The common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

[NorthernRaider]

SP a good source of what ?, you can usually get common carp under the wrong name of MIRROR carp from pet shops and garden centres, local anglers will often slip you the odd specimen, don't mistake them for GRASS carp which are eastern European, a pest and taste like mud.

Heck in a decent sized pond you can grow Gold Fish ( Chinese version of common carp) to 2.5 pounds, or you could buy some cheap baby koi carp which are just a brocaded version of carp and they will grow to over 3.5 feet long.

Remember everyone is this your food supply not your pets, there are lots of citters from cats to king fishers, some hawks, gillimots, otters, heron etc that will wiped out pond of fish in a weekend, PUT A NET over the pond NOTE ********** IF YOU HAVE YOUNG INFANTS AND TODDLERS PUT STEEL MESH OVER THE POND, or a 3 ft high FENCE around it.