Hello. Been a really long time since I have posted here. Used to frequent a lot when I was younger and, as with many hobbyists it seems, life got crazy got out of the hobby for a while. Well I am looking to come back when I return home in January/February. I have the go ahead from the wife to build a basement pond. Plans are for a pond somewhere between 4’x8’ possibly all the way up to something like 8’x12’. It really all just depends on what kind of pricing I can find for liners and what not. Big thing for me is I don’t want to deal with the high cost of heating it plus the humidity issues. So I used to have a bowfin, largemouth bass, and a pickerel all of which I miss dearly. I plan on getting one of each of those again. What else cool would you put in an unheated pond of that size? I really want a red tail cat and giant gourami (they have always been favorites of mine) so maybe someone knows their 65 degree water counterparts lol. Thanks
Unheated Basement Pond
- Thread starter Chad55
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Was browsing for temperature for Redtail Catfish and found thishttps://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...want-to-keep-a-rtc-red-tailed-catfish.346243/
Lots of good info in there.
I was thinking about a gar as well maybe but might wait until I get a decent size out of the chain pickerel or northern pike that I would like to get. Back in the day that was probably my favorite fish that I had kept was my little Redfin pickerel so I want to make sure that species gets a decent head start and doesn’t have any issues. Also I think flathead like to lay around a bit too much for me and I’m not quite sure a bulkhead will get large enough. Maybe a channel cat? Not sure how they are as “wet pets”.
