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Hi everyone, out of interest what other fish than koi and goldfish can be kept in outside ponds. I have also seen red tails, pacu, bass. But what other more interesting or exotic fish can be kept in ponds?

What's your favorite koi variety?

Hey I have my around 8 inch aro living with 2 angels and 2 koi at the moment. I feed my aro hikari food sticks and the angels and kois get excited and come to eat a couple sticks too. My aro eats like 1-3 sticks at once and then swims away and comes back. The time he takes to come back, the...

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So today I rescued 3 large koi (30 to 36 inches) and around 30 large goldfish (7 to 13 inches) from a pond that was drying up and has had no filtration for months. The pond water was black and you couldnt see anything. We were practically just scooping nets around in the water until we caught a...

So my family are planning on moving to southern Spain (Costa del sol area) and I want to have a pond outside. The pond would be 2000 to 5000 gallons and contain fish such as red tail catfish,arowanas etc. In the summer months Costa del sol is perfect for keeping these kind of fish outdoors but...

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Hey guys, Arapaima speculation question for anyone, Do you think an outdoor fish predator such a Blue Heron could/would prey on a decent sized outdoor Arapaima? I ask because Arapaima are supposedly 'armored' from predators and are known to eat birds but I am not sure how this would contend...

Hello everyone! Today one of my ~10 inch koi recently died to an unknown cause. All the other koi are doing fine and eating with vigor. This koi was doing perfect yesterday and was eating well, but when i found it dead on one side of the body it was almost descaled, while the other side was...

So I am trying to figure out if I want to have a diffuser on the bottom drain for the pond i am planning. It is not a very large pond. I would say maybe 6 foot wide and 12 foot long. Due to its shape I'm not sure if the diffuser would really be efficient at its job and really worth the extra...

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I have mostly experience with Angelfish and Bettas. I was curious if anybody can give me any references, suggestions or help with an idea I have for my sunroom? I was thinking of maybe doing something like in this picture (but maybe not quite as fancy or as large) for cold water fish in my...

Hello, I am in the process of creating a 900 gallon pond, and would like to know if I can keep tropical fish all year round, or will I have to move them back into my tank for the winter. If it is the latter then I'll just raise some koi and goldfish. Thanks

Anyone have experience with Koi parrots? Got this guy in a batch of standard parrots presumably imported from China. This one was white until about a week ago when I noticed it had the "koi" piebald color. All the other parrots (who were white or yellowish white) have returned to their normal...

We have had a pond since 2005. Approximately 1500 - 2000 gallons. 2 Large Butterfly Koi, 1 sml-med butterfly koi, 1 large shubunkin. Just noticed that the White & Red Large butterfly and the sml-med Yellow butterfly have red streaks in their tails. Just did test strip test. Absolutely no...

Well, once I get enough money I plan to design a massive private aquarium, that will house lots of large, custom tanks and my freshwater collection I already have. I plan on constructing a building around the room, which will be pretty huge, so I'm really packing on the dough here ($250K budget...

Hi everybody on monsterfishkeepers, This is my first ever post on here so hello. I'm chuffed to of found a site with so many other passionate fish keepers. I thought i would start by asking what people would consider as tank mates for...

Hello all, I am in the research & planning stages for building a 750-1,000 gallon koi pond outside of Houston, TX. First, anything I should know specifically about building a pond in Texas (I've seen threads of water overheating and algae blooms from too much direct sunlight)? I plan on using...