It’s not like I’m goons not clean it. It’s just for how to keep it warm. The Gar will be rehomed eventually and so will the Chinese Hi Fin Banded Shark, but they Chinese Hi Fin Banded Shark grows slow
I speak from experience when I say don't go down the route of "I want this huge fish but it's alright if I can't house it long term because I'll be able to rehome it". It is not good on the animal, and eventually it isn't good on your conscience, as sometimes things go wrong and you can't upgrade the fish enough, in time, or at all. The gar will make sure anything smaller doesn't make it in there. 100 gallons is already small for a gar, let alone a gar + several other relatively large fish that are already too big for a pond that size. Inherently, a pond that size won't freeze solid. You can do the shiners and such with no issues. I know this is a monster fish forum but you don't need to fill out every container you have. Consider maybe (ONLY) larger species of sunfish if you want something "big" but still within reason for that size pond.
Adding some large air stones or a waterfall could keep the top from getting frozen. They also sell floating pond de-icers.
I have no worries of rehoming the Gar. I have countless options with the first few being places that’ll probably accept it. Also I might see if the Cowturtle the Eel Pit guys wants mine.
