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I agree about depth, instead of 5", an outside pond would need to be at least 3 to 4 ft deep to maintain any sort of stability, and maintain the fish you mention.
Is this one of the preform ponds from Home Depot, or a similar store?
If so, they are totally inadequate for even the tiniest of fish, for any length of time.
They are only adequate as a water feature with a fountain.
I use them for growing live food for my fish, and can usually pick them up on the road side free, because they are thrown away when people find out of their inability to maintain fish life.
Is this one of the preform ponds from Home Depot, or a similar store?
If so, they are totally inadequate for even the tiniest of fish, for any length of time.
They are only adequate as a water feature with a fountain.
I use them for growing live food for my fish, and can usually pick them up on the road side free, because they are thrown away when people find out of their inability to maintain fish life.
Even with the added water you are still going to have big swings in your water temps. If you are going to keep the fish ouside and control the temps, you need to consider insulating the sides of the pool and get some kind of cover for the top. How big of a pool is it? abover ground pools genarally are thousands of gallons, and even if you are only filling it up a 1/4 of the way, 2 aquarium heaters are just not going to make a difference. As stated earlier, the tropical fish need constant temps and will suffer the same fate as your ID Shark if you can't stabilize the water temperature.
With water being so scarce there, what is your plan for doing water changes to keep the fish healthy? If you are having trouble just filling the pond imagine having to drain and fill twice a week.
Not trying to be a killjoy but sounds like you are in over your head.
Not trying to be a killjoy but sounds like you are in over your head.
