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    Green Tench?

    Trying to identify these in our inherited pond.. they've been in the pond a good 7 years. However we've never known how many there have actually been.. until today (ignore the timestamp) when I shoved my go-pro on the end of a stick not to spook them completely..

    I've always thought of them as goldfish-carp hybrids but they don't look goldfish-esque. More Tench like but I couldn't identify them.

    Now I think they may actually be Green Tench. We have 7 and may look at rehoming them with the pond move.
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    Green Tench?

    Hi,

    Yep definitely green tench


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    Thank you

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    Quote Originally Posted by 14crazychris View Post
    Hi,

    Yep definitely green tench


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    Yes unmistakably a green tench aka Doctor Fish. I used to love catching these as a kid in the lake. Don’t see many in ponds these days - shame as they can grow well and disturb a lot of muck on the bottom which then gets into the drain and pumps. It was thought they helped heal koi (not sure if there is proof) due to the amount of mucus they have which was believed to pass to koi when stressed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gazkoi View Post
    Yes unmistakably a green tench aka Doctor Fish. I used to love catching these as a kid in the lake. Don’t see many in ponds these days - shame as they can grow well and disturb a lot of muck on the bottom which then gets into the drain and pumps. It was thought they helped heal koi (not sure if there is proof) due to the amount of mucus they have which was believed to pass to koi when stressed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Hello matey hows life . Hows that frog fish

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    I think I've got some green koi in my pond, although it could be the water


    Nice looking fish, I could do with something to stir up the bottom of my pond, they would be very useful
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    I have a couple. And your right there nicknamed doctor fish. Beautiful fish.
    Mine is now 27 years old.
    The only problem I have found is when treating the pond.
    Lovely scaling on them. And very hard to catch in a net. There bloody fast
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    You could just be slowing down Fred

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    Quote Originally Posted by freddyboy View Post
    I have a couple. And your right there nicknamed doctor fish. Beautiful fish.
    Mine is now 27 years old.
    The only problem I have found is when treating the pond.
    Lovely scaling on them. And very hard to catch in a net. There bloody fast
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    Quote Originally Posted by RoyLittle0 View Post
    I think I've got some green koi in my pond, although it could be the water

    Nice looking fish, I could do with something to stir up the bottom of my pond, they would be very useful
    Always wondered why the drum was triggering at night.. I bet the little hoovers were making a mess. Explains it!
    The new pond will be deeper so they will have less contention with the koi.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gazkoi View Post
    You could just be slowing down Fred

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    maybe mate. they mix with the pond bottom but hard to see. [camoflauge] 6 feet of water is hard anyway, for any of my fish. but there f1 fish as in speed. I have to drop the water to about 1 foot to get them
    haha and get in the pond

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    Quote Originally Posted by freddyboy View Post
    maybe mate. they mix with the pond bottom but hard to see. [camoflauge] 6 feet of water is hard anyway, for any of my fish. but there f1 fish as in speed. I have to drop the water to about 1 foot to get them
    haha and get in the pond
    That’s quite an expensive paddling pool you got there


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    Quote Originally Posted by RoyLittle0 View Post
    That’s quite an expensive paddling pool you got there


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    Quote Originally Posted by freddyboy View Post
    You don t have to tell me that mucker.
    Green Tench?Green Tench?Green Tench?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    The wife dose every day anyway

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    The wife dose every day anyway

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    Quote Originally Posted by RoyLittle0 View Post
    No because she doesn’t no the half of what’s been spent


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    Quote Originally Posted by freddyboy View Post
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    That’s why I had to work last weekend


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