I acquired my thousand gallon pond this spring. At that time it had eight goldfish and I suspect that they were survivors of over a year of total neglect, no food, no water filtration, no aeration. Acting on advice from here, I quickly replaced a defective pump, restoring the 4000 gallon per hour pump/filter/waterfall to operation, so now the pond is well filtered and aerated, and the pH/ammonia/nitrites,nitrates figures are all consistently within acceptable levels. The advice from locals and from here was that the fish would be just fine subsisting on insects and algae. Again, acting on this advice, I have not been feeding them. The fish population has now grown to about eighteen, and they seem to be thriving, so I'm guessing that they are getting plenty to eat.
I live in zone 7a, with fairly mild winters, but during winter, there likely won't be too many insects around for them to eat, and I suspect that there won't be much algae either.
Do I need to start feeding the fish when the weather turns cold?
I live in zone 7a, with fairly mild winters, but during winter, there likely won't be too many insects around for them to eat, and I suspect that there won't be much algae either.
Do I need to start feeding the fish when the weather turns cold?