hi ive just bought a pond kit with everything u need to build a 4x6 pond for only $5 and its worth $70 in the store so i got a really good deal but anyway i want to stock it with mabye some green sunfish and a few albino channel catfish would i be able to do this? also im getting a pond heater and im not setting this pond up untill spring so would i be able to put in my suggestions? and if not then what do you guys recomend to put into the pond thank you very much ahead of time!!!stocking a 4x6x1.5 foot pond
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hi ive just bought a pond kit with everything u need to build a 4x6 pond for only $5 and its worth $70 in the store so i got a really good deal but anyway i want to stock it with mabye some green sunfish and a few albino channel catfish would i be able to do this? also im getting a pond heater and im not setting this pond up untill spring so would i be able to put in my suggestions? and if not then what do you guys recomend to put into the pond thank you very much ahead of time!!!
A few sunfish are fine as long as they are big enough not to be eaten and the catfish is small enough not to eat them. About 200g isn't alot of room.
You'll need somewhere warmer to over-winter them every year tho.
What filtration are you going to use?
You should dig the hole now while the ground is soft, so you have jump on things in the spring.
Dr Joe
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You'll need somewhere warmer to over-winter them every year tho.
What filtration are you going to use?
You should dig the hole now while the ground is soft, so you have jump on things in the spring.
Dr Joe
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im not sure of what kibnd of filter to get for it do you have any suggestions? and im geting one of those high power pond heaters for it so would that make it so i can keep them in hte pond during winter?if not then could they all go into a 20 gallon long for just winter?
gar man;2225961; said:
http://www.pondepot.com/pondmaster1000submersiblefilter.aspx
Need to reference the heater (link).
20g long is too small, get a 55g and put pond filter and pump in it.
Dr Joe
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Personally ill give away albino catfish to the pet shop and good luck with green sunfish (they will kill each other if kept in 55gal).
.i used to have just regular channel catfish that i raised from half an inch till they were bout 1 foot long and there was three of them and they didnt kill each other but then i put them into the pond becuase thats when i just got my first batch of baby gars and the cats ate them =( and i agree that does stink we have to wait a year for this to happen...