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I noticed Ryan left out some discriptions of fish which were less common possibilities .
Bream - Need a very deep and large pond atleast 5' deep , they are prone to illness and will desimate of any insect life in a small pond. The sediment at the bottom of the pond will be constantly stirred up so the pond will look murky. They need to be in a shoal of atleast 3.
Bream
Chub - Predatory will eat anything that swims but they are omnivorous! It needs well oxygenated fast flowing water. Chub are sometimes found as a "lone wolf" but most of the time they are a shoaling fish. They do need some meaty food.
Chub
Trout - Very hard fish to keep. Needs highly oxygenated and fast flowing water(leave for the more experienced).
Brown Trout
Rainbow Trout
Barbel - Omnivorous, need highly oxygenated and fast flowing water. The record for barbel is almost 21lbs so they grow quite large.
Barbel
Pike - Seriously don't try to keep this fish unless you have a large pond and no smaller fish unless you have enough room and enough small fish to keep it. At my LFS a bloke who works there called Trevor used to have a pike in a pond when he was a child and he used to cycle round every fish shop and pick up a dead or dying fish to feed it... well enough of the storys. Pike are hugely predatory and will eat everything. They need quite alot of space due to there large size.
Pike
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Roach - They are quite common to rudd and are very lively. Roach shoal in large numbers from 5 - 40. They generally feed from the middle and top. As I have once caught roach on a fly. The roach record was just under 6lbs so they do not grow that large.
Roach
Bleak - They are a silvery colour with an upturned mouth so they feed off the surface. They eat insect mainly and can become quite tame to eat out of a hand. The Bleak grow to about 4" in length and are a shoaling fish. Anglers never go out to specificly catch Bleak but they usually find your hook with a maggot on. Anglers use them for bait, which is there reason for being caught.
Bleak
Perch - Perch have been sold in LFS as I recently saw them. They are hugly preditory and as young Perch tend to shoal but as they get older they tend to Stay alone. They should not be kept with smaller fish as they would be mearly a snack.
Perch
Hope this helps,
Tom.
Bream - Need a very deep and large pond atleast 5' deep , they are prone to illness and will desimate of any insect life in a small pond. The sediment at the bottom of the pond will be constantly stirred up so the pond will look murky. They need to be in a shoal of atleast 3.
Bream
Chub - Predatory will eat anything that swims but they are omnivorous! It needs well oxygenated fast flowing water. Chub are sometimes found as a "lone wolf" but most of the time they are a shoaling fish. They do need some meaty food.
Chub
Trout - Very hard fish to keep. Needs highly oxygenated and fast flowing water(leave for the more experienced).
Brown Trout
Rainbow Trout
Barbel - Omnivorous, need highly oxygenated and fast flowing water. The record for barbel is almost 21lbs so they grow quite large.
Barbel
Pike - Seriously don't try to keep this fish unless you have a large pond and no smaller fish unless you have enough room and enough small fish to keep it. At my LFS a bloke who works there called Trevor used to have a pike in a pond when he was a child and he used to cycle round every fish shop and pick up a dead or dying fish to feed it... well enough of the storys. Pike are hugely predatory and will eat everything. They need quite alot of space due to there large size.
Pike
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Roach - They are quite common to rudd and are very lively. Roach shoal in large numbers from 5 - 40. They generally feed from the middle and top. As I have once caught roach on a fly. The roach record was just under 6lbs so they do not grow that large.
Roach
Bleak - They are a silvery colour with an upturned mouth so they feed off the surface. They eat insect mainly and can become quite tame to eat out of a hand. The Bleak grow to about 4" in length and are a shoaling fish. Anglers never go out to specificly catch Bleak but they usually find your hook with a maggot on. Anglers use them for bait, which is there reason for being caught.
Bleak
Perch - Perch have been sold in LFS as I recently saw them. They are hugly preditory and as young Perch tend to shoal but as they get older they tend to Stay alone. They should not be kept with smaller fish as they would be mearly a snack.
Perch
Hope this helps,
Tom.
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