Red-Tailed Cat fish in Pond?

[JerseyCowboy]

Now I have had a 500gal pond for several years now. My Koi and turtles have made it through winters fine. I was debating dropping my red-tailed catfish in the pond. He is roughly a foot long. I understand he needs around 85 deg water which is not a problem during summer months. I have been exploring solar/ glass/ heating elements to keep the water warm over the winters, all to no avail. Has any one ever tried this before or wasted cause???

 

[Wolf3101]

if you cant keep the ponds temperiture above 75 degrees at all times then you might as well put the RTC down now.

 

[kydsexy]

^^^ i agree

 

[GetInMahBellay]

idk maybe u could have a deicer in the summer and winter lulz were u live OH SWEET JERSEY i was thinkin about doin dat but idk

 

[Mystix212]

idk maybe u could have a deicer in the summer and winter lulz were u live OH SWEET JERSEY i was thinkin about doin dat but idk

English please.

Unless you cant provide temps of at least 75F year round, forget it.

 

[tunerX]

English please.

lol. I thought it was just me.

 

[oscarluvr]

English please.

Unless you cant provide temps of at least 75F year round, forget it.

agreed, i have 3500 gal pond and with 3 300 watt heaters and 1 500 watt deicer, and our winters usually are not to bad however today it is in the 30's my water temp is 58 degrees, good luck on the solar i tried a solar cover a few years back and nearly killed my koi, the gases from the bacteria could not escape made a very poisonous condition.

 

[GFGULPER]

Why don't you use the heating system out of a hot tub? No problem keeping the water temps up.

 

[Onion01]

wait, aren't turtles illegal in nj?