What kind of fish

[addy1]

Sissy I thought Shubunkins were a kind of goldfish?

They are

 

[tbendl]

Ok that's what I thought but just wanted to make sure. Lol

 

[peter hillman]

Dace, darters, sticklebacks, mudminnows and anything sold at your local live-bait shop will survive in the pond. Problem is, you'll never see them!
John

Yuup having fish eat from your hand is tons of fun, you won't get that with to many species.

 

[fish pond Den]

Thanks everyone for the the input you guys and gals are the best.

 

[Lisak1]

Yuup having fish eat from your hand is tons of fun, you won't get that with to many species.

Exactly! People gravitate to koi and various types of goldfish for a reason - they are friendly and can adapt to close human contact. They also add colors to the pond that are generally not seen in other species. But it really depends what you're looking for. @Troutredds has a beautiful pond stocked with trout, for example.

 

[EricV]

I think rosy reds are a good choice if you don't want big fish. I have some in my pond and they are pretty active little fish.

Do you see yours? I have about 15 in my little container pond and for the most part they hang out on the bottom underneath my floating plants. They dart to the surface when I feed them, though.

I have plans for a 3,000 gallon pond and am wondering if they are even worth moving.

 

[HARO]

They WILL keep the goldfish population down!
John

 

[EricV]

They WILL keep the goldfish population down!
John

That's one of my goals. Minnows to keep the goldfish population down, goldfish to keep the minnow population down.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Do you see yours? I have about 15 in my little container pond and for the most part they hang out on the bottom underneath my floating plants. They dart to the surface when I feed them, though.

I have plans for a 3,000 gallon pond and am wondering if they are even worth moving.

Yes, I do see mine (and I only have five of them right now) they are pink and pretty easy to see. When ever I am out by the pond they are the first ones to come up for food. My pond is fairly small at only 500 gallons so maybe that makes it easier to see them?

 

[EricV]

Great. If I throw dry food in (small pellets), they take about 30 seconds to "smell" the food and realize it's there. If I dump in a cup of water with moistened food (or anything) they swarm having been trained. Their mouths are not big enough to take a pellet so they bite away at one for several minutes to get enough, I think.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Great. If I throw dry food in (small pellets), they take about 30 seconds to "smell" the food and realize it's there. If I dump in a cup of water with moistened food (or anything) they swarm having been trained. Their mouths are not big enough to take a pellet so they bite away at one for several minutes to get enough, I think.

Yes, They have a hard time eating the goldfish pellets so I try and mix some smaller pellets in for them or give them some flakes or granular food. I really enjoy mine and wouldn't mine if they had some babies just so long as it's not too many

 

[MitchM]

I have in my 6000g pond about 12 goldfish and about 1000 Ruby Reds.
The population of the ruby reds seems to go down in the spring/early summer thanks to predator water beetles, dragonfly nymphs and backswimmer bugs. Later in the summer the population rises to about 1000 again and lasts through the winter.
The goldfish population seems to remain the about the same. I don't feed the fish at all.

 

[Stephen T.]

I used to have pumpkinseed sunfish that would take worms from my fingers and even like to have their backs scratched! They have gorgeous colors on their sides but have to be in a large aquarium to see that. Since they are carnivores, they need meat, preferably live food.

Steve

 

[peter hillman]

I used to have pumpkinseed sunfish that would take worms from my fingers and even like to have their backs scratched! They have gorgeous colors on their sides but have to be in a large aquarium to see that. Since they are carnivores, they need meat, preferably live food.

Steve

Mine take worms from me also, but with such vigor it's frightening. Perhaps more training on my side

 

[HARO]

Wear gloves!
John