moving aquarium fish into a pond

[david321]

hey, i just wondered how safe it is to mave some coldwater fish that have lived in an indoor tank all their lives into an outdoor pond, (in england where its cold in winter, and sometimes my wildlife pond freezes over)? The fish have been living indoors about 3 years.

 

[WILDER]

Wouldn't move the fish till march, you have to acclimatise them very slowly adding pond water to the holding tank.

 

[bribones]

are you moving the fish into the wildlife pond ?

questions
are you adding or do you already use a filter/pump on the pond in question
how deep is the pond
how big overall width depth
what type of fish

a wildlife pond normaly stagnant ist really suitable for fish unless very large
youl need some sort of water circulation in order to keep fish healthy and a filter is a must,youd need to check the water stats ph nitrates etc to make sure the levels are suitable,basicly you have to treat the pond as you would your tank but on a larger scale,any questions dont be afraid to ask and good luck with it

 

[david321]

no no im not moving the fish into the wildlife pond, the fish'd eat the wildlife, i only mentioned it to give you an idea of how cold it gets round here and that my pond freezes. id defenately have a filter, (dont know if this might stop the pond freesing over??) im looking at a fairly large pond, 10 foot by 10 foot maybe, unless anyone has anysogestions on suitable sizes for any specific reason. probably around 6 foot deep. oh yeah and im thinking of moving gold fish and red and orange orandas

thanks

hey Wilder thaks for the tip about introducing pond water to the aquriam great idea.

 

[Lynz781]

Well up here in Scotland our pond freezes at the top but not underneath, a tip for melting the ice is to fill frying pans with hot water and place them on the ice, but I have never done it. The fish we had in our tank went into this pond and some have been in there for over fifteen years! I.e. comets, goldfish, koi, orfes and orandas did well. They do fine in the freezing cold weather but I can't help feeling sorry for them