New house, First pond

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Silversamps85

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Hello, I live in the south western corner of New York and we are moving into a new house. The house has a pond that I am really excited about. I am new to ponds like this, so I am going to explain what I see but I may not be using the proper terms. I have only been able to dig around a little bit, partly because we haven't closed on the house and partly because there is still 2 feet of snow here. what I have found is a large man hole sized sump next to the pond with plumbing connections and removable trays. I am assuming this is some type of filter and you put a sump in to cycle the water through the water fall. The pond itself is about 12ft x 4ft x 2-3ft deep. The depth is rough because I could only see part of the pond due to ice. A few of my question are what are my stocking options? What sites have good info and product for ponds? I am having trouble finding the information I am looking for. I know I will figure a lot of this out when I get my hands on it, but like I said I am excited and ant to get a head start.
 
Well I would like them to winter in the pond, but indoors is an option. Also getting my first true monster tank indoors so adding another to house these wouldn't be to hard. nice large heated garage.
 
Winters outside you are limited. You could do North American natives, or the most common thing would be koi or goldfish (non fancy ones have a better chance of surviving winter). Goldfish would be a cheap and easy way to get your feet wet.

When the snow melts get some pictures of the filtration.


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Koi, sterlet sturgeon, they can do good in cold temp but not ice covered type temp, goldfish too a lot of people underestimate their true size, they can easily get as big as oscars


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