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smilingpiranha Banned Posts: 160 Kudos: 130 Votes: 7 Registered: 02-Jan-2005   | Right, i was wondering, if a common pleco would be able to resist the good old british winter weather, i'm in West Sussex, and the pond temp. drops to about -5*c in the coldest of winters, then in the summer it comes upto about 18*c, it gathers abit of malgae in the summer months and i was wondering, wheter a common pleco would be an ideal occupant for it? it currently houses 1 ghost koi and 6-7 home grown goldies smilingpiranha |
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Wingsdlc   Fish Guru What is this? Posts: 2332 Kudos: 799 Registered: 18-Jan-2005  | Some where on here I saw a guy from Canada kept them in his pond or his neibors pond. something like that. I wouldn't think they would make it but who knows I guess... 19G Container Pond [IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric |
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bettachris    Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | If u are looking fora bottom feeder, than the high fin loach is better for a colder pond, given the pond size they can handle cold water, but they will get very big. 20-40 inches |
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longhairedgit  Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005 | Hello fellow englishman! No, no plec is good in ponds in our country, the average temps are too low and the winters way too long and severe. The seasonal average would be too low for the plecs digestio and immune system to work properly. You probably wouldnt find that a plec made that much difference to be honest. Chuck some straw in or something, your local fish shops would have a load of anti algae treatments, and if you have the cash an outdoor uv steriliser would help no end.They seem to be cheaper than the ones for tropical aquaria oddly enough. Last edited by longhairedgit at 04-Oct-2005 19:23 |
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