Here's a few pics of some Puntius Jerdoni in a SoCal pond (you can see the second one peaking out from under a rock in the lower right hand corner).
Any other ideas?
Any other ideas?
Ideas on Cool fish that will thrive with Koi?
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This will be a good thread. I'm interested in fish that I can keep outside besides, Goldfish, Koi, and Sunfish. Any "tropical" fish that will survive a SoCal winter?
I have Rosy Barbs in there with my Koi and they do great. Started with 14 and now have over 40 in little over 4 months.
great thread. just the discussion I was looking for.
This is the first year I have ever had non kois in my pond besides my 2 sturgeons. This past spring I added 2 Redtail Tinfoil, 2 Yellowtail Tinfoil, 3 convicts, 2 pink convicts and 1 Indo tarpon. The tarpon will soon go inside but the rest will stay. WHO will survive the socal winter? ..... ..
I don't know. I bet they all do. stay tuned..
This is the first year I have ever had non kois in my pond besides my 2 sturgeons. This past spring I added 2 Redtail Tinfoil, 2 Yellowtail Tinfoil, 3 convicts, 2 pink convicts and 1 Indo tarpon. The tarpon will soon go inside but the rest will stay. WHO will survive the socal winter? ..... ..
I don't know. I bet they all do. stay tuned..
My koi live happily with a sturgeon and some other randoms, tench a barb etc...
I've seen a guy locally keep koi in his tropical tank and he had quite a few varieties in their, silver sharks and similar and he said he'd never encountered any problems..
Nice to mix it up and keep it interesting, I love my koi but the sturgeon adds something to the pond dynamics. Also as the sturgeon is easier to tame and eats from hand etc, the koi seem to have become more friendly since they've seen him get attention.
Very interested to see how Yellowfins experiment goes! That's very adventurous
I've seen a guy locally keep koi in his tropical tank and he had quite a few varieties in their, silver sharks and similar and he said he'd never encountered any problems..
Nice to mix it up and keep it interesting, I love my koi but the sturgeon adds something to the pond dynamics. Also as the sturgeon is easier to tame and eats from hand etc, the koi seem to have become more friendly since they've seen him get attention.
Very interested to see how Yellowfins experiment goes! That's very adventurous