"Cindy" wrote in message
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I love the "fish shaped" GF as well and have many Shubunkins, both
outside and inside the house. If you have the space you can keep GF
in those $10 kiddy pools from Wal*Mart. A cheap black dropcloth
hides the ugly glaring color and cartoons. :-) They'll fit in a
small yard or even on a balcony or porch. You can easily keep 8 to
10 adults in one of these shallow pools or 2 koi until they out grow
it. I've always had tropical fish and goldfish, but I'm finding I
like the GF more than the tropicals, especially the fancy GF. I find
myself keeping less tropicals and more GF these days.......
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I'd love that! I live in the Houston metro area--very hot in summer. Do
you think they'd live in shallow pools here? I'm afraid it would get too
hot.
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I live in the Nashville area of TN and we get some wicked heat here in
summer. I shade these small pools with water lettuce, water hyacinth and
small water lilies. The fish will hide under them where the water is a few
degrees cooler. If the water reaches 90F I cover them with old curtains.
Heat can be a problem, there is no doubt, but I've had the fish live through
a heat wave where the water temps reached 94F! I do have small pumps and
filters running in each pool. They aerate the water which helps. Goldfish
and koi are amazingly adaptable.

You can always grow some type shrub or a small tree on the south side of the
pool and or add water lettuce etc as I do to help hold the water temperature
down.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
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