A wheat germ based food is recommended as it is easily digested. Microbe Lift Cold Weather is an excellent food at this time of year. As the water temperatures continue to drop to below 60 degrees you should feed only two or three times a week. It can take your fish two or three days to digest food at this temperature. Once the temperature drops below 50 degrees you should stop feeding altogether until spring when the water temperature remains above If you let it run when the weather is too cold, it can freeze and ruin.
If you have a system that can run throughout winter, make sure it pulls water up instead of moving water from the surface to the bottom. Deeper areas of the pond tend to stay warmer than the surface, and your goldfish will congregate in the warmest areas. If your pump moves cold water from the surface into the deeper areas, your fish could die. By using the site, you agree to the uses of cookies and other technology as outlined in our Policy, and to our Terms of Use.
Seasonal Diet Keeping your goldfish alive through the winter starts in the summer. Ice Ice is an enemy in winter. Deicing A floating deicer can help you keep an air hole open in the ice of your pond.
Plants Bring potted tropical plants such as birds of paradise indoors to help them survive winter. Filters and Pumps Many pond pumps and filter systems aren't designed to work in cold temperatures. Updated: Nov 6, The weather has changed and October has definitely seen the arrival of Autumn. There are various things that you need to be doing in your garden to prepare for the Winter.
Take a look at this blog for a bit more information on what to do in your garden pond. Do I feed my pond fish right through the Winter? Generally no. Never feed too much. Take care that your fish will eat the feed distributed within a few minutes. Feed that is not eaten will be additional waste in your pond and will burden biological equilibrium. Consequently there will be algal growth and turbid water.
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