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Pond Temperatures
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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