I had trout in my farm pond.. 12 ft deep. They lasted 6 years, but died when
the water temp got up to 76 degrees one August.
I would be concerned with introduction of pests into the ornamental pond.
Plus a trout will out-swim and out-eat slower GF/Koi.
Small fry will be trout chow.
Happy ponding,
Greg
PS Jan will you be at AKCA convention in Georgia this June?


"Charles" wrote in message
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On Mon, 03 Mar 2003 21:32:40 GMT, ~ jan wrote:

How would you answer this?

Asked of me by a fellow Master Gardener, where our mottos is, "If I don't
know, I will find out" therefore.....

Jim: I have a 500 gallon pond, with a few large koi and I want to know if
I
can toss a couple of trout in that I catch from the local river? Since
they'll eat while it's cold I could fatten them up before I fry them up.
Would this be a problem?

My answer: I don't know, but I'll find out.

How would you answer him rec.ponders??? ~ jan

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You can toss the trout in. They will die.


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- Charles
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-does not play well with others