On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:39:07 -0600, Tristan
wrote:

Removed personal attack, keeping main idea:

I seriously doubt the water in
those kiddie pools froze to any substantial depth with a heavy frost.
A skim coat at most......send those fancy guinea pigs to a person who
lives up in the cold mid west or northcountry and see if the
results are the same come April or May of next year. Your
posts as such do nothing to help folks try and make a decision to leat
their goldies inor out during the cold months, and what little y may
find works or does not work for you is far from being sufficient to
sway folks on what they need to do espeically when its proven the
fancy types do not far well overall in frozen ponds..........

Regarding fancy goldfish, though some will winter over.... the proof is if
they make it through to next summer. Surviving a mild freeze or even most
of the winter is not proof of hardiness, imo, as it is usually the
fluctuating temperatures in spring, when their immune system is down and
they're weak from not feeding, that can do them in. ~ jan