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Old 01-04-2006, 12:10 PM posted to rec.ponds
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anyone know where i could find them, should they be ordered online if
lps's dont have them available?
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On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 03:10:45 -0800, lurker lurker@ wrote:

anyone know where i could find them, should they be ordered online if
lps's dont have them available?


forgot to mention that they dont seem to be on sale anywhere..

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anyone know where i could find them, should they be ordered online if
lps's dont have them available?


I think that would depend on the size and location of your pond, whether it
is in an area where they could escape into natural waterways, etc... Please
post some more details about your setup.

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the setups around 500 gallons with a stream leading to the pond, its
built on a slant and has a nice circulation. why would it need escapes
to natural waterways?? its also a warm water pond im located in fl.


I think that would depend on the size and location of your pond, whether it
is in an area where they could escape into natural waterways, etc... Please
post some more details about your setup.

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anyone know where i could find them, should they be ordered online if
lps's dont have them available?


I found those cheap 26 cent walmart goldfish to be an excellent first
choice.

Easy to take care of, colorful, cheap, and prolific. If you buy 5 the first
year, you'll have over 20 the next year!


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im more of a oscar fan than i am goldfish to be honest. but sunfish
seem to take a wide temp range, is there any reason there not good
instead of goldfish or koi? its an idea though that, would also be
very easy to find.

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I found those cheap 26 cent walmart goldfish to be an excellent first
choice.

Easy to take care of, colorful, cheap, and prolific. If you buy 5 the first
year, you'll have over 20 the next year!


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im more of a oscar fan than i am goldfish to be honest. but sunfish
seem to take a wide temp range, is there any reason there not good
instead of goldfish or koi? its an idea though that, would also be
very easy to find.
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I may be mistaken but they need a cool winter rest period. They're also
carnivores so probably wont thrive on goldfish and koi foods.
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Old 01-04-2006, 11:39 PM posted to rec.ponds
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once enough plants are going i hope they wont eat all the guppies and
some will hide and they will continue to multiply. probably all will
get eaten though, definetly good that they are not very picky eaters.
we have winters here too so thats not a problem...

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I may be mistaken but they need a cool winter rest period. They're also
carnivores so probably wont thrive on goldfish and koi foods.


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Old 01-04-2006, 07:45 PM posted to rec.ponds
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Being that your from Florida, I would not think finding bream would
be hard to do...Stay away from the typical green type bream. There is
literaly hundreds of various species of bream (sunnies) and some are
quite colorfull, and they all do well in warm waters typically found
in the deep south..
They eat whatever they can find, be it small fry, lizzards, or koi
food or fish pellets, its all eaten as they are not fussy eaters...Do
not go too heavy on the amoiunt you stock as they do multiply quite
rapidly once they hhit the right age and the waters are
right.........so its not impossible to get a heap of bream, that need
a home, so they do not get stunted.......

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