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Good afternoon,
I am thankful to have a place to post my near daily questions! I have been monitoring daily temperature swings in my newly established above ground 300 g main pool (2 ft deep) plus two header pools with bog filters and marginal plants sitting on an overhang all the way around the main pool that will be about 15% of total surface area by themselves but for now half the planters are just getting going. As for floating plants there is also duckweed and loose hornwort that maybe cover another 10%. Definitely nowhere near 60% yet, but will continue to add more and hope for rapid growth on the duckweed and hornwort, along with a dwarf lotus (I know I'll need to manage it to keep it from taking over).
It's a beautiful spring in southern california with sunny days and cool nights, and the water temperature in the main pool is currently swinging about 20 degrees between pre-dawn and late afternoon. Everything I've read about pond temperatures seems to discuss seasonal temperature changes rather than daily changes from day to night. I'd like to add my goldfish to the pond sooner rather than later as they are a bit cramped in the current aquarium (and their poop will only enhance plant growth, no?) but I can't find any info as to how harmful or not daily temperature swings are for goldfish and I don't want to prematurely be forced to shade the pool and inhibit the growth of the marginal and floating plants. Is there any guide or general rule regarding how much daily temperature swings young adult goldfish can safely tolerate, so I know what I'm aiming for, or is this an info-free zone?
I am thankful to have a place to post my near daily questions! I have been monitoring daily temperature swings in my newly established above ground 300 g main pool (2 ft deep) plus two header pools with bog filters and marginal plants sitting on an overhang all the way around the main pool that will be about 15% of total surface area by themselves but for now half the planters are just getting going. As for floating plants there is also duckweed and loose hornwort that maybe cover another 10%. Definitely nowhere near 60% yet, but will continue to add more and hope for rapid growth on the duckweed and hornwort, along with a dwarf lotus (I know I'll need to manage it to keep it from taking over).
It's a beautiful spring in southern california with sunny days and cool nights, and the water temperature in the main pool is currently swinging about 20 degrees between pre-dawn and late afternoon. Everything I've read about pond temperatures seems to discuss seasonal temperature changes rather than daily changes from day to night. I'd like to add my goldfish to the pond sooner rather than later as they are a bit cramped in the current aquarium (and their poop will only enhance plant growth, no?) but I can't find any info as to how harmful or not daily temperature swings are for goldfish and I don't want to prematurely be forced to shade the pool and inhibit the growth of the marginal and floating plants. Is there any guide or general rule regarding how much daily temperature swings young adult goldfish can safely tolerate, so I know what I'm aiming for, or is this an info-free zone?