So Far 3 Weeks In Greenwater..., And the results are? Options

[Forever-mango]

Its been atleast 3 weeks since my Goldfish have been transferred into my 1000ltr pond with green water. The initial culture of greenwater was a success! Places afew oranda to seed the pond and test of everything was ok, then my collection went in. In these 3 weeks I have changed the water only once! Which was yesterday afternoon. The pond has no filtration, but it has aeration. The aeration in on 24/7 which allows oxygen for the greenwater as well as the goldfish at nights when the oxygen levels are low.

When changing the green water, I only keep about 50ltrs of it for reseeding the pond.

The following photo and videos are taken 2 hours before I seed the pond with the old greenwater.



Video Part 1 Video Part 2 Video Part 3

Hope you enjoy!
Mango

[Tao]

just loving to see they swim in the same direction. the water condition is controlled very well and the fish is very active. it's a great success. just be careful about the fish while season's changing.

[calicoly]

very nice thanks for the post
i love that red cap ranchu or was it a lion head?
wish i could have an outdoor pond...

[Forever-mango]

Thanks

Those are red cap ranchu, quite rare in Australia

Purchased 2 Big Crown Pearlscales, 2 black Orandas, a pingpong pearlscale and a small black butterfly from Tao today.

They are swimming happily togethers

This post has been edited by Forever-mango: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 8:56 pm

[Kinder]

Hi Mango,

Nice setup...sure your fishes will thank you.
I like one of your red-cap ranchus....it has got nice wen growth, just curious where did you source this ranchu from?


Kinder

[Forever-mango]

Thanks Kinder.

I got these from the owners of Trans Aquariums in Sydney. I went to their holding and quarantine facility and while they were harvesting their ponds i noticed the two red cap ranchus. I picked them up and they said I could have em since I've been helping them up recently.

Mango

[calicoly]

oh mango! i hope u dont mind me callin u dat, but when u went to tao's today did u see any nice calico ranchus? cos i live in melb and was planning on getting some??

[Forever-mango]

His got heaps of big calico ranchus, didnt really take a notice of them because im still not that fond of calicos at the moment. I can tell you the back is free from deformities, not like the fish from lfs which look like a camel.

[Kinder]

oh mango! i hope u dont mind me callin u dat, but when u went to tao's today did u see any nice calico ranchus? cos i live in melb and was planning on getting some??

Tao has got decent collection of chinese ranchus and other goldies, than wat you can find in your local fish stores. I have bought some calicos from Tao last Dec....pics can be found on the link below.

http://www.rafflesgold.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5642

kinder

[calicoly]

thanks kinder,
hmm i wonder if he can send me a few photoes so i can pick one myself?? hey kinder did u get ur ranchu sent to u thru airport? or u went there urself?? if by plane then can u tell me how many days did ut take before u got ur fish?? thanks

[lnicky]

Hi mango

I really like your setup. Did you get the tub from Bunnings?

[Forever-mango]

Thanks Inicky,

I got mine through Reln Plastics. Im in the Koi Society of Australia and they do special deals for them

Any tub is fine, just need UV protection, and food grade

[Kinder]

Thanks Inicky,

I got mine through Reln Plastics. Im in the Koi Society of Australia and they do special deals for them

Any tub is fine, just need UV protection, and food grade

When you talk about UV protection you mean for the plastic tub right?

[Forever-mango]

Yes, have a look at the tubs at Reln Plastics ;)

I got the 1000ltr oval and the 3000ltr round ;)

[kingyo08]

what do you use for filtration?