Other fish than Gold or Koi in Pond?

[BB]

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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[Gail Futoran]

"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

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


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[BB]

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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[Derek Broughton]

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

[Lar]

In article 01>,
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

[Koi-Lo]

"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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[Gill Pissman]

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 01>,
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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