800 gallon pond ideas

[gar man]

lol just put in 1 minnow j/k just ut it whatever you like

 

[vicdeedee]

to bad you dont live near toronto, im a contractor and ive done a ton of ponds and waterflows, goodluck though, you'll enjoy it

 

[klmt]

do some bullheads, bluegills and a lmb just one so they dont breed and when the bluegills breed they will become food.

 

[Muske]

At 13x10x only 1.5' your looking at about 1400+ gals. Much more than the 800 you figured. Go at leas 2' deep. At that depth, even in USDA Zone 4, which in Minnisota, all fish willl survice the winter provided a hole in the ice is kept open. Don't worry about any low temps. for natives, they are in the frozen lakes around you now aren't they?

 

[le patron]

Some catfish and maybe LMB to go along with it. it might be a problem if it gets really cold though.

thats why you get floating heaters to make sure the surface doesnt freeze.

if you want my opinion, i would get one smb one lmb, a channel or bullhead cat, a yellow perch, and several white perch(im a big fan of white perch )

 

[MississippiNative]

You can use floating heaters to keep a hole open, or you could put an airstone with a small air pump, the surface agitation should keep a hole open. Your waterfall feature could provide the same effect, I don't have much experience in this area living so far south though