Possible Fish for a Houston Pond

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badisbadis101

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I have an unheated backyard pond. It holds ~1,000 gallons of water. Which of the following fish could survive the winter, if any?

-Sailfin Molly
-Florida Flagfish
-Paradise Fish


Any other suggestions for smallish, colorful fish that can survive a houston winter?
 
1000 gallons and only mollys?
is it man made or natural? how much would it cost to heat?
 
man made, but i am not going to heat it, for numerous reasons. I would think these fish would be fine - i have had white clouds survive :)

Just looking for more ideas
 
These are the fish i have been thinking about:
-White Cloud Mountain Minnows (I know they work, at least in houston)
-Paradisefish
-Ticto Barbs
-Gymnogeophagus, if i ever find any locally
-Sailfin Mollies
-Florida flagfish

Will any of these work? Any others that will work?
 
badisbadis101;1749711; said:
These are the fish i have been thinking about:
-White Cloud Mountain Minnows (I know they work, at least in houston)
-Paradisefish
-Ticto Barbs
-Gymnogeophagus, if i ever find any locally
-Sailfin Mollies
-Florida flagfish

Will any of these work? Any others that will work?
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the ones that i put in bold should work, and will probably breed in the pond
the other two might work but i dont know much about either of them so i dont know.
maybe you could also try dojo loaches, they get pretty big but they should'nt bother the smaller fish
edit: as long as the water temperature does not drop below the high fifties, the barbs should work aswell
 
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