I live in Toronto, Canada and I have a 600 gallon pond. I put rocks about 1/2 inch diameter so the comet eggs hide in the spaces between the rocks and survive. Now, a year later I have over 50 5 inch comets swimming around.
I wanted to put a pond in, if it was warmer i would of, but it can get to -35c in the winter.. I dont want to have a big koi/goldfish in a 55 gal for the winter.. I would need like a 300 gal tank but that wont happen