Outdoor ponds in FL?

[karaig19]

I live in florida and am planning the same, Let me know what fish you put in your pond please I live in Oldsmar Florida.

 

[ColeFishing]

it all depends and changes every year. i live in florida for my first 15 years and have kept tropic fish in more central Florida around New Symerna beach/Daytona, Arcadia and tampa. i had a large school of hoplo catfish, tilapia, various cichlids and plecos live in my ponds. the weather conditions are different every year. a few years ago there was a cold kill which killed lots of snook and tropic invasive fish. this is what killed of my hoplo catfish and ciclhids they both lived for around 7 years before that though. i still have the tilapia and the plecos, they are every where and do pretty well. if i were you id just make sure the pond it pretty deep.

 

[bigtanklvr]

My family is from Miami, originally from coconut grove(south Miami) now north Miami beach not much difference between the two, we had a 2 foot deep raised pond, formal style and we only had hardy tropical fish, can't remember what they were that was a long time ago. The hardier the fish the better you won't need a heater, never did a water change the rain took care of that, never fed them either.

 

[aprime11b]

Thanks. Im by Daytona beach. I think we only had 4 days in the 30s. So I will have to see what hardy fish can handle the temps.

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[Duncan6618]

If you make a pond cover out of thermal greenhouse film you should be able to keep the pond at tropical temps pretty easily. My pond has stayed above 70F since mid january without any additional heating.

This thread has a bunch of pics various diy covers, some simple some fancy...
http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?133806-Pond-Covers

 

[tampa_bass]

go to myfwc.com to view the list of species you can't have..