What to keep and breed outside in Florida ?

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Casper Lorentzen

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Hi guys.
I have a good size kid pool I don't use for anything so was thinking of putting it on my patio there is closed with net so no animals can come in there.
I all ready have a 50 gallon growout tank out there since February and its working great.
Any ideas what to put in there ? Preferably something the there can breed in it. Was thinking of Axolots but worried that it will be to hot for them. At the moment its 80.
I am open for both fish and amphibians
Any suggestions ? ;)

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Pygmy sunfish, bluespotted sunfish. Native killifish or some type of minnow. Cajun dwarf crays maybe. I am in socal and have a small outdoor pond and breed killifish, small sunfish, several snail species, creek chubs, and all kinds of tiny crustaceans. Get some plants going in the pond as well.
 
Casper Lorentzen said:
Thanks for your answer. i looked around and was thinking of shrimps and snails in the pool. any other you can recommend to them that will be easy to sell ?
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Sorry, short of using them as feeders, I'm not really familiar with inverts.
 
Pyramid_Party said:
Pygmy sunfish, bluespotted sunfish. Native killifish or some type of minnow. Cajun dwarf crays maybe. I am in socal and have a small outdoor pond and breed killifish, small sunfish, several snail species, creek chubs, and all kinds of tiny crustaceans. Get some plants going in the pond as well.
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Thanks for your answer. i looked around and was thinking of shrimps and snails in the pool. any other you can recommend to them that will be easy to sell ?
 
You could keep any number of cichlid species outdoors in Florida, especially Uruguayans (Gymnos and Australoheros, and Crenicichla sp.) that can withstand and even require cooler water, although they can withstand warmer water temperatures quite fine. Florida's climate is very equivalent to Uruguay's. Actually, even though I can't keep my pond fish out later than mid October where I live (Canada..frosts are already hitting by then), I've got Green Terrors, P. bifasciatus and breidohri , along with exCichlasoma beani and Australoheros sp. Red Ceibals out there and they're thriving. Many cichlids from Mexico will do well ('cyanoguttatus', 'carpintis' etc.) Of course any of the sunfish (Longear, Dollar, Flier, Red breasted...the list goes on). Not to mention all those native killies that you have down there. Lucky you!!!
 
notho2000 said:
You could keep any number of cichlid species outdoors in Florida, especially Uruguayans (Gymnos and Australoheros, and Crenicichla sp.) that can withstand and even require cooler water, although they can withstand warmer water temperatures quite fine. Florida's climate is very equivalent to Uruguay's. Actually, even though I can't keep my pond fish out later than mid October where I live (Canada..frosts are already hitting by then), I've got Green Terrors, P. bifasciatus and breidohri , along with exCichlasoma beani and Australoheros sp. Red Ceibals out there and they're thriving. Many cichlids from Mexico will do well ('cyanoguttatus', 'carpintis' etc.) Of course any of the sunfish (Longear, Dollar, Flier, Red breasted...the list goes on). Not to mention all those native killies that you have down there. Lucky you!!!
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Thanks so much for the ideas !!
a winter we cen get a day or ti down to 32 -34 degrees will that changes anything ?
 
Well it depends in part on the size (i.e. gallonage) of your pond... the more water,the better it will retain the heat, and smaller temperature fluctuations will occur between night and day. Even though it's been getting down to 50ish at night here, the pond temperature is holding at around 70-72F, with day time temperatures reaching low to mid 70s. You could put a thermal blanket cut to the shape and size of your pond (same as what is used in swimming pools) on the surface on cold nights and take it off during the warmer days. Two years ago, I pulled my Uruguayan cichlids out on Nov. 1st and the water temperature was about 35 F. Even a pleco, and they all survived and looked great. Amazing. You could also get an immersion heater (300 W, say) and use it on an "as needs " basis if you feel the water temperature is getting too low. Just some thoughts. I would experiment a bit. You might be surprised at how resilient these fish are. I'd be more concerned with temperatures that get too high (85F and up) since oxygen will deplete at higher water temperatures. Filtering the water and especially good, vigorous aeration is a must. And provide a shaded area. In Brazil, the fish wholesalers put palm tree fronds above the water along one end of their ponds to provide shade and security. Got access to palm tree fronds in your area of Florida? Good luck Casper. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask.
Jim
 
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