This may seem a stupid question to you all but.....

Is it possible to keep other types of freshwater fish (angel fish etc.) in a
pond?

I have currently got six comets in a 1000gal pond and am about to add a
couple of koi.

Presumably there must be a reason as I haven't heard of anyone keeping these
sorts of fish in ponds - just curious really.

TIA

Water temperature is probably the biggest concern. In south central Indiana
I can keep tropical fish in my ponds from about mid-June to early September.
I have had the best results with Lake Malawi cichlids.

"onlyme" wrote in message
...
This may seem a stupid question to you all but.....

Is it possible to keep other types of freshwater fish (angel fish etc.) in
a
pond?

I have currently got six comets in a 1000gal pond and am about to add a
couple of koi.

Presumably there must be a reason as I haven't heard of anyone keeping
these
sorts of fish in ponds - just curious really.

TIA

onlyme wrote:
This may seem a stupid question to you all but.....

Is it possible to keep other types of freshwater fish (angel fish etc.) in a
pond?

I have currently got six comets in a 1000gal pond and am about to add a
couple of koi.

Presumably there must be a reason as I haven't heard of anyone keeping these
sorts of fish in ponds - just curious really.

TIA



Goldfish and koi are cold water fish. Angelfish are
tropical and our ponds aren't warm enough for them. Plus
angelfish wouldn't be very visible from above - koi and some
goldfish were bred to be seen from above.

--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

There are other cold water fish you can keep instead of goldfish and koi,
but it is not recommended to mix them. Catfish, bluegill, bass, regular
type pond fish or game fish I believe they are called, unfortunately they
don't show up very well in a green "algae"or black bottom pond and they tend
to eat goldies as they get bigger, not always, some people even on here keep
catfish in their ponds with their koi and goldies. I was very tempted to
get a small catfish until I was warned that I would end up with no goldies
left and a very big and full catfish.

Goldfish, KOI, catfish, bass, etc are not
coldwater fish; they are designated as warmwater
fish. Just because they can survive under ice
doesn't make them coldwater fish. Examples of
coldwater fish are certain varieties of trout,
salmon, etc. These fish live, frolic and breed in
water temperatures from 40-60 degrees. In fact
sixty degree water is warm to them.

The designation for fish is coldwater, warmwater
and tropical water. Goldfish and KOI could
possibly be designated as coolwater fish, but this
is not really designation.

Tom L.L.
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"claude rogers" wrote in message
...
There are other cold water fish you can keep
instead of goldfish and koi,
but it is not recommended to mix them. Catfish,
bluegill, bass, regular
type pond fish or game fish I believe they are
called, unfortunately they
don't show up very well in a green "algae"or
black bottom pond and they tend
to eat goldies as they get bigger, not always,
some people even on here keep
catfish in their ponds with their koi and
goldies. I was very tempted to
get a small catfish until I was warned that I
would end up with no goldies
left and a very big and full catfish.

I have a mix of "gold type fish" to include others i.e. guppies and a white
catfish. only thing is when it gets cold the others have to come in, only
the koi/gold fish/comets are able to withstand the cold if your pond is deep
enough.

Kym

"onlyme" wrote in message
...
This may seem a stupid question to you all but.....

Is it possible to keep other types of freshwater fish (angel fish etc.) in
a
pond?

I have currently got six comets in a 1000gal pond and am about to add a
couple of koi.

Presumably there must be a reason as I haven't heard of anyone keeping
these
sorts of fish in ponds - just curious really.

TIA

"Tom L. La Bron" wrote:

Goldfish, KOI, catfish, bass, etc are not
coldwater fish; they are designated as warmwater
fish. Just because they can survive under ice
doesn't make them coldwater fish. Examples of
coldwater fish are certain varieties of trout,
salmon, etc. These fish live, frolic and breed in
water temperatures from 40-60 degrees. In fact
sixty degree water is warm to them.

There must be a proper scientific term for a cold hardy fish, which
describes pond fish, as well as fish from temperate climates.

poikilothermic.

John Hines wrote:
There must be a proper scientific term for a cold hardy fish, which
describes pond fish, as well as fish from temperate climates.

wrote:
poikilothermic.

John Hines wrote:

There must be a proper scientific term for a cold hardy fish, which
describes pond fish, as well as fish from temperate climates.



Kinda rolls off your tongue, doesn't it ;-)

--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

wrote:

poikilothermic

Okay smarty pants , what's the derivation?

Poi-Kilo-Thermic



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Bonnie Espenshade wrote:

wrote:
poikilothermic.

John Hines wrote:

There must be a proper scientific term for a cold hardy fish, which
describes pond fish, as well as fish from temperate climates.



Kinda rolls off your tongue, doesn't it ;-)

Yeah. I can see why it didn't make it into common vernacular.

Poikilothermic. ... In general, poikilothermic animals have slower metabolisms, and therefore need
less energy, than homeothermic animals. ... Whoever named them that never saw my goldfish doing
that nasty thing in the pickerel rush. TALK ABOUT ENERGY!

Hank et al,

All poikilothermic means is the animal is cold blooded like all fish. As
in: "an organism (like a fish) with a variable body temperature that is
usually slightly higher than the temperature of its environment : a
cold-blooded organism." So the common vernacular is "cold-blooded."

The catch here is that some fish's metabolism allows them to function 35-60
degree water and so are coldwater fish, and some function in water that is
40-80 degree water and are warmwater fish and some fish like and function in
water that is 68 - 95 degree water and that makes them tropical water fish.
Now in the extremes of these temperatures the fish survive, but don't breed
and live normal lives, it is in the median areas that they thrive, hence the
designations: cold, warm, and tropical water fish.

Tom L.L.
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"Hank Pagel" wrote in message
...
Poikilothermic. ... In general, poikilothermic animals have slower
metabolisms, and therefore need
less energy, than homeothermic animals. ... Whoever named them that
never saw my goldfish doing
that nasty thing in the pickerel rush. TALK ABOUT ENERGY!

poikilothermic

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poikilothermic.

click on Fish link

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish

click on aquarium link

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarium


click on freshwater aquarium fish species link

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarium
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Cold-water fish

* Goldfish
* Koi
* White Cloud Mountain Minnow

Tropical fish

* Live-bearing
o Guppy
o Molly
o Platy
o Swordtail

* Egg-laying
o Cichlids
+ Angelfish
+ Discus
+ Oscar
o Tetras (Characidae)
+ Black Widow
+ Cardinal Tetra
+ Cave Tetra
+ Common Hatchetfish
+ Green Neon Tetra
+ Neon Tetra
+ Silver Dollar
o Labyrinth fish (Anabantidae)
+ Blue Gourami
+ Siamese Fighting Fish
o Barbs (Cyprinidae) and related
+ Pearl Danio
+ Tiger Barb
+ Zebra Danio
o Loaches (Cobitidae)
+ Clown Loach
+ Kuhli Loach
o Catfish (Siluriformes)
+ Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)
# Peppered Cory (Corydoras paleatus)
+ Armored Suckermouth Catfish (Loricariidae)
# Bristlenose Catfish (Ancistrus dolichopterus)
+ Ghost Fish