900 Gallond Pond Stock?

[martini8]

What kind of fish would be good in a 900 Gallon pond I want to build under my deck? Don't want Koi in this pond. This will be my first outdoor pond but I have a pretty good idea of the setup. Don't plan on having a substrate in it, but I can if required.

I thought it would be cool to have some fish that I caught myself, a bass or two maybe? Arowana's would be cool but it may be hard to heat the tank over winter.

Only concern is that a bass would eat or harass my 7 inch goldfish (maybe?) that needs a new home if I can't make another pond for him.

So any recommendations for fish are welcome, thanks.

 

[nativefishdude]

ya the bass would harass your goldfish and if it is big enough eat then (had this happen to me before)

 

[The stig]

The bass would eat the gold fish , look on youtube they have videos of them eatting bigger fish then gold fish .

 

[martini8]

Thanks for the replies.

Would this still be an issue if the goldfish was considerably larger than the bass?

I may need to end up with a separate pond for my giant feeder fish.

 

[dragonsong]

I've had sunfish in my pond before, along with bullhead catfish that seem pretty peaceful as long as you give them enough space.

 

[studd muffin]

if you want you can put blue gills in there. they wont hurt your goldfish. you can try native fish.

 

[benzjamin13]

Catfish ponds are fun. My Uncle in Thailand has one with nothing but Catfish. The Catfish go into a feeding frenzy. It's awesome! I used to have a few Channel Cats in my old pond. They were awesome during feeding time.

 

[GarNiac]

redtail catfish is a go

 

[Cakilla]

if you get a rtc eventually the fish will get the gold fish I have never kept one but I hear they can eat alot bigger fish then gold fish so you would have to build yourself a new pond for the gold fish ... then you could go bass some catfish sunfish ... what ever you really want I would go with native species if you don't want to heat it

 

[martini8]

Thanks for the input. Only negative thing about catfish are the barbs. Redtail would probably get too big as it can only be about 5 feet wide and they get over 4 feet.

Maybe I can fish out some minnows as food from the stream behind my house. Any ways to trap little fish in creeks or streams?