What would be a good coldwater ddition to a pond housing goldfish and koi that would survive year long weather with scortching summers and rough witers? A friend suggested common plecos..?
Coldwater tankmates.
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how about chinese algae eaters? they and pleco's are both capable of living with goldfish and koi.
Year round? What about a native or two such a small bass, carp or crappie?
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I doubt they can survive the rough winters so forget pleco and CAE.
Highfin sharks, red rosies, golden orfe, common carp and few natives (sunfish, minnows, etc) are good choices. Albino catfish, bullhead, bowfin and gar are good pondmates for large koi only.
From what i've been told the high fins won't survive in the extreme cold or scorching hot.
Highfin sharks should be do well in mild winters. There is a report of a New York pondkeeper kept them outside through a winter and the sharks do fine.
I know someone in New Jersey that has had one in his pond for the last 3 years. Fish survive the cold winters as long as the pond doesn't freeze solid. They do grow to a very large size.
I keep Australoheros and Gymnogeophagus cichlids in my pond with koi April thru Oct in Milwaukee, but because the ponds freeze solid I bring them all in. Arkansas might work.
