My parents ponds.

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Rob3rtPhan

Rob3rtPhan

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Ok so these ponds are already stock with goldfish like fish, and lots of them, they get about a foot long. There is catfish big as my leg. Ph is around 7.4 the temp is usually warm around here 80-110 degree in the summer and maybe 40 during the winter. Ponds have overflow and natural spring or creek water Flows through it. I was wondering can I stock it with Cichlid. . Have anybody tried this before in a big pond before?

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There are some cichlids that could survive year round with those temps.
But that is also the problem.
Because they could easily survive and breed, if there was flooding, they could escape and become a dominant invasive species, squeezing out natives.
This would inevitably lead to the banning of those, and many other cichlids we like to keep, by government agencys, as has been done to the snakehead.
I keep cichlids in ponds here in the north, but there is no possibility that any could survive our winter.
 
duanes said:
There are some cichlids that could survive year round with those temps.
But that is also the problem.
Because they could easily survive and breed, if there was flooding, they could escape and become a dominant invasive species, squeezing out natives.
This would inevitably lead to the banning of those, and many other cichlids we like to keep, by government agencys, as has been done to the snakehead.
I keep cichlids in ponds here in the north, but there is no possibility that any could survive our winter.
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We live on 80 acres in Alabama surrounded by trees and red dirt. Creek has underground pipe and overflow. Found an alligator(4ft) 2 years ago in the pond. I highly doubt a flood considering how far inland we are and how elevated we are too.


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wow beautiful ponds...............
 
Rob3rtPhan said:
So you're saying nobody should have ponds because of birds lol

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No, what I'm saying is that you shouldnt stock ponds with non-native species. Birds are very good transporters of fish eggs and can easily introduce your ponds fish to other waterways. You talk about adding cichlids, exotic catfish, red-tail cats, and tiger shovelnose cats to these ponds.

What kind of cichlids are you thinking of putting in there?

Adding those catfish to a water source here in the south is a good way to kill a bunch of the native fish since theyre not native to our ecosystem and are aggressive predators. I would imagine it's also illegal to do this.

It just kind of sounds like you havent thought about what could happen farther down the road once you start introducing these species into your area and only thinking of the now and having cool, big fish in your parents ponds.

Did you grow up in the South? Only asking this because you didnt know the difference in an otter and a nutria in your video.
 
Looking at the Jan/Feb temps for Mobile it looks like your water temps will get down to the lows 50's or colder. Tropicals won't survive that. I am further south than you and trops won't make it through the winter here without heating. So I think you are out of luck.
 
I agree, no non-native species in ponds because of birds transporting eggs.
Also, if you have pet birds indoors, don't keep non-native species in aquariums, you can never be too sure!

Happy native fishkeeping.
 
rjone15 said:
No, what I'm saying is that you shouldnt stock ponds with non-native species. Birds are very good transporters of fish eggs and can easily introduce your ponds fish to other waterways. You talk about adding cichlids, exotic catfish, red-tail cats, and tiger shovelnose cats to these ponds.

What kind of cichlids are you thinking of putting in there?

Adding those catfish to a water source here in the south is a good way to kill a bunch of the native fish since theyre not native to our ecosystem and are aggressive predators. I would imagine it's also illegal to do this.

It just kind of sounds like you havent thought about what could happen farther down the road once you start introducing these species into your area and only thinking of the now and having cool, big fish in your parents ponds.

Did you grow up in the South? Only asking this because you didnt know the difference in an otter and a nutria in your video.
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Yup grew up in the south. Well I have only seen this otter like creature swim and never out the water. I never seen a nutria. But you're right. Plus these ponds are link to a creek so something bad could happen.

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