What is the stocking of a reservoir? Each owner of this landscape refinement asks this question sooner or later. Everything is simple. This term refers to the filling of a reservoir with fish. This is done for an aesthetic purpose, as well as for raising fish for sale or for spending family leisure time fishing on the shore of your own pond.
Why do it
In order to correctly perform this rather complex action, it is not enough to bring the fish and release it into the reservoir. It is best to turn to companies whose specialization is stocking ponds. The price of their services varies by region. For example, in Moscow, you can contact organizations that offer fish for your body of water to choose from. So, a kilogram of sturgeon costs 600 rubles. Silver carp - 160 rubles / kg, carp - 150 rubles / kg, grass carp are offered at a price of 250 rubles per kilogram. Trout will cost 450 rubles / kg, and catfish - 200 rubles / kg.
Do not save money on this business. After all, it is necessary to have special knowledge in order to calculate how much fish is needed for a reservoir, what conditions must be created in order to preserve these aquatic animals and make them grow and multiply in their natural habitat.
It is necessary to use the services of a professional even at the stage of registration of a reservoir. And then it may turn out so that plants planted at the bottom and near the shore are not suitable for the type of fish that you are going to launch in your body of water. Herbivorous species, for example, can very quickly destroy aquatic vegetation that they like.
Valuable information
By entrusting the stocking of a reservoir to a special company, it still does not hurt to read some information about how this happens before at least knowing exactly what you want. To begin with, it does not hurt to find out the exact depth and area of the reservoir. This is necessary in order to accurately calculate how many animals you can settle in it. The habitat of 1 kg of fish in 1000 liters of water is usually considered normal. In this case, she will feel comfortable, she will lack oxygen and food.
It should also be borne in mind that in regions where water bodies freeze for the winter, some species of fish have to be transplanted to a specially prepared place for wintering.
In order for the fish remaining for the winter in a frozen pond not to suffocate, it is necessary to make an ice hole. In general, the owner should be prepared for the fact that the pond will have to be looked after just like a home aquarium, but it will take a lot more costs and efforts.
Who can be settled
If the owner does not have particular preferences, he can choose between several species. Fish for stocking ponds - carp, ide, sturgeon, crucian carp, pike perch. Each species has its own characteristics. Yaz loves large cool ponds, carps are playful and smart, they eat only plants, crucian carp is unpretentious to water, can live in a small pond. Quite capricious perch. If you want to make a stocking of a reservoir for them, you need to know that he will not live in any water. But the perch has a big plus. He carries out sanitary cleaning of the reservoir in which he lives, due to the fact that he eats all kinds of insects, as well as crustaceans and leeches. Japanese carps are great for admiring . They come in many colors and can winter in a pond under the right conditions.
Preparatory stage
Before starting stocking a reservoir, it must be properly prepared. First, you need to properly fill it with water. This is recommended at the end of spring flood. At this time, there are many useful nutrient elements in the liquid that will contribute to the development of the feed base in the future. For this, it is recommended to fill the pond with water on a day of enhanced mosquito summer. Then it will be many of its larvae.
In order for phytoplankton to be able to sufficiently obtain the necessary chemical compounds, water is poured into the pond very slowly. Then nitrate nitrogen has time to form in the soil, which contributes to the active decomposition of organic substances.
Before making stockings of ponds with fry, it is necessary to destroy the thickets of plants, to make treatment with lime. When all the necessary conditions are met, you can proceed to the main process.
All is ready
The stocking of a reservoir is the launch of a certain amount of fish into it, calculated according to a special formula. Experts will help you with this. First of all, it will be delivered to your reservoir from the place of cultivation. During transportation, all transportation rules and necessary conditions will be observed, which include maintaining the desired water temperature, etc.
It must be remembered that the water in the container in which the fish is located should be the same as in the pond into which they are going to release it. Otherwise, animals will die from temperature shock. The water in which they are transported can be collected only in a pond, but in no case in a well or in a tap. In such a liquid, the fish will not be able to stay for a long time.
At the last stage, it remains only to release the future catch into the reservoir, not forgetting to first close the places of water discharge with bars so that the new inhabitants could not get through them.
New concerns
The stocking of ponds by pike, carp, perch or other fish occurs the same way. Only the conditions that need to be prepared for the new inhabitants differ. Release fry or fish into the pond - that's not all. It is important to create the necessary microclimate in which they could live without problems. It is necessary to monitor the temperature of the water, its saturation with oxygen. Fish must be fed. Of course, she will be able to independently obtain food, but this will not be enough. You need to find out the rules by which to calculate the amount of feed your pets need. If the pond is small, you can give fish food manually. But it is best to purchase feeders that are installed on a special section of the bottom. It must be solid and free from vegetation. The fish is fed at a certain time, gradually it gets used to its regime. Strictly follow the rules, otherwise the animals will get sick from overeating, and the pond will be contaminated with uneaten particles of food.
If you create good conditions for your pets, they will certainly begin to breed. Otherwise, over time, you will have to repeat the procedure for stocking the reservoir.