i was told today by a dairy farmer, that he puts gold fish in his water troughs. He said that the goldfish eat the algi and keep the troughs clean. would you ever consider doing this....??
An old horse dealer friend of mine did this with the water troughs and never needed to feed the fish. If the trough is deep enough when it freezes the fish stay fine underneath it. They grew huge.
Hang on it's not April fools day is it?Blimey i am an old fart and have been around since the 60's but i have never heard of anyone keeping goldfish in their water troughs before!You learn something new everyday on this forum.What about the fish pooping in the water though or do you shove corks up their bums to avoid the build up of fishy poop?
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Hang on it's not April fools day is it?Blimey i am an old fart and have been around since the 60's but i have never heard of anyone keeping goldfish in their water troughs before!You learn something new everyday on this forum.What about the fish pooping in the water though or do you shove corks up their bums to avoid the build up of fishy poop?
Yes, I've heard of it and my friend used to do it. It did work. The fish stay too low for the horses to swallow and they do grow huge. They keep the troughs quite clean, but you have to keep an eye on them and scoop them out if they die!!!