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Since you clearly don’t care about the long term health of the fish, does it really matter what we suggest?
None of the fish you mentioned will survive past winter, even heated you are driving up electric costs and it may not be sufficient unless the pond is really well insulated. Beyond that, most of those fish would be lucky to make it to winter without one of their tankmates killing them first.

Deadeye just said what we’ve all been wanting to say, he just said it more bluntly. OP it sounds like you want to keep the fish you want to keep and you don’t care when we tell you it’s a bad idea. You like buying the fish you want to buy, regardless of whether you can care for them or not. My advice is to not buy any tropical fish until you have the heaters. Most experienced fish keepers would never buy a fish until they KNOW they have everything they need to meet its care requirements.

Trust me there are a lot of fish I would love to buy, but can’t care for at the moment. For that reason, I don’t buy them. You have a big pond that can house a lot of cool cold water fish. Work with what you have, or don’t buy any more fish until you get the heaters.
 
Deadeye just said what we’ve all been wanting to say, he just said it more bluntly. OP it sounds like you want to keep the fish you want to keep and you don’t care when we tell you it’s a bad idea. You like buying the fish you want to buy, regardless of whether you can care for them or not. My advice is to not buy any tropical fish until you have the heaters. Most experienced fish keepers would never buy a fish until they KNOW they have everything they need to meet its care requirements.

Trust me there are a lot of fish I would love to buy, but can’t care for at the moment. For that reason, I don’t buy them. You have a big pond that can house a lot of cool cold water fish. Work with what you have, or don’t buy any more fish until you get the heaters.
i am just doing reserach . obviously i won't add anything until the pond is heated. BTW i plan on growing out fish and then adding them to the pond
thanks for your advice guys, i will look into more options
 
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Deadeye just said what we’ve all been wanting to say, he just said it more bluntly. OP it sounds like you want to keep the fish you want to keep and you don’t care when we tell you it’s a bad idea. You like buying the fish you want to buy, regardless of whether you can care for them or not. My advice is to not buy any tropical fish until you have the heaters. Most experienced fish keepers would never buy a fish until they KNOW they have everything they need to meet its care requirements.

Trust me there are a lot of fish I would love to buy, but can’t care for at the moment. For that reason, I don’t buy them. You have a big pond that can house a lot of cool cold water fish. Work with what you have, or don’t buy any more fish until you get the heaters.
i was reading the post of another guy here on MFK who wrote that bucket heaters worked fine to keep his 1000 gallon pond heated. Will they work for my pond.
 
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i was reading the post of another guy here on MFK who wrote that bucket heaters worked fine to keep his 1000 gallon pond heated. Will they work for my pond.
I have no idea whether that would work or not. My rule is to always get equipment that’s rated for the amount of gallons my tank is or preferably equipment that’s rated for tanks larger than mine. That way I can almost guarantee there will be no unexpected surprises. I find if you try to skimp on getting good equipment you always regret it later.
 
I have no idea whether that would work or not. My rule is to always get equipment that’s rated for the amount of gallons my tank is or preferably equipment that’s rated for tanks larger than mine. That way I can almost guarantee there will be no unexpected surprises. I find if you try to skimp on getting good equipment you always regret it later.

^^^ 100% agree. I bought a kit with my tank instead of buying separate GOOD, quality filters (and heaters), and I wasted money on crappy equipment. Definitely get the best you can afford; don't skimp because if you do, you will regret it.
 
i DO care about my fish. i don't care how much bill it will cost but i will still heat it. i know they are aggresive, thats why i was thinking about growing them up together from babies

Buddy, I will just be honest with ya: I would recommend holding off on the ideas until your tank/pond is ready to hold livestock. Once you get your pond completely settled in, then you can worry about stock. For now, worry about the stock you have and how to make your pond the best home.

I know it's hard not to daydream and do extensive research about awesome fish (trust me, I did it and still do it all the time), but all it does is stress you out further. Worry about your tank and current stock, then worry about new stock.
 
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Buddy, I will just be honest with ya: I would recommend holding off on the ideas until your tank/pond is ready to hold livestock. Once you get your pond completely settled in, then you can worry about stock. For now, worry about the stock you have and how to make your pond the best home.

I know it's hard not to daydream and do extensive research about awesome fish (trust me, I did it and still do it all the time), but all it does is stress you out further. Worry about your tank and current stock, then worry about new stock.

This is some of the best advice you can get on here. Get to a point where you can meet the needs of fish then start doing research. Granted I’m guilty of doing a lot of research on red tail catfish and other monster fish but the key is waiting until you’re ready to get one before pulling the trigger. I’m 26 and I’ve wanted a red tail cat since I was 12. I’m still not ready to get one and am not even going to consider it until I get my own house and dedicated fish room.

Based on this post and previous posts it sounds like you’re pretty young. You might not be worried about the electrical bill for these fish but your parent might. If you do still live at home I would do research on how much the heaters you are planning on buying will raise the electrical bill, and run it by your parents before getting them.

Many of us who started out young on monster fish keepers didn’t get to own big fish until later in life. That is because it’s a costly hobby. That’s why I keep advising cold water fish. If you have this big of a pond already your parents must be fine with it. You could also keep fish like channel catfish and other large catfish to prepare for when you eventually can own tropical fish. Everybody’s gotta start somewhere and jumping off the deep end into 3ft+ monster fish early in the hobby is rarely a good idea. I’d slow down, start with something cold water that maybe gets between 1-2ft and work your way up.
 
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