Away to dig a pond thought I'd ask ur advice

That's going to be a sweet pond! How are you going to heat it in the winter? I live in england and it drops below -6-10'c here most winters, Scotland is colder haha
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alligator gar are tropical/subtropical fish. heating will make or break keeping one successfully. Why I keep my gar in a basement pool.. trying to heat an outdoor pond would cost an insane amount of money here.

MonsterMinis said:

alligator gar are tropical/subtropical fish. heating will make or break keeping one successfully. Why I keep my gar in a basement pool.. trying to heat an outdoor pond would cost an insane amount of money here.

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Actually they are a temperate water fish and not at all Tropical or Subtropical. they do require specific conditions in temp and conditioning to overwinter well though. But anyhow you are not going to keep them in a pond anywhere near the arctic circle without heating.

Thought they where considered sub-tropical because of their range.. learn something new each day! And as far as I know anyone trying to keep them outdoors in the US w/out heat had to be in TX, FL or one of the other ungodly hot states otherwise they haven't been successful. But... On that note Richard has probably forgotten more about gar then I will ever know! lol. And kept more gators then anyone else on this forum.