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[QUOTE="Fishylove, post: 231205, member: 4561"]
As long as you have a deep enough pond, predators will not be a problem. Now that being said I had all of my fancy tails ( 2 Oranda's, 2 ryunkins, and 2 calico's and a shubunkin all except one with split tails) in my small pond ( 2 feet deep at its deepest) last year up until this last fall, so they were in there for three years no problems ( over wintering in the pond).   A raccoon was seen in the yard and the next day all were gone except the guy I explained above.  He being much faster than the others survived.   My feeling on this, is that the pond they were in is very narrow and shallow on one end so they were easy pickings for whatever got them, because they are slower swimming fish.   But as I said, in a large pond that is deep, predators that are coming from the edges will not be a problem,  they may have a harder time competing for food but  ( which as long as you are aware of this is not a problem and do things to help them)  they winter over fine, I've had them for four years now and they do just fine.  Good luck Hun. :)
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