Fish in a duck pond?

[Birdmaster3]

I am digging a pond for my 12 ducks and I am still figuring out what liner and filter I'm going to use., and how to keep it clean(ish).
I would also like to put mosquito fish or other fish in it.
Do you guys have any suggestions?

 

[MadinWonderland]

We use minnows and goldfish. When the goldfish get too big for the duck pond, we transfer to a hydroponics system. Then when we need room, we prepare them up for the ducks ad treats

 

[Birdmaster3]

How big was your pond?
How did you filter it and do you think I could keep fish in mine? Mine is pretty big I haven't measured it yet but the deepest is taller than me and I'm 5,7

 

[MadinWonderland]

How big was your pond?
How did you filter it and do you think I could keep fish in mine? Mine is pretty big I haven't measured it yet but the deepest is taller than me and I'm 5,7

We took an old 16 ft Walmart pool liner and dug that into the ground. We have a sump pump as a filter that brings the water up to a makeshift rock waterfall feature . We also have 2 small koi in there to help with the algae

 

[Birdmaster3]

How many ducks do you have?

 

[MadinWonderland]

How many ducks do you have?

7. 3 runners, 3 Swedish and a Cayuga. We have pools out too in case vut the old liner is big enough for them for now

 

[Birdmaster3]

Ok thanks. Does the sump pump clog when sucking up all the gross stuff at the bottom?

 

[MadinWonderland]

That the coolest part, hubby put it I. A large peice of PVC. That has a piece to just keep a little off the bottom and.a mesh screen on top so the water goes in and the junk gets pushed off the mesh. The screen fits over the hose with a metal ring then attached to the side of the pvc so he can just lift it straight out

 

[Birdmaster3]

Oh cool and thanks

 

[telandra2]

I have a 10ft round above ground pool dug into the ground. 1.5 years ago I dumped in over 50 cheap feeder goldfish. Followed by 2 turtles. 0 mosquitos seen, but there were water beetles. The 2.5ft depth allows everyone to dive and kept the turtles and fish unfrozen despite a record cold winter. (The ducks have recently re-discovered the now 5" fish and its an effort to eat them, causing much dropping and stealing and running.)

They were wary of the sharp edge drop-off, so you might use a sloped edge to encourage a specific entry point. They also love standing on top of the fish cave to bathe so I recommend some high spots just a few inches below the water surface. No plant lasts more than 15mins, so cage anything you plant.

I upgraded the pump and filter, but its still not enough and the water is green. Any expansion would include a wetland rock/gravel/perforated pvc system and a feather skimmer. Add a low spot to pool vac/drain sludge. You can't go wrong with over filtering.

Currently 18 ducks, 2 geese. Last year was 12 geese, 8 ducks.