Comments on: Preparing a Goldfish Pond for Winter http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/preparing-a-goldfish-pond-for-winter/ Goldfish Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:37:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: david lim http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/preparing-a-goldfish-pond-for-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-641 david lim Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:45:00 +0000 http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/?p=15#comment-641 After reading your post and your article, I realized that I need to learn a lot After reading your post and your article, I realized that I need to learn a lot

]]> By: Josh http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/preparing-a-goldfish-pond-for-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Josh Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:15:58 +0000 http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/?p=15#comment-598 I bought my current house a little over three years ago and it came with the pond in the back yard. I immediately purchased a few goldfish just to test out the waters. After 3 winters of icing over, they are still alive and have grown to a healthy size. All I did was leave my pump running so that the water would constantly circulate and pour back onto the top. This allowed for a hole to be present in the middle of the layer of ice that covered the water. I don't recommend ever doing a 100% water change, this can shock the fish and some might even jump out. I hope that this helps! I bought my current house a little over three years ago and it came with the pond in the back yard. I immediately purchased a few goldfish just to test out the waters. After 3 winters of icing over, they are still alive and have grown to a healthy size. All I did was leave my pump running so that the water would constantly circulate and pour back onto the top. This allowed for a hole to be present in the middle of the layer of ice that covered the water.
I don’t recommend ever doing a 100% water change, this can shock the fish and some might even jump out.
I hope that this helps!

]]> By: Candy http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/preparing-a-goldfish-pond-for-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Candy Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:52:58 +0000 http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/?p=15#comment-557 1st time with a pond, 1st year in new house. I have 13 small goldfish in the pond. The pond has a waterfall. Do I keep the waterfall going (which is the pump and circulates the water) during the winter? Will that keep it from freezing? 1st time with a pond, 1st year in new house. I have 13 small goldfish in the pond. The pond has a waterfall. Do I keep the waterfall going (which is the pump and circulates the water) during the winter? Will that keep it from freezing?

]]> By: admin http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/preparing-a-goldfish-pond-for-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-325 admin Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:45:10 +0000 http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/?p=15#comment-325 As long as your pond is deep enough not to freeze completely, there should be no need to heat the water. Activity in the pond will be minimal, so you may not need the pump either. As long as you melt a hole in the ice to let oxygen in, you should be ok. As long as your pond is deep enough not to freeze completely, there should be no need to heat the water.

Activity in the pond will be minimal, so you may not need the pump either. As long as you melt a hole in the ice to let oxygen in, you should be ok.

]]> By: Linda Wolff http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/preparing-a-goldfish-pond-for-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Linda Wolff Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:30:01 +0000 http://www.happy-goldfish.com/blog/?p=15#comment-324 This is my first year of having fish in my pond, I usually put a heater in the pond in the winter so it doesn't ice over and all wildlife has water. Is there anything I need to do different and can I leave my pump running, or I should I turn it off. Linda Wolff This is my first year of having fish in my pond, I usually put a heater in the pond in the winter so it doesn’t ice over and all wildlife has water. Is there anything I need to do different and can I leave my pump running, or I should I turn it off.

Linda Wolff

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