One of my favorite fish in my pond are Gold White Cloud Mountain Minnows. I have had them successfully over winter in Northern Virginia, Zone 7. The Gold version vs the wild version are very visible and love to school around the shallow plant shelves. They will form schools of around 20 fish and do laps around the perimeter of the pond. I have them with my goldfish, koi, and others.
I think a lot of them get picked off by the frogs, turtles, other fish, but they have successfully spawned in the pond as well. They are egg scatterers.
I think a lot of them get picked off by the frogs, turtles, other fish, but they have successfully spawned in the pond as well. They are egg scatterers.