Goldfish Gone Missing!

[KimmyFishy89]

My mom has this pond in the backyard that is aprox 150 US gallons. About 4 or 5 months ago we decided to add some common feeder goldfish. So we added about ten. Before when my mom would feed them they would swim to the top, now they dont anymore. The water has always been a murky green, but thats because its a very natural pond and in 3 months the fish grew massive. We have had mabye 3 visible deaths. I am afraid they are dead at the bottom of the water. Or is it possible they dont need to be fed anymore since they eat on algea or something.

 

[aernympha]

goldfish love to eat but fish wont eat in the winter under 15 C . so if wher u come form an dist winter they don't eat amd always tank dead plants out of the water and put netting ove rthe pond to stop leaves fally on it if its autum

 

[Inchworm]

Hello KimmyFishy89

It's starting to get cold here in New York; perhaps they are beginning to hibernate.

Do you have anything over the pond to protect the fish from birds and cats? They sometimes attack fish in ponds.

 

[jumpman]

maybe someone stole them??

 

[Fuzzy]

mine did the exact same thing. They just disapeared one winter and some died bu t at the end of winter they came out and were bigger than ever!

 

[KimmyFishy89]

Thats really good to know! I told my mom and she breathed a sigh of relief

Thanks!

 

[aernympha]

did i help