Archivarium 2004

[Daniel]

I live in Texas and I just started fish keeping about 3 months ago. About a month and a half ago a lfs sold me a pangasius Catfish without letting me know how big it will get (I told them afterwards that they get up to 3 or 4 feet but their answer was "we once we get only get up to 10"... which is because they keep them 10 to a 20 gallon tank...) anywho I had him in my 30g and yesterday we moved him into my friends 120 gallon pond so he has at least some room. Any way what I was going to ask is would it be alright in a back yard pond I plan on digging in about 2-4 months (I'm not positive on the size but I'm sure it will be more than 120g)... thanks for the help!

[Deanne]

Hey, if he survives being put into the first pond, then he's really hearty and I would suspect that he'll be okay, but I wouldn't hold my breath. According to Aquariums for Dummies you can't put wild fish in a fish tank and vise versa. It says that they won't be able to adjust and will just die. I hope that I'm (or more specifically, Aquariums for Dummies) is wrong. Happy Fishkeeping!
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[Daniel]

Wild fish? He's domestic.... O.o... Or do you mean because he is domestic he wouldnt do well in a pond?...

He seems to be fine in my friends pond, and he's really hearty so I think he will do fine

[Psyfalcon]

If it stays warm enough, it would be fine. I suspect some parts of texas can get too cold, but other parts might be acceptable. Make sure it can't escape into waterways and such, of course.

[Huntress]

If you live anywhere near the bayou I would build a fence type thing around a good chunk of the pond. Even if it's just plants and what not. the pond would have to be pretty good sized for this cat though.
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