat | |
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dirtydawg10
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Age : 52
Location : Connecticut
Favorite Fish : Severum
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Mon May 04, 2009 10:35 am | |
| Sounds nice! I'd love to see some pics too. | |
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Redneck Woman
Invert Junkie
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Age : 57
Location : Kentucky
Favorite Fish : angels,but kribs are a very close second
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Mon May 04, 2009 8:41 pm | |
| I'm jealous!!!!  Can't wait to see pictures!!! | |
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jsorensen
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Posts : 331
Age : 30
Location : St. Louis
Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Tue May 05, 2009 6:06 pm | |
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dirtydawg10
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| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Tue May 05, 2009 10:07 pm | |
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Mike D
DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41
Location : Maine
Humor : You can't offend me
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Tue May 05, 2009 11:23 pm | |
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Mostlycichlids
Cichlid Specialist
Posts : 4566
Age : 44
Location : New Mexico USA
Favorite Fish : Jaguar Cichlid
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Wed May 06, 2009 1:16 am | |
| Sweet...thanks for the pics! | |
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jsorensen
Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30
Location : St. Louis
Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Wed May 06, 2009 7:36 am | |
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jsorensen
Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30
Location : St. Louis
Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Tue May 26, 2009 5:13 pm | |
| im looking at some plants for the pond and was wondering what the best plant would be right now there are about 4 bluegill, 1 bass and 2 catfish in a 4'x7' pond. was looking at some water lilies but havent decided the pond is also 4 feet deep | |
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saint_felony
The Turtle Whisperer
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| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Tue May 26, 2009 11:12 pm | |
| I'm not really sure what bluegill or bass would do to plants. So it may be a matter of trial and error.
In with some koi outside (and surviving) is Water Lettuce, Anacharis, Parrot Feather, Taro, some sort of Lilly someone gave me and Mint.
They do munch on the Water Lettuce and Anacharis but it grows back quick enough that it's not that big a deal. Water Hyacinth gets destroyed, as did something called "Blood Dock" (freebie leafy plant, have no idea what exactly it was) and I give them duck weed now and again for a snack.
I have a Peace Lilly in with the one snapper turtle, and that does well outside in the water too. | |
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Mike D
DIY Guy
Posts : 1842
Age : 41
Location : Maine
Humor : You can't offend me
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Wed May 27, 2009 6:51 am | |
| Red tiger lilly. I had one of these and it it grew like a weed and my Oscars didn't dig it up. | |
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jsorensen
Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30
Location : St. Louis
Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Wed May 27, 2009 8:00 am | |
| ok i will look these up and prob order some off aquabid thanks | |
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WaterChangeWarrior
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Location : Indiana
Humor : sick/dry
Favorite Fish : dwarf cichlids, corys, plecos, killies, livebearers, oddballs
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Wed May 27, 2009 9:51 am | |
| I'll second what saint suggested about water lettuce and anacharis...if they do get nibbled on, they grow quick enough to handle it. They will also help your water quality, great on uptaking nitrates! | |
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saint_felony
The Turtle Whisperer
Posts : 1930
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Wed May 27, 2009 2:36 pm | |
| Oh yea, I forgot about the Red Tiger Lilly I wanted to try that one out too. | |
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jsorensen
Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30
Location : St. Louis
Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Wed May 27, 2009 5:03 pm | |
| ok bad news i lost both of the catfish and my filter outake isnt pumping water any ideas on what it is? i checked the pump and cleaned out the filter i have no idea what is wrong and the pump/filter is close to brand new | |
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jsorensen
Member
Posts : 331
Age : 30
Location : St. Louis
Favorite Fish : Plakat Betta
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Wed May 27, 2009 6:16 pm | |
| ok figured it out the pump is fine but i still dont know what is wrong with the filter i have the pump just running water for the oxygen and flowing water any suggestions will be appreciated | |
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saint_felony
The Turtle Whisperer
Posts : 1930
| | Subject: Re: My 1500 gallon pond Wed May 27, 2009 9:42 pm | |
| Make and model of the filter? I don't know too many pond filters that aren't entirely dependent on the pump alone, so even if your filter died, with a pump we can get ya set up with something. | |
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