I know some of you guys keep fish so maybe someone can help me...
I have a friend who has a rather large (20m diameter and 3m deep) pond.
its currently lightly stocked with carp, perch, tench, 2 sturgeons and a few shubumbkin (posh gold fish to me)
its a still water pond - no pumps, no filters, no anything except a hole and some water pretty much.
he did a big favour for me recently and wanted to buy him a/some new fish, something a bit differnet like his sturgeon, he talked about some eels a
few months ago
what can i get him that is a bit different and where on earth can i buy specimen species
Thanks
say it with eels. Doesn't have the same ring to it.
I'm far from an expert, but I was under the impression that perch were carnivorous.
As for eels, don't they up and go at breeding time?
Sorry that's not a lot of help.
Paul G
Last time I was at the local aquatic centre they had some albino sturgen in stock, if you're looking for something a bit different.
I would suggest you look in your local aquatic centre.
Get him a Jetski - thats a massive pond!
Myself and my brother have had quite good success with Orf in outdoor ponds. They are long thin brightly coloured fish in either blue or gold. They shoal quite a bit and are very zippy, they can also grow quite large and my brother has some about 8-10inch. They don't seem to be that common in domestic ponds but they seem to sell them in most aquatic centres and they are cheap.
Weather Loach are a bit like eels with whiskers but if you put them in a pond you will never see them again.
You might be best to ask your friend what he would like. You have to be a bit careful - for example, some fish like to eat other fish, and it
wouldn't do to get these! Others lurk at the bottom of the pond and hardly ever get seen. We had orfe in our pond at one time, and they made
all the other fish very nervous.
Geoff
Get sturgeon.... Mmmmm Caviar!!
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Originally posted by Irony
Myself and my brother have had quite good success with Orf in outdoor ponds. They are long thin brightly coloured fish in either blue or gold. They shoal quite a bit and are very zippy, they can also grow quite large and my brother has some about 8-10inch. They don't seem to be that common in domestic ponds but they seem to sell them in most aquatic centres and they are cheap.
We had Orfe, blue and gold in our pond and they grew over a foot in length. They do need to be in a shoal when they are smaller and do flirt about a lot. We filled the pond in last year as all the fish had died off after about 22 years, or so we thought. I drained the pond and found 3 Tench still in there so they were relocated to next doors pond and are still doing well.
Sod the fish get him something he needs a pump and filter 
the water needs to be moved to airieate and keep the fish alive
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Originally posted by jacko
Sod the fish get him something he needs a pump and filter
why would he need a pump and a filter, as sturgeon require excellent water quality and 2 have been living fine for 5 years?
he already has 2 sturgeon, my mate caught them both on saturday
2 mins will upload pics
as promised
the smaller of the two
the larger of the two
im still confused as to why you think you need pumps and filters for a pond of this size?
eta: thats not me, its my mate, im crap at fishing so just took pics, i did catch a little carp though 
[Edited on 11/7/12 by MikeFellows]
Mike
there very nice fish.
The reason i said i think he would need a pump / filter is the water needs to move to put oxygen in it for the fish .
If you go to any big garden places with big or small ponds they all seam to have one way or another of moving the water
ie water falls fountains etc or air pumps with air stones in the water
This is just my opinion,
and your friend must be doing something right or his fish would be dead by now 
graham
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Originally posted by Irony
Myself and my brother have had quite good success with Orf in outdoor ponds. They are long thin brightly coloured fish in either blue or gold. They shoal quite a bit and are very zippy, they can also grow quite large and my brother has some about 8-10inch. They don't seem to be that common in domestic ponds but they seem to sell them in most aquatic centres and they are cheap.
quote:
Originally posted by jacko
Mike
there very nice fish.
The reason i said i think he would need a pump / filter is the water needs to move to put oxygen in it for the fish .
If you go to any big garden places with big or small ponds they all seam to have one way or another of moving the water
ie water falls fountains etc or air pumps with air stones in the water
This is just my opinion,
and your friend must be doing something right or his fish would be dead by now
graham
A full photo of his pond would be nice.
Yes you are right the plants will do a good job keeping the water clean and fresh.
If i was you i would go and have a look at a good aquatic center they will have some good idear's for larg ponds
as above orf grow large i have one about 14 - 16 ins long in my pond
good luck with your serch and i hope you find what you are looking for
Graham