How to get rid of the Goldfish in a pond?

[anonymous-user]

Ok, so recently bought a house and the previous owners have left 4 Goldfish in the Pond. Personally I think they are a bit crap and want to fill the pond in.

I've been told sticking them in the local lake is a bit of a no, no. So any ideas how I can get rid of these fish without killing them?

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[Firefoot]

Card in local shop window, ask friends, xmas pressie in a large bowl?

[RZ1]

Put them in a bag with some water and give them to a few kids, thats what happens here when the local fair is on

[anonymous-user]

Firefoot said:

Card in local shop window, ask friends, xmas pressie in a large bowl?

Yea, asked friends already. The ones with fish have too many

[anonymous-user]

to a cat?

[koolchris99]

its only a gold fish? just fill a bowl of ice and chuck them in there, will kill them pretty quick..

or put them in little bags, go to a national trust house and put them in their pond on the sly..

[Ozone]

You might have to do what the petshop does before selling them and that's ask questions like: have you kept fish before, how big is the tank, how long has the water been in the tank, do you know the correct food for them, what temperature is the water - we went through all this recently.

[Jgtv]

RZ1 said:

Put them in a bag with some water and give them to a few kids

Halloween is just round the corner, Hows that for a treat for the little beggers!

[456mgt]

I had a damn sight more than 4 goldfish to offload and placed a free ad here: www.preloved.co.uk they were gone in 48hrs

[anonymous-user]

456mgt said:

I had a damn sight more than 4 goldfish to offload and placed a free ad here: www.preloved.co.uk they were gone in 48hrs

Cheers, I'll try that. Any tips on how to get them out of the pond easily?

[Flat6time]

What is wrong with just putting them in a local pond?

[illmonkey]

St John Smythe said:

456mgt said:

I had a damn sight more than 4 goldfish to offload and placed a free ad here: www.preloved.co.uk they were gone in 48hrs

Cheers, I'll try that. Any tips on how to get them out of the pond easily?

[Kaelic]

St John Smythe said:

Cheers, I'll try that. Any tips on how to get them out of the pond easily?

Harpoon Ahab

[BoRED S2upid]

I released mine into the wild.

[escargot]

You could speak to a pet shop that sells fish, or a garden centre et al. Quite often they'll take them off your hands.

[anonymous-user]

illmonkey said:

St John Smythe said:

456mgt said:

I had a damn sight more than 4 goldfish to offload and placed a free ad here: www.preloved.co.uk they were gone in 48hrs

Cheers, I'll try that. Any tips on how to get them out of the pond easily?

I was going to use the neighbour's cat but I think your suggestion is more humane

[mattviatura]

St John Smythe said:

Cheers, I'll try that. Any tips on how to get them out of the pond easily?

Dead easy this.

Have you seen The World is Not Enough? Yep? Well get hold of a helicopter with one of those tree-cutting affairs underneath and attach a series of buckets to the bottom blade. You then have a handy mechanised scoop with which to remove said fish from your garden and an aircraft to transport them to their new home.

Alternatively, as has been pointed out, you could use a net.

[tenohfive]

The woman at this place may be willing to rehome them for you. She's in Aylesbury, if you can catch and transport them:

http://koikoi.webs.com/

[456mgt]

illmonkey said:

St John Smythe said:

456mgt said:

I had a damn sight more than 4 goldfish to offload and placed a free ad here: www.preloved.co.uk they were gone in 48hrs

Cheers, I'll try that. Any tips on how to get them out of the pond easily?

You know that made me laugh because the guy who had them turned up with this piddly little net, the sort you get in a seaside newsagent. Bear in mind these were relatively big fish in a *big* pond. I think they started off as normal goldfish, but I read somewhere that if they have enough space, they keep growing. Well these were big motherfkers and they wouldn't even fit in that net, so we used mine, just like that one. I got some thick, clear plastic bags from the pet shop and he took them home in the boot of his car.

[Japveesix]

Flat6time said:

What is wrong with just putting them in a local pond?

BoRED S2upid said:

I released mine into the wild.

Please don't do this. Many nature reserves have all sorts of problems because idiots chuck any old unwanted pets into lakes without any thought about what effect it will have on the wildlife.

They, along with koi/terrapins etc, eat native species eggs, larvae, adults as well as causing murky/foul water from their waste and spreading disease to native fish. Just kill them or give them away for free to someone who wants them.

Don't offload the problem on someone else because you can't be bothered to deal with it.