hi everybody , i am a fish culturist from india; i have been assigned to provide suggestions regarding renovation of a century old hindu temple pond in india which is around 2.0 hactres in area with a deth around 15 plus feet, it is surrounded by brick walls with rock base ; it has very old fishes and tortoises released by devotees from time to time ; since one year, there has been mortality of fish and tortoise and people are so concerened with the deaths of fish and tortoise which are considered sacred ,that some people are suggesting that, these fishes should be shifted temporarily to another ponds then, all pond waters be drained out ,subsequently bottom mud to be removed, liming ,zeolite to be applied followed by filling of water and restocking of the pond with the fish stocks already shifted to another pond ;it is worth mentioning that, pond is full of algal bloom ,no facility for water exchange as no inlet or out let .----
i am fully opposed to the idea of fish and tortoise shiftings as there are very big fish and tortoise ,also no counting of fish and tortoise population is done till date ,there may be mass mortality owing to stress , transport handling ,difference in water parameters in the new temporary environment to which they will be shifted . water quality of the pond under reference is vey bad ,fully polluted with high bottom organic load as devotees provide feed to fishes regularly .
so, friends, i hereby would like to invite expert comments from aquaculturists as to whether it will be reasonable to go with the public opinion to shift fish and tortoise or go for any other management techniques to save the pond . '''yours sincerely , raj ,from india[color=red] [/color]
