Water Gardening: 35 gallon peanut pond newbie advise, 0 by flutterbyte

flutterbyte wrote:
I have begun my first experimental pond. It is a 35 gallon prefab. I want fish and plants but I need to know...

A. What kind and how many fish are best in this small pond? I got a good pump and filter and plan to use an aquarium heater for the winter. it can get really hot in the summer though and I noticed there are a lot of "cold water" goldfish.

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B. What plants would be best? I have a fountain and i heard lilies don't like moving water, I would like a small lily type plant and maybe some kind of grass to hang on the side. Of course the plants would have to be "fish safe"

I've been reading everything I can on ponds and am a little overwhelmed so advise from people with experience is appreciated because I know from gardening the best way to learn is through trial and error.

I'd like to try to skip as much of the error part as possible :D