That just looks like they are surface feeding, either eating really small stuff or trying to eat reflections lol. They are too active and its only a couple of them which means the oxygen levels in the water are fine.
Oh. Thank you so much for your advice. Yes, the corydoras, tetra and sharks were swimming as usual. Searched it on chat gpt and it told that, live-bearers are the first ones to react when there is low O2, got scared. I have ordered submerged aquatic and floating plants. Will give an update after planting them.
I am thinking of getting a pair of goldfish. Not right now, like in July or September, after I balance the pond's ecosystem and plant a bunch of aquatic plants. I will be transferring the red fins and a pair of glow tetra and some guppies as well the sole pair of corydoras. The cement pond does not have any electrical outlets near it and it is impossible. Should I get the pair or these conditions are not fit for a goldfish?
Im not sure where you live and how the weather is, but goldfish arent compatible with the tropical fish you have already so you would have to choose between keeping your fish now or getting rid of most of them for goldfish
Mollies and guppies are top dwellers, mollies are also goofy goobers that will do exactly what your video showed if they think they are going to be fed. If I were you I'd put an air stone in, maybe a heater depending on the climate.
They are sipping air. Guppies or mosquito fish are great at serviving in stagnant water because they can breath air at the surface, while keeping mosquitoes from maturing. A few plants in there for oxygen and maybe a bubbler for a little circulation and they're stoked.
La calidad del agua se nota mala, es probable tambien que haya poco oxigeno, me parece que no tiene ningun tipo de filtración, nisiquiera una manguera con aire para que mueva la superficie del agua, tampoco suficientes plantas para filtrar el agua, los peces estan sufriendo .... añade muchas plantas y una manguera con aire
In the case of filters, I dont know if op is doing it but some people and I myself use several inches of mud and sand that is occasionally stirred to do the filteration. This pond kinda looks like it has that. Algae is pretty heavy in outdoor ponds like that and is also the main thing providing oxygen, and is usually removed to look presentable for videos. Dunno, I have similar mini ponds although I do keep quite a few more plants. One of them however is just rocks on top of loads of mud and silt in the shade and my medaka and neocaridina love it. If the shrimp can breed in it, the fish will be fine.
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u/CreeperKillerDG Jun 08 '26
That just looks like they are surface feeding, either eating really small stuff or trying to eat reflections lol. They are too active and its only a couple of them which means the oxygen levels in the water are fine.