160 gallon pond stocking?

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justonemoretank;4019598; said:
Yes, but this is a shallow pond, which means that it's going to basically be the same temp as the air... and tropical fish just get sick when it's cold.
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It'll be a good 18 inches deep, is that considered shallow? I guess so, huh.

BTW, the reason I wanted to go with a large showy fish is because I also plan to install a wireless live feed camera into the wall of it so I can watch my fish from an underwater POV :D I'm good with electronics and stuff like that (AZN!) haha. Anyways, that was the main reason, the other reason is that small fish die faster and with the occasional lizard slithering on the walls, I didn't want my fish to be the meal, but rather the other way around if necessary.

Also, back to the heat issue, I could put a pool cover (one of those blue bubble wrap things) on top of it during the "cold" season. would that do anything?
 
If you do the camera dealie, please do post! I'd watch, and I don't even usually watch videos!

The cover would help if you heat it... since most of the heat transfer happens at the top, it would keep heat in, and the ground, I'm thinking, would then act as insulation. However, and not to open another can of worms, but in this sized pond you couldn't do a large-enough group of Oscars that would "fix" the fact that males want to kill each other... you could do a mated pair, or females (and this is difficult to figure until you've actually watched them breed). On the other hand, I am no natives expert, so you could venture over to that forum and see how many, for instance, sunfish you could keep... it could prove to be much more interesting than the Oscars or other Cichlids.
 
justonemoretank;4019617; said:
If you do the camera dealie, please do post! I'd watch, and I don't even usually watch videos!

The cover would help if you heat it... since most of the heat transfer happens at the top, it would keep heat in, and the ground, I'm thinking, would then act as insulation. However, and not to open another can of worms, but in this sized pond you couldn't do a large-enough group of Oscars that would "fix" the fact that males want to kill each other... you could do a mated pair, or females (and this is difficult to figure until you've actually watched them breed). On the other hand, I am no natives expert, so you could venture over to that forum and see how many, for instance, sunfish you could keep... it could prove to be much more interesting than the Oscars or other Cichlids.
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Thanks, yea they're just small home security cameras that my dad bought a long time ago and just never used them.

And thanks for your information, yeah, Oscars will probably get feisty with eachother. And as for natives, I'll do my research, but so far it says that I could probably put most medium to small natives in, considering size, but I just don't know anything about these guys and feeding would be problematic. I wouldn't be able to special feed anybody like if they were in a tank because I can't see where they are. My plan was take a few pinches of pellets and just toss them in, but i'm not sure anymore. :nilly:
 
From what I've read, when most folks get natives as juveniles, they start them in a small tank so that feeding is easier, and then once they're eating pellets and such, they move them into whatever tank they're planning on keeping them in. Maybe you could start them inside and make sure they're big and eating pellets before adding them?
 
justonemoretank;4019634; said:
From what I've read, when most folks get natives as juveniles, they start them in a small tank so that feeding is easier, and then once they're eating pellets and such, they move them into whatever tank they're planning on keeping them in. Maybe you could start them inside and make sure they're big and eating pellets before adding them?
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Wish I could, I have a strict limit to the number of tanks I can keep in the house (parentals) and I'm, according to them, have WAY TO MANY TANKS. I have a 40 and a 10. But w/e their house, their rules I guess. But I figured the backyard was fair territory, we'll have to see.
 
Yes, true gars are illegal in CA, to the best of my knowledge.
 
I know you mention convicts and i wouldnt do that. Give them a couple of months and you will be looking for something to eat them. I like the native idea. A pair of oscars would be cool too.
 
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