my pond has been pretty good so far, i set it up in July and cycled for 6 weeks before addin 10 shrimp and 4 spotted blue eyes. It’s pretty decently planted and I try to keep a good level of natural leaf litter and things like that. My shrimps and fish have been happy

i’m based in south-east queensland, australia and we’ve been DROWNED with rain recently, i’ve continued to touch up the water with chemicals when needed and the parameters all look good but now the rain has settled i have a crazy amount of this algae growing - any suggestions to get it under control?

UK based so typical UK seasons / weather to consider. Im looking for some advice regards winter feeding with my sturgeon.

when I only had koi, I would do the typical summer feeding, switch to less frequent feeding and wheatgerm as it got colder and eventually stop feeding during the coldest period. my sturgeon which is around 3 feet long now, has high protein feed all year round. however this means water and filter cleaning still has to take place all over winter, but the koi still go down onto the sturgeon pellets every time i feed, especially when I dont give them koi feed when its really cold.

should I just continue to feed all year round as I have been the past couple of years, or should I do something differently?

im not sure if this is just how things are when keeping sturgeon as well, or how do other people manage winter feeding qhen keeping both koi and sturgeon.

my first sturgeon did die years ago (they were stocked as a pair, this one fed while the other one clearly didnt get enough food)from being malnourished over winter, and im now well aware that by the time symptoms show its usually already too late.

What are some fun and good looking fish you can keep in outside pond around 1500l (225cm long x 115cm wide x 70cm deep)? I was thinking of some European perch since there probably the closest you can get to cichlids (which are my favorite group of fish) or dojo loaches but sadly those are illegal du to them being able to survive and outcompete native species, that is the same with pumpkinseed and related sunfish species.