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Originally Posted by smokinreefer
if an outdoor pond is built properly, will goldfish survive the winter like koi?
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Yup, especially in your location where it doesn't freeze very hard or long, not like here where it's iceberg city
You must have a lfs that specializes in koi or goldfish, or even someplace that will sell pond building supplies that can help you out with the specifics of building a suitable outdoor pond that will overwinter your GF. At colder temps, the fish go into a dormant state, so they aren't fed at that time.
Most outdoor ponds have serious filtration systems to handle the large bioload. There's really a lot to an outdoor pond. It's something I'd never do because of the complexity of it.
There are newsgroups that specialize in GF and ponds:
news:rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish
news:rec.ponds
HTH.