Tank price and weight

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by smokinreefer

if an outdoor pond is built properly, will goldfish survive the winter like koi?

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.