Pond Temperatures

[Steve]

Hello,

I'm sure this question has been asked over and over but I haven't been able
to find any real specific answers to it. I saw some posts where people are
up in Canada and they have a pond in the backyard. I live in Calgary and
the temperatures here get pretty cold at times (-20C to -30C). If I were to
build a pond about 3ft to 4ft deep, would goldfish be able to survive the
winters if I took the necessary precautions? I.e. Covering the pond with
something and keeping the pond from completely icing over?

Having a pond sounds like a great hobby but also lots of work! I'm just
curios about what success or failure stories in maintaing fish in the pond
in areas where the temperatures are frigid.

Thanks!

[T]

I have a friend that lives in Calgary.. Her pond does well and it is not
very deep.. So yes, there can be success in keeping ponds in the Great White
North ( and on the praries to boot ). I have a friend in Moose Jaw that also
has pond going, I have not talked to him in a while, but I suspect things
are going just fine ( I believe his is three to four ft deep ).. Read read
read and do more reading before you jump into the pond idea... That way your
enjoyment is larger than disappointment..

Tim..


"Steve" > wrote in message
news:7N2Pb.180444$X%5.168837@pd7tw2no...
> Hello,
>
> I'm sure this question has been asked over and over but I haven't been
able
> to find any real specific answers to it. I saw some posts where people
are
> up in Canada and they have a pond in the backyard. I live in Calgary and
> the temperatures here get pretty cold at times (-20C to -30C). If I were
to
> build a pond about 3ft to 4ft deep, would goldfish be able to survive the
> winters if I took the necessary precautions? I.e. Covering the pond with
> something and keeping the pond from completely icing over?
>
> Having a pond sounds like a great hobby but also lots of work! I'm just
> curios about what success or failure stories in maintaing fish in the pond
> in areas where the temperatures are frigid.
>
> Thanks!
>
>

[Howard]

My pond is only 36" at it's deepest, I put a cover, leftover liner from
the pond over 2/3 of it covering the last part with heavy clear plastic
for light, its reached -40C in Toronto, Ontario, with an airline in the
water, I'm able to keep a hole open and I see the fish still swimming
below, 3 of the smallest fish are about 2"

I also placed a piece of wood intothe water which I can move around to
break up the ice to make a bigger hole when it starts to creep in around
the wood.

I check it once a week


"Steve" > wrote in
news:7N2Pb.180444$X%5.168837@pd7tw2no:

> Hello,
>
> I'm sure this question has been asked over and over but I haven't been
> able to find any real specific answers to it. I saw some posts where
> people are up in Canada and they have a pond in the backyard. I live
> in Calgary and the temperatures here get pretty cold at times (-20C to
> -30C). If I were to build a pond about 3ft to 4ft deep, would
> goldfish be able to survive the winters if I took the necessary
> precautions? I.e. Covering the pond with something and keeping the
> pond from completely icing over?
>
> Having a pond sounds like a great hobby but also lots of work! I'm
> just curios about what success or failure stories in maintaing fish in
> the pond in areas where the temperatures are frigid.
>
> Thanks!
>
>

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build the pond for the goldfish or koi. I have a koi pond. It was built 4 feet
deep, actually 2.5 feet below grade, 1.5 feet above grade. the sides are straight
and built with stud walls and heavy waterproof plywood. this is to varmint proof as
well has give the maximum amount of water in the small space we have for a pond. the
walls above grade are insulated with foam. every fall I put a lean to over the pond
(6 feet widest part x 14' long) only 2.5 high at the back with plastic to keep the
pond insulated. just an airstone and a pump in a bucket filter keeps the water
perfectly open all winter. but my water temp drops below 50oF (both feeding and
immune system) sometime in Oct and doesnt get up high enough til sometime in April so
it is something like 6 months they are not fed and their immunity is down. Altho
there were coming thru fine I decided this was too long. This year I put in a 500
watt heater and the last time I fed the fish was 1-16 the temp was 50o. I feed every
3rd day or so cause the bucket filter wont keep up with the wastes. Now we are hit
with a cold snap and the temp is below 50o and they wont be fed for a while. Funny
thing is they come zooming up to the top for food when I check them. I am in zone 5,
temps down to -25 at times. So it can be done with some good planning. INgrid

"Steve" > wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I'm sure this question has been asked over and over but I haven't been able
>to find any real specific answers to it. I saw some posts where people are
>up in Canada and they have a pond in the backyard. I live in Calgary and
>the temperatures here get pretty cold at times (-20C to -30C). If I were to
>build a pond about 3ft to 4ft deep, would goldfish be able to survive the
>winters if I took the necessary precautions? I.e. Covering the pond with
>something and keeping the pond from completely icing over?
>
>Having a pond sounds like a great hobby but also lots of work! I'm just
>curios about what success or failure stories in maintaing fish in the pond
>in areas where the temperatures are frigid.
>
>Thanks!
>



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well after this extremely cold snap my pond is now 40oF and the fish are on the
bottom. I am really surprised cause some places are calling off school. When I was
a kid school was only called off for feet of snow, not cold. Ingrid


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

[BenignVanilla]

> wrote in message
...
> well after this extremely cold snap my pond is now 40oF and the fish are
on the
> bottom. I am really surprised cause some places are calling off school.
When I was
> a kid school was only called off for feet of snow, not cold. Ingrid

My pond has been 3/4 iced over for weeks. Somebody please tell them damn
minnows that it is too cold to be swimming around.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

[Bob]

Think about it we are raising a society of people who cannot take care of
theirselves. Years ago you didn't work you didn't eat you died. You didn't chop wood
you froze you died. Now we have laws to protect ourselves from ourselves (helmet laws,
seat belt laws for adults). Every kind of mission, church and charity to take care
of the "homeless". And the schools are just following suit.




wrote:

> well after this extremely cold snap my pond is now 40oF and the fish are on the
> bottom. I am really surprised cause some places are calling off school. When I was
> a kid school was only called off for feet of snow, not cold. Ingrid
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> endorsements or recommendations I make.

[Bonnie]

BenignVanilla wrote:

> My pond has been 3/4 iced over for weeks. Somebody please tell them damn
> minnows that it is too cold to be swimming around.
>
> BV.
> www.iheartmypond.com
>
>

They never listen to me either ;-)

--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

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yeah, well my mother taught me to share. and Kids dont decide who they get borned
to. Ingrid

Bob > wrote:

>Think about it we are raising a society of people who cannot take care of
>theirselves. Years ago you didn't work you didn't eat you died. You didn't chop wood
>you froze you died. Now we have laws to protect ourselves from ourselves (helmet laws,
>seat belt laws for adults). Every kind of mission, church and charity to take care
>of the "homeless". And the schools are just following suit.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

[Theo van Daele]

> My pond has been 3/4 iced over for weeks. Somebody please tell them damn
> minnows that it is too cold to be swimming around.

Do they have email ?

Theo

[BenignVanilla]

"Theo van Daele" > wrote in message
...
> > My pond has been 3/4 iced over for weeks. Somebody please tell them damn
> > minnows that it is too cold to be swimming around.
>
> Do they have email ?

LOL. Being the computer geek that I am, I am surprised they don't.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com