[AquaticLife] Fancy Goldfish
Fancy, as in body and fin modifications, goldfish would not make good candidates for overwintering in a pond. Fancy, as in strictly coloration, may make a better candidate for overwintering. Normal, meaning no body, fin, scale, or color variations beyond normal, may make better candidates. None is an ideal candidate for overwintering.
I am not surprised that the gambusia died over the winter. While they are hardy in a temperate body of water, they do not have a low temperature range as one may encounter in Toledo, Ohio.
The purpose of a heater in a pond over the winter is to keep a hole open in the ice for gaseous exchange, not to heat the pond.
\Steve//
Category: Philippines Internet Koi Society
