aquariumbeginner32 Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Went to Mitre 10 Mega today ... got everything for the pond. Went to Animates and got plants and two fantails. One blue/silver and one chocolate. Am hoping for lots of rain tomorrow so it will fill up the pond. My new babies are spending tonight in the 15L tank. I siphoned some water from my 64L into the 15L. I was going to put them with the minnows and guppies but the chocolate one is pretty big and I think it wouldn't have much trouble eating the minnows and guppies lol I noticed in the car on the way home that the chocy one has some scales (about 6 total) that have lost their color or something. Should I be worried? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Not necessarily. Fish do lose scales and new ones will replace them. They may have a patchy look for some months though. Keep an eye out for fungal infections which may grow on the area if water conditions are not really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumbeginner32 Posted July 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 Thanks Caryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumbeginner32 Posted August 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 Well I went to feed my fantails today and the big chocolate one (Copper) has gone AWOL... I think one of our cats or a stray cat has got it The silver/blue one (Steel) was still there but it has a tear in it's top fin and tail, so it looks like it was lucky to survive! I have taken him/her out and temporarily put him/her with my minnows and guppies in the 64L tank. Steel is only about 6-7cm so not big enough yet, to eat my minnows or guppies. I've decided to get an old bath, preferably a claw foot one and my husband works for a plastics company so he can get clear plastic about 7mm thick or so and I can put that over the top with about a 7cm gap on one side, so basically like the tank that has a small gap at the back between the lid and filter. :thup: Even without the lid, I doubt the cats could catch them considering the depth of the bath... they'd end up falling into it LOL And I think the claw foot ones don't have any edges anyway, so nowhere for them to stand. :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 You could try putting a cover like wire mesh (chicken netting) over the pond to keep cats/birds etc out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumbeginner32 Posted August 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 Yeah I thought about that but it would kind of defeat the purpose because I wouldn't be able to see the fish so easily. I want a clear view. With the plastic I can take it off easily and I can see through it easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Acrylic or plexiglass, isn't cheap 3Mmx90cmx60cm costs about $90 from mega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumbeginner32 Posted August 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Squirt my hubby works for a plastics company that deal with all that. He can get it for me probably at a discounted rate as he works there, even if it was $180 I'd still get it The bath is only $35... so it's not too bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Oh true! I've seen some turtle ponds, and they just have them really deep so fish and turtles can get away from predators, or they have walls and a lid with mesh. !drool: those ponds are cool !drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumbeginner32 Posted August 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Yeah they have polycarbonate and also acrylic/plexiglass. Yeah I'm excited about it. I know it's going to look really good. :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumbeginner32 Posted August 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 I have been thinking about turtles.... lol This is becoming rather expensive :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 :slfg: turtles are where it's at, some of the pond builds I've seen they are huge, like 10mx10mx2-3m deep... If I take out the washing line there's enough room for a pond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumbeginner32 Posted August 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 :slfg: turtles are where it's at, some of the pond builds I've seen they are huge, like 10mx10mx2-3m deep... If I take out the washing line there's enough room for a pond :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaLife Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Be sure to cover them with nettings. I lost my breeding Orandas and ryukins to cats just 3 weeks ago, 16 of them. Fortunately 2 black Orandas (M&F) and 1 Ryukin left. All the others, the smaler ones, on a different pond are left untouched. They sure know what to pick, seem like size does matter to them lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumbeginner32 Posted August 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 We already lost the chocolate one (which was the biggest of the two) to a cat. So I removed the blue one and it's in the 64L tank with my guppies and minnows. He/she was lucky ... he/she has a tear in her top fin and her tail It's only about 7cm so not big enough yet to eat the smaller fish. I'm getting a bath tub and covering with perspex/clear acrylic. With a gap of course just big enough to put food in and to get air in. I'll have to get a pump/filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeh_buddy Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Be sure to cover them with nettings. I lost my breeding Orandas and ryukins to cats just 3 weeks ago, 16 of them. Fortunately 2 black Orandas (M&F) and 1 Ryukin left. All the others, the smaler ones, on a different pond are left untouched. They sure know what to pick, seem like size does matter to them lol. Zomg I know right, I lost $300 worth of my breeding stock to a frickin cat. I hate cats they can go extinct for all I care. It managed to get through my fence and netting too, no mean feat and it wasn't like I left the pond in the open for the cat to come and go as it pleased. Now my pond looks like something from WWI I even put barb wire on it. Stinking cat. I lost 2 of my black orandas, I have two left though so I guess that is better than nothing. But I lost my Ryukins, and ranchus, and veiltail orandas. I was so gutted. It even got my black veiltail oranda. :tears: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Have you tried putting rocking stones around the pond? Cats do not like a surface that moves so a rock that tips when they stand on it puts them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopper Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Get a dog! I used to have problems with cats pinching my goldfish but not after I got my dog only have kingfisher probs now but its worth it as I like those birds. Apparently cats are allergic to bullets as well, gives em lead poisoning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 shooting cats is likely to get you some criminal charges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopper Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 I was joking. I would never shoot a domestic cat or one close to human habitation , wild cats are a different story though, they are fair game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaLife Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Geeeze, Ryunkin is consider a rare stock so is ranchu. I hope my netting will stop them from trying. I don't hate cats, l actually love them, lol. I've been thinking of trapping them so I can give them a loud hissssss in their face which would actually work to prevent them from comming back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumbeginner32 Posted August 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Have you tried putting rocking stones around the pond? Cats do not like a surface that moves so a rock that tips when they stand on it puts them off. I have rocks all around my pond. Didn't seem to stop the cats. Oh well lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumbeginner32 Posted August 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Get a dog! I used to have problems with cats pinching my goldfish but not after I got my dog only have kingfisher probs now but its worth it as I like those birds. Apparently cats are allergic to bullets as well, gives em lead poisoning! lol can't afford a dog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 They have to be wobbly rocks, with nowhere the cat can get to the water due to moving ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumbeginner32 Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Well my hubby got the clear polycarb from work today... 1.5 x .7m and 12mm thick and they let him just have it. He said on the phone it was going to be about $85 plus GST and then he came home and said he paid nothing :thup: And it looks awesome on the bath. And another bonus is it's way too heavy for a child to lift up. So no risk of anyones kids drowning in it IF they managed to get through the gate/over the fence :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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