145 Gallon Pond

[DrKebab]

Well, [URL="http/menards.inserts2online.com/customer...sp?drpStoreID=1"]http/menards.inserts2online.com/customer...sp?drpStoreID=1[/URL]

I'd like any advice such as, how many to stock, if it's too small, etc.

Sorry, newb at this.

edit: I live in the USA, Midwest, Cold winters, Hot summers.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

The link doesn't work, how cold do your winters get where you live- does water freeze in the winter? If so the pond may be better off as a wildlife pond, its too small really for goldfish (such a small shallow volume of water would get far too cold in the winters and hot in the summers, goldfish need lots of space and stable temperatures to thrive), however if the winters aren't too harsh you could opt for some smaller species of fish like various minnows . You could even keep it as a part time fish pond, using it to breed sub-tropical and tropical fish in the warmer months to sell (i've known quite a few people to do this very successfully in ponds this way) .
If you really want to keep pond fish like goldfish, you really need to start out with a pond that is ideally at least 3ft deep, 6ft long and 4ft wide (about 500gallons) . Koi need even larger pond, at least a 12ft long by 6ft wide and 4ft deep pond. I've heard there a lot of cool small growing cool water native fish in America that are available in the hobby, although i can't personally give much advice on these sorts of fish since they are not available in my own country.

 

[DrKebab]

Thanks a lot! Very helpful thanks

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Glad to help .

 

[Butch]

I can help with the native fishes. There are few species that's suited for both pond and aquarium life.

Minnows group:
Golden Shiner
Red Rosy Minnows
Red bellied Dace
Central Stoneroller
Finescale Dace
Pearl Dace
Bitterling (not native)
Fathead Minnow
Few species of shiners or chub.

Catfish group:
Stonecat
Madtom
Single bullhead of any species

Sunfish Group:
Bluespotted Sunfish
Blackbanded
Banded
Bantam
Dollar
Orangespotted
Northern Longear
Mud
Green
Pumpkinseed
Bluegill
Rock Bass
No Black Bass!
Yellow Perch
Flier
Spotted Sunfish

Killifish group:
Bluefin killifish
Blackspotted topminnows
Golden topminnow
Northern Studfish
Mummichog
Blackstriped topminnows
Redfaced topminnow
Banded
Plain
Zebra killifish
Lots of killifish/topminnow species
Flagfish
Rainwater
Sheepshead
Pygmy
Least killifish
Mosquitofish
Sailfin Molly

Others group:
Redfin pickerel
Grass pickerel
Pirate Perch
Mudminnows
Brook stickleback
Swamp darters

There are so many different species around in North America but the species I posted are most common kept by Native fish keepers. Tell us what you want from the list. You can even breed some natives such as bluespotted sunfish as you can put them in the summer and fished them out by fall (you will find some extras) just make sure you get suitable tank for some species (pickerels can do well in 40gal breeder tank while least killifish/pygmy killifish do best in planted 10gal tank etc). Sunfish may be aggressive, think them as cichlids so 30gal for smaller species while 55gal for bigger species (bluegill, rock bass, pumpkinseed and green sunfish but beware sometimes they are better in tank singly). A single bullhead do well in 75 gal tank. Most of the native species do well in 10 to 30gal tanks indoor during cold time months (fall, winter and early spring)

 

[DrKebab]

Okay back, sorry for wait,

http/www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=prod...&lpage=none

That's what I would like to purchase.

And thanks for the help with native fishes =) I would like one that stays in the pond all year and if they breed, there's a lake nearby for them to be put in! But I probably would not release them if It affected the wildlife there.

 

[Butch]

Well if your pond get frozen by winter then I would suggest for have an indoor tank to house the fish during winter. Don't release ANY fish in the lake, even if the fish are native there, they can carried diseases to infect the natives. Heard VHS and herpes?

Killifish group are very easy to breed. Golden topminnows and bluefin killifish are popular fishes with Native fish keepers. So are least killifish which not actually a killifish but a live bearing species like guppy. Bluespotted sunfish are most beautiful sunfish you will see. Pygmy sunfish are another popular native fish.