On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, BenignVanilla wrote:
OK, winter topic...discussed over and over every year...if you can't take
redundancy, go away...otherwise let's discuss.
My aquarium has a variety of fish, which makes it fun to watch. I wanna to
the same with my Koi/GF pond. What other varieties of fish are good for a
pond, and of those types which can take a MD winter?
Well since you wanted to talk, these are the fish I have had in my pond
near you that do fine all year (Aquarium Center sells the first 5 on
occasion while the rest I got from a hobbyist):
Goldfish
Koi
Golden Orfe
Rosy Red Minnows
Fathead Minnows
Southern Redbelly Dace
Red Shiners
Bluntnose Minnows
Ozark Minnows
Mosquito Fish
Other fish I've not had:
Almost any native fish! See
http://www.fishpondinfo.com/misc2.htm
Sunfish like pumpkinseeds
Darters, dace, shiners, minnows of all sorts
In summer only, you can try (and I have) these fish and bring them in in
the winter:
Paradise Fish
Zebra Danios
White Cloud Mountain Minnows
Guppies
Almost any semi-cold (down to 60 degrees F) tolerant tropical fish
including common plecos, garra pingi pingi, hifin banded sharks, etc. but
they won't live year-round here in MD so bring them in soon enough (or
you'll lose some). I've lost guppies by putting them out too soon when a
cold snap hit in spring.
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com
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