kiwinana1956 Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 i currently have a 130 litre tank that has guppies, mollies, swordtails and platties in it. My question is, is there anyway there can be adapted to coldwater slowly and put outside in my nice big kidney shaped fishpond. I am quickly running out of space indoors. Please dont say yes if you really mean NO I dont want to kill the fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 I answered this in your other thread. These fish are not cold water but can cope with lower temps (18 - 20C+). They can be put outside over summer. Certainly not over winter down here but don't know about Auckland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 kiwinana - Are there fish in your pond now? When you bring them back in will they go into a tank of their own or will they get mixed with some of your other 'indoor fish'? Caryl - when you move your fish out do you move them to ponds that haven't had fish? Didn't they have their own kiddie pools? Excuse my paranoia but I think my flukes came from mixing pond fish with tank fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Jn my fish had their own 6ft round pools from the red shed. No other fish had been in them. I set them up and filled them in the morning and by afternoon they were 25C. I went down to the local park and gathered lots of oxygen weed and held it down in bunches using rocks. Then added the fish and left them to it over summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwinana1956 Posted October 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Jn my fish had their own 6ft round pools from the red shed. No other fish had been in them. I set them up and filled them in the morning and by afternoon they were 25C. I went down to the local park and gathered lots of oxygen weed and held it down in bunches using rocks. Then added the fish and left them to it over summer. Did you move them back indoors in the winter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Yes, as our ponds ice over in winter. Once the night temp consistently drops below 18C I bring them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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