Fishsam

Have entered location to Tauranga now, was busy earlier. thankyou for reminding me

Just another couple of questions, how often should I be doing water changes in that size pond? 25% every week or 2? It doesnt have a filter just a small submersible pump which pumps water up to an old water pump then falling back into the pond. How can I help keep it clean from fish waste, hopefully the white clouds wont make too much mess. It has one plant at the moment which I dont know the name of (stems stick up out of the water to oval shaped dark glossey leaves). I plan on adding a oxygenating type that is quite feathery and spreads over the top of the water hopefully good for breeding. should this be anough to keep it cleanish? There is a couple of litle snails (under 5mm) ive noticed in there at present which I will keep a close eye on for eating plants. other than that I am getting some white clouds in the next week or two Will also watch for any breeding behavior and turn the pump off if I see any or any fry.

HI there im new I used to keep fish 3 or so years ago and am thinking about getting back into it. Outside we have a halfbarrel pond and I am getting sick of the mosquito breeding ground so I was wanting some fish, gold fish will simply get too big and will much the hell out of the plants so It eventually came to me to use 5 or so White cloud mountain minows will these be alright outside in the Bay of plenty region year round? Or will it get too cold in winter? I also have a couple of spare tanks so was thinking of setting one up again. I want to try create a relativly low maintanance tank so was thinking a tank of white cloud mountain minows and maybe a small bristlenose, or other algae eater. And mayb setting up a tank that resembles their natural home, mabe a river bank type tank where tank is only 2/3 full with some rocks comming out of water + lots of plant life. Any info out there on wcmm's? pics of tanks? What do you think of this idea? Should I keep the tank cold or slightly heated?