They may stay at the bottom and survive--mine did when it iced over 2 winters ago and I figured they were goners and never fed them or bothered with the pond--in the spring they were alive and bigger than in the fall. You have much colder temps but I have a friend in NH that never loses them in winters. She turns off the pumps in all her ponds and they survive--both Koi and large Goldfish

Karyn,
My pump "WAS" running, until all the running water froze.Hubby turned it off this morning,because it wasn't pumping any water.I don't know if my fishies are fishcicles or not! The layer of ice is white,I can't see through it.Keeping my fingers crossed they're huddled together at the bottom.
Daniella, I'm glad you brought your fishies in now!

Theresa

Oh no fishcicles, hoping that they make it. I'm worried about the house behind us, the folks moved out and these is a pond back there. They have been gone for sometime now and we haven't heard their pump running for months.

Then to boot we have now got nesting horned owls, they are eating something??

I'd love to have owls nesting in my yard. I'd buy food for them! I just went out there and tried to break through the ice with a shovel. I couldn't do it. I got down about 4" and don't know how much further down it's frozen. I got too cold to stay out there. Maybe I'll send DH out with a pick. I'll be sad if I lose my big goldfish. I've had some for 3 years and they've gone from itty bitty to almost a foot long.

Before we put our pond in this past summer, I had 4 little goldfish in one of those big plastic tubs with the handles on the sides for 4 years...For the past 3 years, that tub froze solid and all 4 of the goldfish made it after each freeze and are still alive loving the "big" pond they are in now.

Don't give up...I bet they will surprise you :)

knotz

Oh I sure hope they make it!! Sending warmer weather back your way.

I'm thinking the fish are fine too. It's just that I can't remember it being this cold! 8* here!

Theresa

I have over 1500 owls in my house! they don't eat my fish in the aquariums tho! LOL!

1500 in your house????...How did that happen??...lol

knotz

They are all housebroken!!!
http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b30/Linda441/owls/

Karyn, sure hope you fish will thaw out!
Linda, do you like owls, LOL!

Karyn, they say trying to break the ice is a really bad thing to do unless you have an ice cutter like for ice fishing. Hopefully they are down the bottom and OK. How deep is it?

Theresa, I am wishing I brought in the goldfish as well now! I hope mine are OK. I guess we'll see when things thaw out. I hope I dropped my pump deep enuf that that didnt freeze! DH would kill me if I needed to buy a new one. I'd better save any money I get for Valentine's Day lol.

My Fishsicles!
All is well, No more ice. LOL
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Dorothy that looks like everything in there made it...thank God

Karyn any change in your pond? You sure keep the bad new coming girl :-(

Lucy

Karyn,

I would bet your fish will be fine as long as there is not a lot of leaves or dead foliage in your pond. That's what takes away the oxygen when decomposing. Good luck!

I brought my Koi and other fish into my greenhouse pond for the winter. It's so nice to see them all swimming around and not suspended/hibernating over the long winter months.

~Tj~