Thank you both for the candid feedback. I have a month or so to mull it over before deciding on anything.
As for the pond, there are probably by-laws here that would require I put a fence around the yard - have to check into that (and I would probably want to anyways). Very strict standards here on aesthetics and construction quality also (both for the fence and the pond I'm sure), so this gets quite pricey even before I buy any pond equipment. It's something I would love to do though, on a scale of 2,000 gallons or more. I guess the sensible thing would be to tie the 'comet in 150g' decision to whether I decide to pursue the pond idea.
On the pond subject, I do have a couple more questions...
1. I'm in Montreal - how deep does a pond need to be for fish to overwinter here? Is 4' enough?
2. Water changes. Are people with, say, 8,000 gallon ponds really dumping 25% of that water several times a month?? Just thinking environmentally... If I were doing that I'd at least have to rig up a hose to water the lawn with it or something...
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