Outdoor Aquarium

[Flaringshutter]

umm, goldfish are coldwater fish. I have had them survice quite nicely with the pond frozen over completely.

In a pond, of course, that's a given. We're not talking about a pond here, we're talking about an aquarium. An aquarium is obviously a much smaller body of water, and could concievably get cold enough during a freeze to hurt goldfish. There is no deep water for them to swim down into and survive.

 

[Yankee Dog]

Anyone ever have a coldwater aquarium outdoors? I'm in So.California. Temps. vary from the mid 30's to 95 degrees where I live. How would a 50 gallon aquarium with goldfish do outdoors? Thinking I wouldn't have to heat it. Anyone?

The mid 30's are above freezing.

Yankee Dog

 

[Flaringshutter]

The mid 30's are above freezing.

Yankee Dog

It's generally a good idea to read the ENTIRE thread before posting. I just described the cold snaps we've been having lately, which destroyed millions of dollars worth of crops out here. Temps in the low 20s. Definitely threatening to fish.

 

[Yankee Dog]

No offense, but I did read the entire post to include the 1st one. I guess I made the erroneous assumption we were still on the original topic in which the poser of the question stated his lows were in the mid 30s.

Thread drift I suppose. :huh:

YD

 

[Flaringshutter]

The original poster and I are in the same area, southern california. I suppose you're right though, it would depend on the exact city he's in.