Stocking a 250 gallon coldwater.

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I have a 250 gallon pond setup in my unheated garage. Temperature gets down to the low 30's in the winter so I need some coldwater fish. The temperature in the summer outside is in the 90's so I figure the water is in the 80's. What fish would you suggest. I may do a brown bullhead and some bluegill. Is there an kind of loach that would work. I open to anything. Would a weather loach work?
 
Don't think a weather loach would work...Not sure.

Could do a channel cat til it outgrows it...Then upgrade or something. Idk haha
 
Do a centrid (sp?) tank, stock it with as many of each as you can get till you reach bioload capacity. Maybe 2 or 3 bullheads for a clean up crew?
 
So there's no way I can do loaches. What is bring them in for a 110 gallon stock tank for the winter. I've heard bullheads are secretive so I would rarely see it.
 
How hot does it get in the summer time? That could be your problem, not the cold.
 
my garage only gets up to 70 degrees, it's sunken into a hill, what is the hottest your garage gets? bluegills may be the easiest to do
 
The air may reach mid nineties outside but inside probably at max 90 but the water wont get above the upper seventies. Ive heard they can be escape artist and its a open pond but you dont think they will mind the low temps. I heard they thrive in waters from the fifties up the the upper eighties.
 
Depends on the bullhead, most have varying personalities. I have had one who was only out for eating and the other was constantly swimming.
 
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