Besides the usual carp family of Goldfish and Koi, what other types of fish
have been successfully kept in an outdoor pond?

I would *really* like to try something like guppies but I jus' plain don't
know what would happen. I know guppies (and assorted tropicals) like
warmer water and will probably either die or have to be fished out (HA!)
come winter. (I currently just have four of the $0.12 feeder gold fish at
about 2-3 inches each and the assorted California Toad and occasional
Pacific Tree Frog; no tadpoles, dammit...)

Air temps range in the upper 90s to 110-ish in summer here. Water temp,
well, I wish I knew. The thermometer got broken... But it goes pretty
warm. Still waitin' for the WH to multiply enough to shade the thing.

--Bryan (who hopes he doesn't have the filters turn up too high in the
group and filters out reasonable replies....)


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"BB" wrote in message
. 125.201...
Besides the usual carp family of Goldfish and Koi, what other types of
fish
have been successfully kept in an outdoor pond?

I would *really* like to try something like guppies but I jus' plain don't
know what would happen. I know guppies (and assorted tropicals) like
warmer water and will probably either die or have to be fished out (HA!)
come winter. (I currently just have four of the $0.12 feeder gold fish at
about 2-3 inches each and the assorted California Toad and occasional
Pacific Tree Frog; no tadpoles, dammit...)

Air temps range in the upper 90s to 110-ish in summer here. Water temp,
well, I wish I knew. The thermometer got broken... But it goes pretty
warm. Still waitin' for the WH to multiply enough to shade the thing.

--Bryan (who hopes he doesn't have the filters turn up too high in the
group and filters out reasonable replies....)

Minnows. Here's an info. link:

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/rosies.htm

Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8

I change my sock puppets all the time... because Snooze tome me to.
Fish... this aint a fisn group.

You can reach -Ed Alston at

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:26:09 GMT, BB
wrote:

Besides the usual carp family of Goldfish and Koi, what other types of fish
have been successfully kept in an outdoor pond?

I would *really* like to try something like guppies but I jus' plain don't
know what would happen. I know guppies (and assorted tropicals) like
warmer water and will probably either die or have to be fished out (HA!)
come winter. (I currently just have four of the $0.12 feeder gold fish at
about 2-3 inches each and the assorted California Toad and occasional
Pacific Tree Frog; no tadpoles, dammit...)

Air temps range in the upper 90s to 110-ish in summer here. Water temp,
well, I wish I knew. The thermometer got broken... But it goes pretty
warm. Still waitin' for the WH to multiply enough to shade the thing.

--Bryan (who hopes he doesn't have the filters turn up too high in the
group and filters out reasonable replies....)

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BB wrote:

Besides the usual carp family of Goldfish and Koi, what other types of fish
have been successfully kept in an outdoor pond?

I would *really* like to try something like guppies but I jus' plain don't
know what would happen. I know guppies (and assorted tropicals) like
warmer water and will probably either die or have to be fished out (HA!)
come winter. (I currently just have four of the $0.12 feeder gold fish at
about 2-3 inches each and the assorted California Toad and occasional
Pacific Tree Frog; no tadpoles, dammit...)

Air temps range in the upper 90s to 110-ish in summer here. Water temp,
well, I wish I knew. The thermometer got broken... But it goes pretty
warm. Still waitin' for the WH to multiply enough to shade the thing.

--Bryan (who hopes he doesn't have the filters turn up too high in the
group and filters out reasonable replies....)



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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:26:09 GMT, BB
I would *really* like to try something like guppies but I jus' plain don't
know what would happen.
--Bryan (who hopes he doesn't have the filters turn up too high in the
group and filters out reasonable replies....)

Mollies & Platys, till it gets cold. ~ jan
-----------------

Also ponding troll free at:
http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium

**** it put them all in the pond and in the fall put a trolling motor
in there and turn em all to shushi........then get a big straw and
suck em out like a big milk shake..


..On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:29:50 -0700, ~ janj
wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:26:09 GMT, BB
I would *really* like to try something like guppies but I jus' plain don't
know what would happen.
--Bryan (who hopes he doesn't have the filters turn up too high in the
group and filters out reasonable replies....)

Mollies & Platys, till it gets cold. ~ jan
-----------------

Also ponding troll free at:
http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium


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Thanks for the useful and productive suggestions... I sorta like the
minnows that Gail referenced. And I hadn't really thought about mollies
and platys. Might give them a look. And, not too crazy about ofres....

But thanks, folks!

--Bryan


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BB wrote:

Thanks for the useful and productive suggestions... I sorta like the
minnows that Gail referenced. And I hadn't really thought about mollies
and platys. Might give them a look. And, not too crazy about ofres....

I'd skip the Mollies, since you were already skeptical about Guppies.
They're all the same family, and not actually tropical (generally
considered sub-tropical), but Mollies always seemed less hardy to me.
--
derek

In article . 201,
says...
Besides the usual carp family of Goldfish and Koi, what other types of fish
have been successfully kept in an outdoor pond?


I have a preformed pond roughly 7x9 feet 2 feet deep around 300 gallons.
Mine has the fancy guppies...mollies...platys...bettas (no they don't
fight each other when they have room to claim a spot) ...long finned
danios (nice to watch at night, very active) black skirted tetras (neat
to watch during the day)..and some sort of red tetra, all need to be
removed before a temperature drop. The gold fish and their fry along
with the White cloud minnows will survive the winter.
--
Lar

"BB" wrote in message
. 125.201...
Besides the usual carp family of Goldfish and Koi, what other types of
fish
have been successfully kept in an outdoor pond?
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I have some pretty gold colored Rosy Reds I bought as feeder fish a few
years back. They survive the winters here in zone 6 and reproduce, but
their numbers stay stable.
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Aquariums since 1952.
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Tropicals mare much nicer n a largepreform than GF are. We have a 65
with 4 male bettas and 9 females with 3 nests right now and fighting
is not a problem. Total of 11 preforms and other water features
allloaded with tropcials.Gourami, cichiids, guppys, platys (look like
miniature GF anyhow) barbs, tetras and a first this year 10 angles.On
Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:06:11 -0500, Lar wrote:

In article . 201,
says...
Besides the usual carp family of Goldfish and Koi, what other types of fish
have been successfully kept in an outdoor pond?


I have a preformed pond roughly 7x9 feet 2 feet deep around 300 gallons.
Mine has the fancy guppies...mollies...platys...bettas (no they don't
fight each other when they have room to claim a spot) ...long finned
danios (nice to watch at night, very active) black skirted tetras (neat
to watch during the day)..and some sort of red tetra, all need to be
removed before a temperature drop. The gold fish and their fry along
with the White cloud minnows will survive the winter.


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