I want to know if this would be okay to do, and if it is how can I do it?
ByI was wandering through these woods in my backyard, and I probably went very far into them. After walking maybe a mile or so along this stream it grew, and grew till it became like a creek. I kept walking and I eventually came across this small waterfall, that I only know about to the best of my knowledge. I know people have been there before, but I am the only one who really has been there in years. But anyways, after the small waterfall drops the water off there is a small pool of it left and it goes onto make even more of a creek. I looked down into the water, and noticed that there was no fish in it( when I mean fish I mean small minnows, and etc). I thought it would be something if I could put fish in it, and whenever I visit this “secret” waterfall I can just look at the fish and watch them live in the wild, kinda like a koi pond but more of how God intended. So would it be possible for fish to live in the water, and if they can what kind of fish should be placed in it? If I could put fish like you wouldn’t normally see in a freshwater North Carolinian stream like something maybe even like koi fish I really don’t care what kind of fish it is just would it be unhealthy to put fish in there because I don’t want them to die?
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June 6th, 2011 at 5:43 am
No, i wouldn’t recommend putting fish in there. They would swim down the creek and you wouldn’t see them again.
June 6th, 2011 at 6:41 am
No Because the water in the waterfall has bleach in it all waterfalls have bleach bleach will kill the fish just like if you dont put filter water in a fish bowl it would evauntully die in 2 weeks
June 6th, 2011 at 6:50 am
If there are no fish there, they are not there for a reason. Keep in mind that animals have evolved to take advantage of niches, and if there is something there to allow for the survival of fish, then there would be fish.
Besides that, the exposure of ANY non-native fish into an area is a very, very big no-no. Not only do you have the very big risk of them just going elsewhere and establishing themselves (think about when it swells with rain or something), you also run a big risk of introducing parasites and pathogens to a native system. This also holds true for using native fish that have been kept with or in a system with non-native fish.