Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / October 2005

while GF and Koi can survive winter it is even better to never let the temp drop
below 55oF.  below this the immune system shuts down and the fish is susceptible
again until temp is up over 55oF for 8-14 days.  running tanks at 65oF is good cause
they need to eat less, better oxygen saturation and less waste load, fewer water
changes need to be done.   Ingrid

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Bottom posted.

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!