Suitable fish for outdoor pond (62-71 degrees)

[Han Chung]

Hi,

Apart from Koi and Goldfish, what other fish can I keep in an outdoor
pond that can handle the water temperatures at least 9 months of the
year?

I live in Sydney, and in summer, the water temperature is typically
~71 degrees. In winter, the water temperature is ~62 degrees. The
pond I am building to keep them in will be about 450 gallons and 3.5
feet deep.

Han.

[Charles]

On 19 Dec 2003 23:29:19 -0800, (Han Chung)
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Apart from Koi and Goldfish, what other fish can I keep in an outdoor
>pond that can handle the water temperatures at least 9 months of the
>year?
>
>I live in Sydney, and in summer, the water temperature is typically
>~71 degrees. In winter, the water temperature is ~62 degrees. The
>pond I am building to keep them in will be about 450 gallons and 3.5
>feet deep.
>
>Han.


Off hand I think of White Cloud Mountain fish and Paradise fish, but
how would rainbow fish handle that temperature range. They are native
to that part of the world, no? I realize that Northern Australia is
different from southern Australia, but from here it all looks the
same.
<:-)


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- Charles
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-does not play well with others

[bk]

I suspect Cyclids would do fine.
"Han Chung" > wrote in message
om...
> Hi,
>
> Apart from Koi and Goldfish, what other fish can I keep in an outdoor
> pond that can handle the water temperatures at least 9 months of the
> year?
>
> I live in Sydney, and in summer, the water temperature is typically
> ~71 degrees. In winter, the water temperature is ~62 degrees. The
> pond I am building to keep them in will be about 450 gallons and 3.5
> feet deep.
>
> Han.

[Rich Conley]

If you could keep it the winter at about 68-70....cichlids, and most
tropicals for that matter would do fine (just stay away from angels and
discus types that like their water in the high 80s)....

I keep my africans at 72-74 for most of the year, and they are breeding
like cichlids....which is almost as slow as rabbits....

bk wrote:

> I suspect Cyclids would do fine.
> "Han Chung" > wrote in message
> om...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Apart from Koi and Goldfish, what other fish can I keep in an outdoor
> > pond that can handle the water temperatures at least 9 months of the
> > year?
> >
> > I live in Sydney, and in summer, the water temperature is typically
> > ~71 degrees. In winter, the water temperature is ~62 degrees. The
> > pond I am building to keep them in will be about 450 gallons and 3.5
> > feet deep.
> >
> > Han.

[Han Chung]

Thanks everyone for all the responses.

Regards,

Han.

Rich Conley > wrote in message >...
> If you could keep it the winter at about 68-70....cichlids, and most
> tropicals for that matter would do fine (just stay away from angels and
> discus types that like their water in the high 80s)....
>
> I keep my africans at 72-74 for most of the year, and they are breeding
> like cichlids....which is almost as slow as rabbits....
>
> bk wrote:
>
> > I suspect Cyclids would do fine.
> > "Han Chung" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Apart from Koi and Goldfish, what other fish can I keep in an outdoor
> > > pond that can handle the water temperatures at least 9 months of the
> > > year?
> > >
> > > I live in Sydney, and in summer, the water temperature is typically
> > > ~71 degrees. In winter, the water temperature is ~62 degrees. The
> > > pond I am building to keep them in will be about 450 gallons and 3.5
> > > feet deep.
> > >
> > > Han.