It wouldn't be for a while but if I put in a large outdoor pond (MINIMUM 10,000 gallons, I'd do as large as my pocket would allow me at the time if setting it up) would it be possible for me to successfully keep both natives and tropicals in the same pond and have all species thrive or would I be better of making a separate pond for each?
A rough idea I had for stock would be something like this (obviously the number of species and amount if each species I'd keep would be dependent on pond size and I would almost definitely not keep every listed species)-
Natives: Bluegills, Pumpkinseeds, Green Sunfish, LMBs, SMBs, Bullheads, Channel Catfish, Gar, Pike, Suckers, Yellow Perch,Walleye, and White Sturgeon.
Other Coolwater Fish: Common Carp and Koi
Tropicals: Arowana, Arapaima, Giant Gourami, P-Bass, RTC, TSN, RTCxTSN, other larger Pimelodid Catfish, Pangasius sps, and a few others.
The pond would be filtered so waste isn't a large issue.
I live in southern PA so winters can either be fairly mild some years or they can be like last winter (brutally murderous to where many other local hobbyists lost a TON of Koi and Goldfish). I'd heat the water in the winter need be but I'd need a good temperature to set it to that all fish will thrive year round.
So is my dream doable or like I said above, would I be better off making two sewerage ponds?
A rough idea I had for stock would be something like this (obviously the number of species and amount if each species I'd keep would be dependent on pond size and I would almost definitely not keep every listed species)-
Natives: Bluegills, Pumpkinseeds, Green Sunfish, LMBs, SMBs, Bullheads, Channel Catfish, Gar, Pike, Suckers, Yellow Perch,Walleye, and White Sturgeon.
Other Coolwater Fish: Common Carp and Koi
Tropicals: Arowana, Arapaima, Giant Gourami, P-Bass, RTC, TSN, RTCxTSN, other larger Pimelodid Catfish, Pangasius sps, and a few others.
The pond would be filtered so waste isn't a large issue.
I live in southern PA so winters can either be fairly mild some years or they can be like last winter (brutally murderous to where many other local hobbyists lost a TON of Koi and Goldfish). I'd heat the water in the winter need be but I'd need a good temperature to set it to that all fish will thrive year round.
So is my dream doable or like I said above, would I be better off making two sewerage ponds?