hello
i was wondering if any one has any new creative ideas as far as housing pond fish over the winter. i have 4 koi, the largest is two feet long, smallest about 10 inches. and 7 goldfish, about 6 inches as an average size. the first winter i housed them in a "kiddie" pool. worked okay, but was a pain for water changes. then this winter i had a tub that i put them in. poor moby (he's named after the whale because he's so big) could barely turn around in it by the time pond season rolled around. i will probably leave them out there until about the end of october beginning of november depending on what winter has in store. my pond is probably deep enough to leave them in, but moby is more like a dog then a fish and if he died i couldn't replace him- we all have that one fish like that . so i'm left with the issue of keeping 4 large koi and 7 large goldfish over winter. the idea i had was just finding a huge plastic tub to put them in. any one know of any places that sell them? also around how much are they? i mean 400 gallons wouldn't be a bad size. i would have bought a wal mart plastic pool complete with filter for around 400$ but the idea of 2000 gallons leaking out in my basement doesn't sound fun. so i'm left with the challenge of finding a tub of the right demensions, this is one fat fish. i'll post a pic of him when i get on the right computer. i was wondering how much these cost, if anyones bought one before, knows where to get one, or if anyone has better ideas on how to fix my problem.
thank you from moby and me
