119. Top 5 Tub Pond Fish
Tub pond season is once again upon us! This is a fun and effective way to breed fish outside, with the added benefit of naturally occurring live food and a beautiful display to enjoy. What are the best fish to keep in this manner, and what factors should
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Show Notes
Tub pond season is once again upon us! This is a fun and effective way to breed fish outside, with the added benefit of naturally occurring live food and a beautiful display to enjoy. What are the best fish to keep in this manner, and what factors should we take into consideration? The Water Colors team has an in-depth discussion on their favorite species for this application.
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Correction: In this episode we stated that the Japanese ricefish is Oryzias woworae, when it is actually Oryzias latipes.
Species mentioned in this episode:
- Fancy guppies
- Zebra danios
- Platys
- Swordtails
- Florida flagfish
- Celestial pearl danios
- Pseudomugil luminatus
- Pseudomugil gertrudae
- Blue paradise fish
- Betta smaradigna
- Laetacara curviceps
- Odessa barbs
- Rosy barbs
- Corydoras similis
- Corydoras trilineatus
- Bristlenose plecos
- Cherry barbs
- Dwarf neon rainbows
- White cloud mountain minnows
- Oryzias woworae