Stocking a pond

[elvispacman]

dang well so much for the pbass dream, how about like hawg said oscars, also parachromis and texas cichlids

[HawgHunter]

dang well so much for the pbass dream, how about like hawg said oscars, also parachromis and texas cichlids

Texas cichlids would do great in there too and would be awesome. I know a spot on Cypress Creek that I have caught several Texas cichlids in my minnow trap with dry dog food as bait.

[mistahoo]

dang well so much for the pbass dream, how about like hawg said oscars, also parachromis and texas cichlids

Same goes for Parachromis. 70-85. Most tropical fish will die off in the 60 degree range. Oscars will have a higher chance to survive, but there will still be some casualties. I'd assume Texas Cichlids would be okay because they are natives.

[mistahoo]

If you can somehow include a heating system to regulate the pond, you could add any fish and eliminate the worry of your fish dying to cold weather. You could do a big a** koi pond and fish for them! They can get really big and can survive the colder temperatures.

[elvispacman]

boo i dont like koi

[mistahoo]

boo i dont like koi

I don't know what other monster size fish you could include that would survive the winters without heating. The thought of a huge frikin goldfish on the end of your line is just mind boggling!

[elvispacman]

man sotheres no way besides a heating system that any tyupe of pbass will live, i asked and he said at the lowest itll get to 30degres

[mistahoo]

30?! That's pretty low! There are some native species that can survive the winters and will do fine. Maybe load up it up with natives?

[mnemenoi]

Wels catfish or a Goonch...

[smk]

you would probably stand a better chance if it had some deep areas like 10' which shouldn't be hard in a several acre lake

[elvispacman]

so i did some research it looks like the ocellis peacocks are the ones that managed to survive the cold in florida the other one htey put in the waters but didnt make it was the speckled peacock bass, and apparently the way they survived was by going into deeper water.so i might get those or some ocelli/mono hybrids if i cant find regular ocellis

[mistahoo]

Yeah any Pbass will survive with deeper waters. If you were to make that 3' into 10'+, you could stock them with Pbass and Parachromis. Ocell is just as similar as the speckled. They'll all die when the temp gets to 60 unless you can make the pond deeper than 3'

[elvispacman]

so its gotta be 10plus feet

[mistahoo]

Yeah. Make it deeper so you can add whatever you want! It'd be like a mini lake full of monster fish!

[smk]

with a depth of 3' that pond unless you have alot of plant cover ie trees or pond plants is gonna have some serious temp swings between summer and winter you could always get a dragline to come in and deepen it for you