"LeeAnne" wrote in message
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Cold no problem, make sure there's a hole in the ice for
oxygen exchange.

Second, how do I know what kind of GF's they are? Best be
to take a pic and
post online for all you experts to look at? I'm thinking
they came on the
plants I bought or via bird, just didn't know if one
species typically comes
about this way more than others.

There are a lot of sites that describe goldfish. Here's a
basic one:
http://www.ponddoc.com/WhatsUpDoc/Go...dfishGuide.htm
l

Are there wild goldfish populations in the Northeast? Ok
ok, so that's
three questions, sorry.

Dunno. I think goldfish are goldfish. "Wild" simply means
they got loose (or were dumped) and managed to survive.

Gail