400 gallons fish recommendation.

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Jack Dempsey
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Hello, my friend has a 400 US gallons cement pond. I wanna ask what large, aggressive or predatory fish can be living in there? Any large, aggressive or predatory fish are fine. Just not some fish that are 100% guaranteed to jump such as arowana, channa or hoplias.
 

Fishionista

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Possibly a dumb question but is it gonna be heated?

If not, and if friend is in the US, maybe some native fishes.
 

Toby_Hook

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2.5 meters / 8 feet round at 35 cm / 1.1 foot deep is a lot of surface area, with not much depth.

Most bigger fish (25cm/10"+)wouldn't be very comfortable in that shallow of water.
It might be a better environment for a group of medium(13cm/5" to 22cm/9") sized fish.

Salvini Cichlids might be a good fit. They can be colorful, aggressive and tend to stay in that medium range.

I'm a fan of a lot of the small and medium South American Cichlids, but they may struggle with the higher temperatures.

My approach would be... Think of anything that would be okay in a 55 gallon... then get a lot of them...
 

danotaylor

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Smaller cichlids will be difficult to view from the top.
Maybe a big catfish or 2; red tail cat, tiger shovelnose, something you can see easily 🤷🏻‍♂️
Some nice koi, though not predators, would look great as well
 

Fanatic_Fish_Lunatic

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I also recommend him
2.5 meters / 8 feet round at 35 cm / 1.1 foot deep is a lot of surface area, with not much depth.

Most bigger fish (25cm/10"+)wouldn't be very comfortable in that shallow of water.
It might be a better environment for a group of medium(13cm/5" to 22cm/9") sized fish.

Salvini Cichlids might be a good fit. They can be colorful, aggressive and tend to stay in that medium range.

I'm a fan of a lot of the small and medium South American Cichlids, but they may struggle with the higher temperatures.

My approach would be... Think of anything that would be okay in a 55 gallon... then get a lot of them...
I also recommended my friend salvini cichlids.
 
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