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brrrr!!!!
what is your water temp? how low does it go?
i do feel sorry for you. my pond looks the same winter and summer. water temp now is about 56 degrees. it has been really cold here. last winter low was 59.
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What gorgeous fish! They look very healthy and strong!
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| Well, it's been said that the water can't get any colder then 39 degrees. (what happens to water between 39 and freezing point at 33, is a mystery if that's true.) Yeah, it sucks but it's better than global warming. and thanks, sis.
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of course it can get colder than 39. i have some ice in my drink right here that used to be water. lol.
are you saying your pond is 39?
carp/Koi are not true cold water fish like trout are.
they will suffer when the water is that cold. they may survive but they will not thrive at those temps.
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Our pond gets a solid layer of ice on top every year. And, in the spring they spawn!
I am very jealous of you, though. Those that can see their fish all year long! I always worry about my pets in January. But, having these 2 months of frigid cold really makes me appreciate spring. That first day when you go outside and see the crocus and smell the spring! (You really can smell it, I swear!)
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| Our climate here in Utah more closely resembles the climate of Japan then anywhere, with a few exceptions. We don't get torrential rain here. But it does snow in Japan and the winters are long. Our koi habitat is pretty close to natural, although I'm sure that they, like their owners, would much rather be in Florida right now! One cool thing about raising koi here, we don't have to care for our fish in the winter, outside of making sure there is an opening in the ice. They go into a state called 'torpor', which is like hibernation, but they can still get up and move if they find themselves in harms way. They don't eat for 6 months (if you feed them, they will die because they can't digest food when the temp is below 45 F.) and the stuff that can kill them is also dormant, so we don't have to worry about disease. And they still grow at about 1/4 the rate , which makes for an interesting Spring!
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Do you think the pond owners in Japan worry about their fish when the ice is covering them? Every year, I worry about them, and I hope they don't forget me!
But, then spring comes and when the water warms, they start kissing my fingers again.
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Ok, I was curious and I had a little cabin fever going on. I did a bit of a water change so I could burn a little hole in the ice. I knew they were ok, but I wanted to see them anyway.
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