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How do goldfish survive in the winter?
I have 20 goldfish and I don't know how they survive in the winter can you tell me?
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Shana
Posted: 9:09:23 AM 5/13/2009
I need to know how goldfish survive in the winter... I wake up in the morning in the winter no goldfish but when its in the spring theres goldfish everywhere! How do they survive?
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shebalover
Posted: 6:54:40 PM 5/29/2009
They maybe stay at the bottom of there pond and go into there little homes and stay there till winter passes by.
probally fishes that could not seek shelter die in the cold
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illusionminis
Posted: 9:44:59 PM 5/29/2009
If your pond is deep enough, and doesn't completly freeze over they survive. They do go to the bottom of the pond and under anything they can. They go into a sub-hybernation (sorry spelled wrong). It slows their hear rate, breathing and metabolism down to a crawl. They no long need food. Once it warms up and they start swimming again, life is back to normal.

Hope this helps
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shebalover
Posted: 8:43:52 AM 5/31/2009
I didnt think about the part if the pond is deep!!
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Shana
Posted: 11:39:47 AM 5/13/2010
WOW!! I didn't think of it that way! This really helps, thanks.
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NoDogYet
Posted: 3:13:58 PM 5/13/2010
I rented a room in a house with a family one winter while I was going to school. The dad proudly announced how he didn't have to do anything special for the goldfish -- that they would survive the winter in the dinky, pre-fab pond he had in the backyard. Somewhere around February, a spot of orange showed up near the surface. One of the fish had died, bobbed up near the surface, then became encased in the ice that covered the pond.

I felt kind of bad for the fish, but the guy was essentially a blow-hard. It was nice to see him shown to be wrong.

The lesson? Make sure the pond is deep enough (for your climate) so that the whole thing doesn't freeze solid.
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shana
Posted: 11:46:52 AM 5/19/2010
The next time i get more fish im going to find out how deep the pond is first then put them in.
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gbroxon
Posted: 1:00:13 PM 5/19/2010

If they're not huge Koi, you can winter them in an aquarium in the house. Lots of people do that here in Minnesota.
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riley1
Posted: 10:28:38 AM 5/25/2010
Would a pond de-icer work in your area? Or is the weather too freezing. I live in Sothern California, so fortunately the weather is not as severe here.
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NoDogYet
Posted: 6:19:19 PM 5/25/2010
Would a pond de-icer work in your area?

De-Icer? Would that be the same as anti-freeze? Wouldn't that be kind of toxic?
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riley1
Posted: 6:46:40 PM 5/25/2010
A pond de-icer (DeIcer) is heating device that floats on top of the frozen pond keeping a open hole at the surface at all times A friend of mine that lives back East, uses one on her pond in the winter.

Here is a link explaining it better.

http://www.pond-heaters.com/
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catlover
Posted: 10:58:26 PM 5/25/2010
We used a de-icer like that when we used to raise beef cattle. We would put one in the old clawfoot bathtub we used to water them. Worked great!
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NoDogYet
Posted: 9:11:02 AM 5/26/2010
Duh. Sorry.
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