Found a pond!!
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Sad news. Dread found out that the property is exactly his. Theres more to it, but the point being, NO MORE POND.
Firstly, you are either very rich or live in butt**** nowhere for such a thing to happen. Either way, I'm jealous.Dread;984109; said:I've always always envied people with natural ponds on their property - but no more! I was riding my quad (Yamaha YFZ450 SE, yeeeehaw) around my (+parents) property, and I stumbled upon a pond I've never even seen before, and I've lived at my house for 9 years. I quick ran around franticly taking measurements after returning home for a tap measure. It's bout 80 feet long, 40 feet wide at it's widest point, and around 7' deep at the deepest point (I couldn't touch the bottom, and I'm 5'10''). The water is clear enough to easily see the bottom, and as far as I could tell, there is no current fish in this pond. I was dumbfounded, naturally, and after my daze wore off, I thought about what any MFKer would: STOCKING! It's on my property, very far (about 2 miles) from the nearest waterway, and judging by the trees and vegetation growing around it, it's been there for years. My dad knew about it, but never mentioned it to me for some reason.
. Soon, I'll be converting a 10,500gallon above-ground pool to temproary house whatever it is in my basement during colder winter months. Keeping these paramenters in mind, I planned on something like re-creating (stock-wise) an amazon-type fish setup. Arowanas are already on my list, about 5 of them, so I was curious to know what else I should put into my new found pond? I'd love something that when I show people, they'd go "WHOA, THATS A BIG FISH" and although I know a Piracuru would do this, I couldn't house it in a 10,500g "tank" in the window with the other occupants. Plus, I don't feel comfortable taking such a large animal from place to place, possibly on a quad. That's no good. So, what would anyone suggest for stocking suggestions? I thought maybe a group of Peacock Bass would be nice, and I'm also open to any other suggestion (even if it isn't an 'amazon-type' setup!). I'll get pictures of this pond as soon as I am able to, to give an idea of what I am talking about. If I'm correct in measurements (which I am, within 10 inches, atleast) it's about 165,000 gallons in the pond! You haven't a clue how excited I am.
To answer your question, can you heat it, where is your location, weather might dictate pond occupancy. If you can heat it , I suggest a school of goliath african tigerfishes or a half dozen piracoocoos. you can start with youngsters. you will have to wait for a couple of years for the "wow" reponse you want but really, this must be the best way to go. other options include: a SHOAL of black rhombeuses (you would make history in the piranha community), alligator gars, or throw some dwarf caimans in there, half a dozen or so. I'm not too into the peacock bass thing. those fishes are nearly as impressive as other fishes.
nice find bro. take it to the max/
wow this sounds alot like me i actually have a pond in my backyard and it is about that size and i also live in aouthern michigan but i dont have 1.5 freakin square miles of property i have only 3 acres. i live in novi and i want to know what kind of fish i can put in my pond?
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