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Message: [QUOTE="callingcolleen1, post: 147733, member: 4209"] Checked out the article, it does seems like the guy knows what he is talking about, BUT he has a 10,000 gallon pond that is five and half feet deep. Then he is in central Iowa, they get only THREE months of winter and lows of minus 20f, we can get FIVE or more months of winter with lows of minus 40 to50 f here. Then he talks about "thining" the fish population out, which is very important, but most of us love all our koi and can't bear to give them away. My ponds hold only about 3,500 Gallons and that is divided into three ponds that are connected. So I would not risk it, and I do know of lots of Koi horror stories from this town. My friend had very large KOI and she moved and got rid of her pond, gave her fish to this golf course here and they have a really, really big koi pond, and one year they lost all the fish. I am not sure how they wintered their pond, or what went wrong, but they were experienced and did winter the koi for years. I have not used your method, so I can't really comment. It may work good here too, for people with very large ponds, but I would still be nervous. You may be fine if your fish load is low, and providing the fish are healthy going into winter. You will just have to try it and see to know for sure, and keep a close eye on things. Good luck! :) [/QUOTE]