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Is there anything else I can get for my pond other than goldfish2007-11-24 23:11:43

Hi,

I've got a pond in my garden made from an old water tank... its quite deep and narrow, though reasonably long. It siits above ground against a wall, shaded by trees, surrounded by bricks, with potted ferns around its edge.

It contains a lily and a papyrus in pots, and some floating oxgernators, as well as a filtration pump, with the outlet at the surface to splash the wateer and oxygenate it a bit.

It is currently home to 3 goldfish, one 3 inches, one 2 1/2, and another 2 inch one that has a problem with swimming...he sits on the bottom all day.

I was wondering if there are other smallish fish we could get for other than the goldies, or if we could put newts in as well?

Answers:

That depends in large part on where you live. Since this pond is above ground, it's really influenced strongly by air temperature and unless you live in southern FL or points south, you can expect it to freeze some during the winter. I would loook to native species of fish from your area, small minnows, darters, sunfish and the like. If you do live in a fairly southern region, you could probably add something like White Cloud Mountain Minnows with no problem at all.

MM

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put frogs in it. its colorful

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Japanese KOI fish they're very common and exotic fish to put in pretty ponds!

They come i n a variety of colors and are not found in normal pet shops. They are not that big.