Pond Fish

I have my pondfish currently indoors for the winter, as my pond isn't
finish and I am worried that they wouldn't survive outside anyway.

I have 2 tanks set up (45g and 35g) that I have my goldfish and koi in.
I want to keep them in a cool environment over the winter so that they
can still feel like they are going through the winter. I have the
tanks in a small room in the front of my house, where there is a
window. I would keep that window open, but there is no door on the
room and would make the rest of the upstairs quite chilly.

I was wondering if there is anything that I could buy to put on or in
the tank that would keep the water temperature down. And if there is,
about how much would it cost? If anyone has any information on
anything that would work, please let me know!

I live in Canada, if that helps at all.

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"PokoFish" <PokoFish RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have my pondfish currently indoors for the winter, as my pond isn't
> finish and I am worried that they wouldn't survive outside anyway.
>
> I have 2 tanks set up (45g and 35g) that I have my goldfish and koi in.
> I want to keep them in a cool environment over the winter so that they
> can still feel like they are going through the winter. I have the
> tanks in a small room in the front of my house, where there is a
> window. I would keep that window open, but there is no door on the
> room and would make the rest of the upstairs quite chilly.
>
> I was wondering if there is anything that I could buy to put on or in
> the tank that would keep the water temperature down. And if there is,
> about how much would it cost? If anyone has any information on
> anything that would work, please let me know!
>
> I live in Canada, if that helps at all.
>

You could buy chiller or an iceprobe but that may require drilling. Both of
these methods are very expensive. You could get a micro freezer/maybe a
fridge might be cold enough, and a cheap pump and miscellaneous (hose, etc.)
and have the pump pump the tank water through a long length of hose which is
inside the freezer (drill a hole in each of two sides of the freezer and run
the hose through it into a coil on the bottom of the freezer and run the
hose out of the freezer through the other hole) and let it return into the
tank greatly cooled. I would like to do this myself so I could go to the
northwest usa coast with a permit and collect some cold salt water anemones,
small fish, freaky stuff like some of the plant life and corals and keep
them and take great care of them at home. That would be a cold salt water
tank. This is a lot cheaper than buying a chiller but still costs money
which I don't have for at the moment. The previous is all I know of that
would chill/cool your water, good luck and later!