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Overwintering Goldfish #133184 September 17th, 2005 at 06:37 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Southern Ontario wayner2000 OP Member
OP wayner2000 Member Joined: Aug 2005 Southern Ontario	Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to overwinter my gold fish in a pond that is 18 inches deep? I am planning on covering my pond with a plactic tent, (A) style, to keep the snow out and also using a pond heater. I will take all the plants out. I am in zone 5b. Last year I overwintered my fish inside and the pond froze solid. Any help would be appreciated........Wayne

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Re: Overwintering Goldfish #133185 September 17th, 2005 at 07:37 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Heres a site that I found that had some good info regarding this... http://www.fishpondinfo.com/winter.htm Hope this helps! G-Mom

Re: Overwintering Goldfish #133186 September 18th, 2005 at 09:50 AM
Joined: Aug 2005 Southern Ontario wayner2000 OP Member
OP wayner2000 Member Joined: Aug 2005 Southern Ontario	Thank you gardenmom, the site on ponds was very beneficial..............wayne

Re: Overwintering Goldfish #133187 September 18th, 2005 at 10:22 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 Central Florida G GiraffeMSW Member
GiraffeMSW Member G Joined: Apr 2005 Central Florida	18 inches is mighty shallow. I think most suggest 3 feet or more if you are going to leave fish in the pond and you live in an area that the pond would ice over.

Re: Overwintering Goldfish #133188 September 27th, 2005 at 07:56 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 North Dakota R razen Junior Member
razen Junior Member R Joined: Mar 2005 North Dakota	Our pond is only 18"-22" & we half to bring our fish inside for the winter. The pond freezes up like a solid brick of ice. We wouldnt take the chance on a pond heater, here in sub zero temps in North Dakota. zone 3-4. We keep them in a 100 gal.pre/form, with a pump & filter & they do just fine. Weve done this now for 4/yrs. We have 2 HUGE KOI & lots of Goldfish. Good Luck!! Razen

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