Winter Feeding Outdoor Tank

[diziotter]

This Spring, when my goldies started outgrowing their 10 gal indoor tank I moved two of them to a makeshift "waterfeature" outside. This is a black plastic 30 gal tank (about 18inches deep) in a protected area (under the eaves) off my patio. The tank is filtered, planted and currently heated with a small aquarium heater and the fish are thriving and growing there. We rarely get a hard freeze, so I am hoping that the heater and some sort of insulation wrapped around the tank will keep them safe for the winter as I simply don't have anywhere else to put them.

Is there a rule of thumb for feeding outdoor fish during cold weather? I don't know if they hybernate or something....?

Any thoughts?

 

[Pleccy]

Hi,

When the water starts to get cold you can continue to feed Wheatgerm food, and Tetra claim that you can feed down to four degrees with their wheatgerm food. However I think six degrees should be the minimum.

 

[diziotter]

Hi,

When the water starts to get cold you can continue to feed Wheatgerm food, and Tetra claim that you can feed down to four degrees with their wheatgerm food. However I think six degrees should be the minimum.

Thanks! I don't think we'll get that low at least not with the little heater!

 

[liz2]

You might want to get a pond heater to use in the winter....

 

[Pleccy]

Try here