Stocking A 900 Gallon Indoor Pond!

[Loony Fish]

Hi all,
i'm looking for adivce on stocking my 900 gallon indoor pond. All i know is there will be archer fish.
there is the water conditions:
ph 7.2-7.8
gh hard
temp 75-80*
freshwater
the archers can not be harmed by any tank mates.
i was thinking of:
the archers,
1 hyposamus plecostamus,
1 arowana (if they can live in those conditions)
I'm open to any ideas!

 

[Ace Of Spades]

Hi all,
i'm looking for adivce on stocking my 900 gallon indoor pond. All i know is there will be archer fish.
there is the water conditions:
ph 7.2-7.8
gh hard
temp 75-80*
freshwater
the archers can not be harmed by any tank mates.
i was thinking of:
the archers,
1 hyposamus plecostamus,
1 arowana (if they can live in those conditions)
I'm open to any ideas!

Can you get some pictures, Like to see what sort of enviroment it is so I can get an Idea

 

[Jazzzz]

lots of small fish like every peacful fish availible maybe thats huge

 

[Ace Of Spades]

lots of small fish like every peacful fish availible maybe thats huge

huh? That dosent make any sense.

And you wouldnt be able to have that small fish as Archer Fish grow quite large and would see them as a snack

 

[Loony Fish]

Hi all,
i'm looking for adivce on stocking my 900 gallon indoor pond. All i know is there will be archer fish.
there is the water conditions:
ph 7.2-7.8
gh hard
temp 75-80*
freshwater
the archers can not be harmed by any tank mates.
i was thinking of:
the archers,
1 hyposamus plecostamus,
1 arowana (if they can live in those conditions)
I'm open to any ideas!

Can you get some pictures, Like to see what sort of enviroment it is so I can get an Idea

I would, it's not built yet, it's just a big cement room right now!

 

[Loony Fish]

so, would one of those little asian arownas work?
i like them

 

[Jazzzz]

man you are lucky

 

[Loony Fish]

yeah...

 

[shelaghfishface]

an indoor pond..wow,

 

[justjon]

Please post piccys! I'm intrigued (can't spell it but you know what I mean!)

 

[three-fingers]

I take it archerfish wise you will specifically looking for Toxotes microlepis?

If so you can have no arowanas as the archers will probably just be eaten.

 

[Loony Fish]

ok, i'll try, it may take a while
(my camera skills )

 

[Jim Curtis]

lots of small fish like every peacful fish availible maybe thats huge

DItto.

 

[Dave Ehl]

aren't archers brackish? if so, what about a shoal of mono sebae?
if not, silver dollars and black skirt tetras.

 

[three-fingers]

Toxotes microlepis can live in freshwater and I think are more suited than any mono...whenever I see monos for sale in freshwater they always have something wrong with them. If he was to go for monos, he would need to make sure that GH stays hard.

Probably the same deal with the archers though.

If Loony Fish is serious about keeping archers, he would be best to try keeping one in a tank with the same water first -should be no problem if he can afford to build, heat, filter and stock a 900gal pond anyway .

It just saves loads of archerfish getting ill in the pond - if the fish doesn't do well in the tank, just convert the tank to brackish, much easier to achieve than with 900gal.