question about pond/lagoon?

[Nessa's Nannies]

I live in south florida where there are a lot of cannals, in an area where everyone has septic tanks and uses wells. Almost all properties have a lagoon/pond in them, except for the people who have chosen to fill them up (such as my neighboors to the left and to the right). I love my pond, it is a great source of wildlife and entretainment. It is filled with little fishes and at least 1 soft shelled turtle. I had decided to stock it with fish such as tilapia and catfish for personal use, but i read on another post about septic lagoons. What are they? is that what i have? is it safe to keep fish for personal consumption in such a pond? on the back of my property there's a cannal and i see people fishing on those all the time, so i figure its the same thing?

[fishhead]

Universities have studied fish raised in tertiary sewage ponds and found them to be safe to eat once they were washed.

I doubt that people have open septic lagoons in your neighborhood.

[donsgal]

Originally Posted by Nessa's Nannies

I live in south florida where there are a lot of cannals, in an area where everyone has septic tanks and uses wells. Almost all properties have a lagoon/pond in them, except for the people who have chosen to fill them up (such as my neighboors to the left and to the right). I love my pond, it is a great source of wildlife and entretainment. It is filled with little fishes and at least 1 soft shelled turtle. I had decided to stock it with fish such as tilapia and catfish for personal use, but i read on another post about septic lagoons. What are they? is that what i have? is it safe to keep fish for personal consumption in such a pond? on the back of my property there's a cannal and i see people fishing on those all the time, so i figure its the same thing?

Don't you worry about alligators? I wouldn't have a pond in that area because I would be afraid that it would attract them. Fish I don't mind. Turtles (even snapping turtles), but when it comes to "enjoying the wildlife" I draw the line at alligators.

PS I have never known anyone who had fish in a septic lagoon. I assume that they could live there (if it was large enough), but the idea doesn't appeal to me much.

donsgal

[Jan Doling]

If we worried about gators, we wouldn't live in Fla.!

[holleegee]

My septic tank lagoon has a pipe that you can see. You can also see the clean out pipes for the septic tank.