Pond, sport fish & aquaculture

Stocked the right way.

Ornamental koi and goldfish. Sport fish for stocking lakes, farm ponds, and recreation tanks - bass, bluegill, crappie, channel catfish, perch, trout. Pond plants, freshwater shrimp, crayfish, and aquaculture livestock. State legality enforced at checkout, climate-aware shipping on every order.

Ornamental pond fish

Show-quality koi and pond goldfish. Hardy in outdoor ponds zone 5 and warmer.

Koi Koi

Kohaku, Sanke, Showa, Tancho, Ogon, Doitsu, Ginrin, butterfly. Imported and domestic-bred.

Goldfish Pond goldfish

Comet, sarasa, shubunkin, ranchu, oranda, ryukin, lionhead. Hardy in outdoor ponds zone 5+.

Forage Mosquitofish & minnows

Gambusia, fathead minnows, rosy red, golden shiners. Pond stocking and forage fish.

Sport fish for pond stocking

Vendors stocking 1-acre+ ponds with sport-fish populations. Quantities and sizing handled per shipment - request a custom stocking plan from a vendor before ordering 50+.

Bass Largemouth bass

Fingerlings, advanced fingerlings, and 6-8" stockers. Native to most US states - check Lacey Act + state regs.

Bream Bluegill / hybrid bream

Coppernose bluegill, hybrid bluegill, redear sunfish (shellcracker). Forage base for predator stockings.

Crappie Crappie

Black crappie, white crappie, hybrid magnolia crappie. Best-suited to deeper structured ponds.

Catfish Channel catfish

4-6" fingerlings, 8-12" stockers, food-size. Bottom-feeder, fast growth, hardy.

Perch Yellow perch & walleye

Cool-water sport stockings for northern ponds. Walleye fingerlings stocked spring + fall.

Trout Trout (rainbow, brown, brook)

Coldwater pond stocking. Triploid rainbow most common - 8-12" stockers ship spring + fall.

State legality enforced at checkout. Sport-fish stocking is regulated state-by-state. Some species (snakeheads, bighead carp, gar in CA) are prohibited under Lacey Act + state law. The Fast Aquatics 52-rule legality engine blocks restricted shipments before payment. Always check state DNR / Fish & Game permits for stocking quantities over personal-use thresholds.

Pond plants

Aquatic plants for ornamental and functional pond planting - shade, nutrient export, oxygenation.

Lilies Water lilies & lotus

Hardy water lilies (Nymphaea), tropical day-bloomers, night-bloomers, lotus tubers. Bare-root rhizomes ship spring/summer.

Marginals Marginals

Pickerel weed, papyrus, cattail, iris, sweet flag, parrot's feather. Edge-of-pond planting.

Submerged Oxygenators & submerged

Hornwort, anacharis, vallisneria, water primrose. Algae-suppression, fish habitat, dissolved O2.

Floaters Floaters

Water hyacinth (where legal), water lettuce, frogbit, salvinia. Shade + nutrient export.

Pond shrimp, crayfish, snails

Crayfish Crayfish (legal species only)

Procambarus, Cambarellus dwarf species, blue crayfish. Native species enforced state-by-state.

Shrimp Pond shrimp

Ghost shrimp, river shrimp - commonly used as forage in bluegill / bass ponds.

Snails Pond snails

Trapdoor snails (Viviparidae), Japanese trapdoor - algae control + substrate cleanup.

Specialty: freshwater flounder & oddballs

Niche pond & aquarium species - check legality in your state before ordering. The Fast Aquatics legality engine blocks restricted shipments at checkout, but always verify with your state DNR.

Oddball Freshwater flounder

Hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus), South American freshwater flounder. Brackish-tolerant tank or pond bottom-feeder.

Predator Gar (legal)

Spotted gar, shortnose gar where legal. Banned in CA. Native to most Mississippi watershed states.

Eel American eel

Native eel for large pond systems. State permits often required - verify before ordering.

Aquaculture: large-quantity wholesale

Pond stocking, retention pond mosquito control, university research, food-fish broodstock, retail bait shop wholesale. Volumes 500+ specimens or pallet shipments need a custom quote from the vendor.

B2B Wholesale buyer access

Approved buyers (resale certificate, business verification) unlock per-unit wholesale pricing across vendors.

Frag packs Fast Frags packs (coral)

Sister wholesale program for reef stores - 25/50/100/250/500-frag curated packs.

Run a pond / sport-fish hatchery?

Sell direct to ponders, anglers, retention-pond operators, and sport clubs through Fast Aquatics. Pallet-quantity shipping integration coming.

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Run a pond / sport-fish hatchery?

Sell direct to ponders, anglers, retention-pond operators, and sport clubs through Fast Aquatics. Pallet-quantity shipping integration coming - email partnerships@wetyr.com.

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Sources and references

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