I'll ask my lfs if they can order me a few. They dont have very many rare fish though. I'll see if they can get me a sterlet also.
Interesting coldwater fish for pond.
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The hi-fins aren't particularly rare, just not terribly popular - which is good since they're darling as juveniles and get far too big for the average owner. This was my first thought when I opened the thread! I love these fish.
Site not in English, but good juvenile, adult, and size-reference pics http://www.siamfishing.com/content/view.php?id=544&cat=photo_out here
Site not in English, but good juvenile, adult, and size-reference pics http://www.siamfishing.com/content/view.php?id=544&cat=photo_out here
Any idea if they would survive the winter up here? Without a heater, the pond freezes over with about 8 inches of ice. I had to break it up with a sledge hammer one year.
I'm not sure. They're from the Yangtze valley, which has a humid subtropical climate like the mid-southern US. Your winters are a little harsher than they would typically experience in the wild, besides which, as a big river fish, they would normally be protected from temperature extremes by the sheer volume of water around them. I suspect they would be fine as long as the ice was kept open. Summer heat might be a bigger problem.
i would not go with channel cats as they can get up large sizes but maybe go with a fleet of bullheads, they get about 2' and stop growing and there are different breeds of them
Theres quite a bit of shade on one side of the pond and its pretty deep. The water never gets very hot during the summer, but there will be a lot of oxygenating plants and several waterfalls. Like I said in the beggining, bullheads are very shy and reclusive, channel cats are much more active. I already have a balck and a brown bullhead. If they get too big, I can always eat them. JK. I said I was looking for large fish.
ok, but just going to warn you don't go for an actual sturgeon go for the sterlet because a full grown sturgeon would be very unhappy in a pond of that size
That Fish Place That Pet PLace in Lancaster, PA had a 125er full of 6" sturgeons (don't know aht kind) on Saturday. They also ship so you might want to give them a yell.
bass_cats;3648965; said:
wow another indy member! im going to watch this thread. I am thinking about building a good size outdoor pond in the spring too! Good luck.
