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Fish ponds

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 4:41 pm
by Meier
Does anybody have a fishpond, or is the idea completely daft in a country like Cyprus?

Re: Fish ponds

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 4:48 pm
by 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

Re: Fish ponds

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:19 pm
by trevnhil
I think they will lose a lot of water by evaporation in Summer

Re: Fish ponds

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 7:53 pm
by 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 .

Re: Fish ponds

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 8:56 pm
by Sadie
El tel wrote: Thu Oct 05, 2017 6:40 pm 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 :cry:

Re: Fish ponds

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 10:39 pm
by Dominic
:o I think the snake threat would put me off.

Re: Fish ponds

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 11:29 pm
by Maggie B
Dominic wrote: Thu Oct 05, 2017 10:39 pm :o 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????😣

Re: Fish ponds

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 7:48 am
by Meier
Not keen on snakes. Have to think about this. Thanks for the responses.

Re: Fish ponds

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 9:23 am
by 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.

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Re: Fish ponds

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 12:09 pm
by 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. ;-)

Re: Fish ponds

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 3:46 pm
by 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. :)

Re: Fish ponds

Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 4:22 pm
by WHL
Best one Ive seen is at the four seasons Limassol..massive fish in it

Re: Fish ponds

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:25 pm
by Meier
Is there a good place to buy fish too? I mean for ponds, obviously. :D