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Coral Keeper
09-23-2007, 10:09 PM
What are some good cold water pond fish? I know that goldfish are and koi are but is there any kind of other fish that can live in an out door pond and in cold water? Are ALL kinds of gold fish cold water fish? I am building a turtle pond and the pond is going to be around 100 gallons. Its 70% don so far. It might have a water fall not sure. Its going to have good filtration. Thanks! :feedback:
bettagurl
09-23-2007, 10:10 PM
Mosquito fish... rosey red minnows..
Coral Keeper
09-23-2007, 10:23 PM
Mosquito fish... rosey red minnows..
I breed Mosquito fish so i have tons of them, rosey red minnows, hmmmmm, will a water turtle eat the rosey red minnows? I have the turtle for a long time all ready and he use to eat tons of fish and now there are a few gold fish with him in a 30 gallon tank and he dosent eat them. Are there any other fish that are good for out door ponds?(cold water) Thanks!
Read:
The other standards:
http://watergarden.com/koi-goldfish/other-fish.html
The more unique fish:
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/ponds/Gordon&Stuart_Coldwater_Fish.html
wataugachicken
09-24-2007, 12:19 PM
turtles eat fish, period. i'm pretty sure you can only have one or the other, because any fish you add will either be eaten or have chunks taken out of them.
Coral Keeper
09-24-2007, 12:34 PM
Ok, so this is the list of pond/cold water fish i found so far Chinese Hillstream Loach, Weather Loach, Three Spined Stickleback, Northern Redbelly Dace, Rainbow Darter, Bullhead, Sunfish, Mosquito fish, rosey red minnows, Golden Orfe, and cold water Plecostomus. Is there any other cold water fish?
Coral Keeper
09-24-2007, 12:35 PM
turtles eat fish, period. i'm pretty sure you can only have one or the other, because any fish you add will either be eaten or have chunks taken out of them.
There are a few goldfish with him in the tank and the turtle dosent even touch them, he dosent even go after them.
riddle4sphinx
10-02-2007, 11:09 AM
There's a shot that the fish you've got with him could be too fast for him depending on how big your turtle is. I don't know how lucky new fish will be, especially small ones that he could handle in one bite.....
DLV082
10-02-2007, 8:13 PM
I keep shibunkins in my pond they can grow to a good size and are quick and come in lots of different colours. Also my Shibunkins readily breed in spring and summer.
Cheers
Debbie
silentskream
10-02-2007, 9:45 PM
most goldfish are goldwater fish, but the fancy varieties cannot handle water *AS* cold as the common,comet, and shubunkin varieties and koi.
Coral Keeper
10-02-2007, 11:11 PM
Can anyone list some good plants that i can put around the pond?
Lupin
10-02-2007, 11:57 PM
If the pond has powerful currents, then hillstream loaches will really appreciate it.
Lupin
10-02-2007, 11:59 PM
Can anyone list some good plants that i can put around the pond?
Elodea densa, hornwort, duckweeds, Pistia stratiotes and Nymphaea lotus to name a few.
Desertponder
10-09-2007, 8:55 PM
Wakins are excellent pond fish if you can find them.
Other fish for your pond:
Rosy Barb:
http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Puntius_conchonius.html
[but when water temp drop to 64F you need to bring them in for the winter to your aquarium]
Sturgeon:
http://www.sturgeon-web.co.uk/
Mosquito fish (gambusia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquitofish
Coral Keeper
10-15-2007, 2:49 PM
I got TONS of Mosquito fish.
Coral Keeper
10-15-2007, 2:52 PM
Where can i get small Sturgeon? I know a place where you can catch them but it wont fit in my pond because i cant get a small one.
bettagurl
10-15-2007, 4:07 PM
well since they will outgrow your pond, I suggest not getting one ;)
Reddog80p
10-28-2007, 7:54 AM
Can anyone list some good plants that i can put around the pond?
You mean inside or around the pond?
If you mean outside I recommend foot freind ground cover around to cover up some liner/hard edges. Some of the plants are irish moss, brass buttons, silver mound,dragon's blood (awesome plant),chicks and hens,purple ice plant,phlox,creeping speedwell,ivy,blackie sweet potato vine. There are tons of plants to put around your pond.
Inside your pond you need submerged plants (some will help provide oxygen,and all will compete with algae for nutrients) some of these include eleoda(anacharis), parrots feather, mare's tail, Vallisneria,hornwort,cabomba,red ludwiga.
Floating plants also help keep water clean by consuming nutrients. The best are water hyacinth, water lettuce,Frogbit,Azolla(my fish love to eat it).
Then of course the master of all pond plants the water lily. A must have plant. You can also look into water lotus. These plants are equally as stunning. If you plan on keeping your plants over winter get "hardy" water lilys.
Good Luck :)
Its true I did the mistake of trying to have goldfish in an outdoor 300 gal pond and they definitly eat fish,,Turtles for all their benevolant appearance are carnivorous reptiles that should be understood and treated as such, they may not be aggressive but they sure include other fish in their diet.