Where I do some work throughout the summer and winter the homeowner has two large ponds and im looking to get rid of my two large dempseys but the only two lfs stores in my area wont take fish. The lower pond that was just re-done last year is probably 8-10 ft deep and the main Larger pond is a bit deeper and houses rainbow and brook trout for many years. Im wondering if I put the dempseys into one of the ponds if they would have a fair chance at survival year round. The ponds do get ice on top but both have drains and the main has a waterfall feeding the pond from a river. We do get a good amount of snow here and occassional below 0 temperatures in winter.
Depth required for Cichlids to survive??
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It's not going to work.
I put my pacus, a pleco, and a bunch of cichlids in my pond when the power was out after the hurricane (other fish had died in the tanks inside.. figured the larger volume of water was the best chance of the fish living wihtout filtation/water circulation). Anyway... as it got colder I found one pacy upside down, and thought he was dead, but I guess I got him in time, because he's ok (in the indoor tank) now. Keep in mind, this is colder by Texas standards! I would find dead cichlids every now and then (I couldn't catch them to bring them inside) and one day I found the pleco dead. I felt bad about the pleco, but that was honestly the first time I had seen him since I put him in there. I would have brought him in as well if I could have found/caught him.
Anyway -Cliff's notes- Your fish are going to die in an outside pond when it's cold.
I put my pacus, a pleco, and a bunch of cichlids in my pond when the power was out after the hurricane (other fish had died in the tanks inside.. figured the larger volume of water was the best chance of the fish living wihtout filtation/water circulation). Anyway... as it got colder I found one pacy upside down, and thought he was dead, but I guess I got him in time, because he's ok (in the indoor tank) now. Keep in mind, this is colder by Texas standards! I would find dead cichlids every now and then (I couldn't catch them to bring them inside) and one day I found the pleco dead. I felt bad about the pleco, but that was honestly the first time I had seen him since I put him in there. I would have brought him in as well if I could have found/caught him.
Anyway -Cliff's notes- Your fish are going to die in an outside pond when it's cold.
