Help finding the right fish for new pond

if you do have a mosquito problem, there should probably get mosquito fish
in it. If you live in the us near a river they can be found near the slow
moving parts of it. Some lfs even carry them.


"OrSoBoT" wrote in message
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Thanks Jim, I think I'll try a couple of plecos and another couple of the
cichlids to see how they like the environment.

"Jim Brown" wrote in message
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Plecos should do well. The koi may get too big and the water may be too
warm for them.
Presuming the pond will have a black liner, skip black or dark fish.
Consider albino or gold colours. Platies are one of the first to come
to
mind. If you want one or two bigger fish, any cichlid should be
considered.
But skip the turtle. They are prone to eat fish, and create a heavy
bio-load on the pond.
Enjoy whatever you put in, and don't be afraid to change the fish if
your
interest falls.

Jim

Stan wrote in message
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I dought there would be many mesquitoes since they like still, stale,
nasty
water with decaying vegetation in it. But, for all the other weird
things
that will like your pond....get a few
sunfish....perch....guppies.....swordtails....catf ish......zebra
danios.......whatever......and a turtle...

"OrSoBoT" wrote in message
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I'm building a set of two decorating ponds in my back yard. This is
the
setup: Top pond is about 50Gal, water slides down from this pond
through
a
small waterfall into the bottom pond which is about 120Gal. I want
to
put
two or more fish on the bottom pond. Things to consider a the
fish
have
to control the algae and mosquito population in the pond, they have
to
be
low maintenance and resilient fish since the ponds are outdoors and
temperatures are quite hot around here. Any recommendations? do
Japanese
Koi
and plecos get along? can they survive on the same type of water?
any
other
type of fish that feeds on mosquito larvae (in addition to the
supplemental
food I would provide of course).


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