pond fish recommendations?

[Luke]

in the process of making a 8600 gallon pond, not really sure what fish to put in it. i live in scotland, so i cant have any tropic fish.

what i was thinking of so far was: carp, golden rudd, roach, tench and golden orfe. though golden orfe eat fry, so i might give them a miss.

is it worth stocking with some minnows? heard they can be handy for picking of the little insects/nibbling duckweed ect.


p.s, i have a black plastic square preformed pond liner, and i was wondering, if i put an eel in it, would it be able to get out? its just being used for breeding minnows that i use as livebait for pike/perch/eel at the moment. the tub is 5'x3'x1'

i currently have another circular one that holds 90litres that i use as the filter for it.

 

[Luke]

the reason im using alot of native fish is for the fact that il be part of the group of people pitching money in to buy fish for a course fishing pond, so i'l just add a little extra for a little more fish to be delivered on the side for me. will get them at about 20-50p each since we're buying them in bulk

 

[addy1]

Neat idea luke, don't know about the eel, they can be slippery! My eel in my salt water tank was always escaping or trying to.