15,000 US Gallon Pond Ready to Stock - Help!!!

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
anything that can eat a small child (dont feed it kids) just incase sombody makes you mad
 
A bunch of asian arrowana and try your hand at breeding them...$$$. Also how deep is it? If you cant see the bottom very well, then I would avoid stingrays. Get some personable large catfish that will eat out of your hands, RTC, TSN, etc etc.
 
agreed
 
When doing a large setup I always like to start at the bottom and work my way up. First plant it if you are going to then start introducing small fish, maybe african's or smaller south american cichlids and work your way up over months letting them get established and breeding until you get to your large fish. By the time arrowana and or rays or whatever get in your pond they will be part of a top down eco system that will supplement their diet. I've done this in community fish tanks on a smaller scale but I've seen in one or two instances on this forum where someone built up a pond population in such a way and it is great. If you look at some of the larger long standing tanks on these forums they'll have feeder populations of the more prolific cichlids living in tanks with large catfish and arrows and other predators. Its amazing.
 
Don't forget to try and round out your eco system. If you plant it try starting with some invert populations that will reproduce in your pond, japanese trap door snails, MTS, cherry shrimp, ghost shrimp, and some others. I've not seen that done before but I imagine it could work if you let them establish and there is proper hiding outlets for the animals.
 
Thats just breathtaking....

...as for the stock, Id do a pair of RTC or TSN, an Arapaima, some Arowanas and Peacock Bass :)
 
And some danio and/or rainbow for mosquito control. Avoid African cichlids, giant gourami and some others if you'd like plants/lilies/lotus.
To put in a juv. bull shark you may be able to call it a mote and get a little money off your break-in insurance.
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