Fish ponds

[Meier]

Does anybody have a fishpond, or is the idea completely daft in a country like Cyprus?

[glowred]

A friend of mine had 2 ponds, they attracted blunt nosed vipers and lost several of his dogs to bites before filling them in. He lives is the villages but if you are in a urban areas you may be ok.

Neil

[trevnhil]

I think they will lose a lot of water by evaporation in Summer

[El tel]

Have a look at Neos bar / restaurant in Peyia . There is a bridge over a pond at the entrance and the fish look very healthy.

Terry

[Beachchef]

Hi I have 400 gallon one plus loads of tubs with plants in i do keep Very small fish in So mosquito don't breed .

[Sadie]

Have a look at Neos bar / restaurant in Peyia . There is a bridge over a pond at the entrance and the fish look very healthy.

Terry

They could do with some plant cover...far to sterile for the fish to be happy

[Dominic]

I think the snake threat would put me off.

[Maggie B]

I think the snake threat would put me off.

Aye. Me too boyo. Shiver me bleedin timbers.

MB

PS Me and Him Indoors used to visit the Phuket regularly in Paphos . . . . . . . . .And walk over the pond of wee fishies. Are you telling me there could have been slitherins around????

[Meier]

Not keen on snakes. Have to think about this. Thanks for the responses.

[El tel]

Sadie you are right , but they still look healthy.

Terry

[humpinghummer]

I have a small duck pond made from an old satellite dish, it does go green in the summer despite a filter and UV light but the ducks like eating the algae.

[humpinghummer]

Only the eggs , I started with 4 ducks, had 2 baby ducklings and 3 wild ducks or probably escaped ducks have taken up home also.

[JimX]

I have seen Beachchef's pond and it is lovely with Coy Carp and filters a great job, as for snakes do any of you have swimming pools? come on if snakes need water they will find it just as easily in your pool. Snakes are part of life in Cyprus, they were long before we were.

"Hump" love the old Sat Dish reincarnation, I bet Sky is hard to tune into now.

[WHL]

Best one Ive seen is at the four seasons Limassol..massive fish in it

[Meier]

Is there a good place to buy fish too? I mean for ponds, obviously.