4'x6'x1.5' pond help

It really is cool. My 6 year old loves to sit out there and feed the fish. And it's not just a pond. It's a rock garden too. Centerpiece is a huge rock about the size of 3 grown men. Whatever heater you get though be careful where you put it. My mom's fish run head first into it and get stunned. And when it gets cold DO NOT feed the fish till it gets to be 60 degrees in the water.
 
ty guppy lol i didnt know that you didnt feed them..y dont u?
 
And my mom said that it has something to do with the fact that fish not being fed keeps them in a hibernating state and they won't need food till spring. They DO need fed spring, summer and early fall before it gets cold though.
 
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ok ty now i know more bout pond keeping :)
 
Koi stop digesting food after about 55 Degrees (the water not the air) so that undigested food rots in their digestive tract A bad thing. A lot of KOI Keepers feed Cheerios and Watermelon late in the season to lighten the load on the fish while the Keepers watch the declining temps carefully.


KOI do not Hibernate although their activity level goes way down it is possible to watch them cruising around under the ice (probably looking for food but don't do it) and being active as long as an airhole in the ice cover is maintained to facilitate gas exchange and the pond is kept scrupulosly clean of debris, to prevent buildup of bad things in the water.


Ponds are absolutely great.
 
wow great info cliff i didnt know what they fed them in the fal i mean i know you feed them dif. food them in the summer but didnt know they were cheerios lol
 
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