I was thinking of bowfin. Anyone have any other suggestions? I need something that will look good from above, so that it's easier to convince my family that it would be a good fish for the pond.
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Posted 12 June 2007 - 12:26 AM
My dad and I have decided to build a pond, hopefully >5000 gallons. Thankfully, my dad said we did not have to put koi in the pond. I was thinking of bowfin. Anyone have any other suggestions? I need something that will look good from above, so that it's easier to convince my family that it would be a good fish for the pond.
I was thinking of bowfin. Anyone have any other suggestions? I need something that will look good from above, so that it's easier to convince my family that it would be a good fish for the pond.
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Posted 12 June 2007 - 09:26 AM
That's a pretty ambitious pond - have you settled on a building scheme?
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Posted 12 June 2007 - 07:24 PM
Not yet. We've just started digging up the pitiful little pond these old people had before we moved here. The thing couldn't be more than 500gal. There was a tornado that came throught the yard that covered it in woody debris, but surprisingly, the little goldfish(parasite paradise) survived. Then, we had some people come cut the wood into woodchips with a machine, and the fools buried the fish ALIVE! I don't like goldfish, but that's just mean.
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Posted 12 June 2007 - 10:09 PM
One large tame northern pike 
seriously... otherwise go with a species of sunfish. bass would be cool too.
I like what perch look like underwater.
seriously... otherwise go with a species of sunfish. bass would be cool too.
I like what perch look like underwater.
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 12:35 AM
I would make a really nice community pond of chain pickerel and/or spotted gar.
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 12:59 AM
I would make a really nice community pond of chain pickerel and/or spotted gar.
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Chain pickerel + spotted gar.....sounds like a rough community to me.
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 01:48 AM
Well it would be a trial and error thing and it would be considered an agressive community.Chain pickerel + spotted gar.....sounds like a rough community to me.
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 02:26 PM
Rough is probably the wrong word. A hungry and toothy community might be more accurate.
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 03:16 PM
I didn't even think about gar. Maybe I could try chains too. I don't think they would work to well together though...
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 09:41 PM
Red Breast Sunfish are a Georgia Native, and males have enough color to look good from any angle... but particularly when they come onto the shallows... to nest... or for food (if you plan on supplemental feeding, which could be fun, and showy for your family to get to know the fish). You should also stock a smaller fish like a top minnow, say F. chrysotus (can't spell) that could hide in the weeds and rushes at the edge of the pond (also a nice looking Georgia native and a pretty easy breeder, so I'm told). You could still try a redfin pickerel (also a south Georgia native), but limit it to just one or maybe a pair (if it is possible to identify a pair of pickerel, not something I can do).
My dad and I have decided to build a pond, hopefully >5000 gallons. Thankfully, my dad said we did not have to put koi in the pond.
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 09:53 PM
Redbreast would be perfect! I should've thought of those, we have them in out creek right behind the house, so I could catch some with no problem. I love those fish. Especially dominant males. Their one of the fish that inspired me to start keeping natives.
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Posted 19 June 2007 - 10:41 PM
Is this going to be for fishing? if it is redfin pickerel might be a good idea to eat a significant amount of young sunfish so the pond can support more large ones. make sure there are a species of food-minnow and crays in it . Try dipnetting aquatic insects and releasing them in there too. Starting a ecosystem might be interesting.
yellow perch+crappies+redbreast"redfins are what I'd put in it as larger fish.
. Try dipnetting aquatic insects and releasing them in there too. Starting a ecosystem might be interesting.yellow perch+crappies+redbreast"redfins are what I'd put in it as larger fish.
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