Fish varieties that can be put in a water garden?

Someone out there has got to know and have more experience with this than I do. I've looked all over the net and keep coming up with the same answer. Yeah, I know, Koi. We're kind of bored with the same old look though. We'd like to know what fish we can add to our fish/garden pond. Fish that can live outdoors and with Koi. Fish with color. Not plane old pond fish. Something with yellow would be great. Please Help!

Fish varieties that can be put in a water garden?
Goldfish and Orfe are excelent .. hearty and can take the cold nights. -- DO A GOOGLE SEARCH ON 'GOLDEN ORFE' ... I think you'll like them.



The following is shamelessly cut-n-pasted (but it's rather to the point and informative):

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The humble Goldfish, bred by Chinese and Japanese fish-keepers from a dull brown wild species, is the most common fish kept in garden ponds. The Goldfish family now has more than 100 varieties, including the Common Goldfish, the Comet with its long tail, the multi-coloured Shubunkins, the oval bodied Fantails and the Veiltails with their flowing fins. Other species to look out for include the Oranda and the Lionhead. Not all these are hardy enough to survive harsh winter conditions, the best survivors are the Common Goldfish, the Comet and the London Shubunkin.



Other species you could consider include Tench and Golden Orfe. The former is a useful bottom feeder, scavenging food wasted by the other fish and so helping to keep the pond clean*. The Golden Orfe with its gold and black markings, is by contrast, an active surface feeder and an excellent display fish. However, it grows quite large so is not suitable for small ponds.

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I hope this helps !
Reply:large goldfish
Reply:Goldfish would be a good choice, because they are a non aggressive fish and will go good with the Koi. Keep in mind the size of your pond and the number of fish you have in it. You are limited depending on its size. Also the fish you put in there will grow to the size of the pond. Make sure that you don't pick any tropical fish that need to be in a warm climate year round unless they can go dormant. Good luck.