Pond temps up and down

[milliemax]

  Well, here in No CA (North of San Francisco, zone 8ish), we get days that can go from the mid to upper 70s, then drop into the 30s!
  I checked the water temps a couple of days ago, 50*! Today, 60*!
   I have a really hard time NOT feeding the fish, but know from reading that I should stop at about 50*.
  How do you handle this kind of fluctuation in temps? Just see how active the fish are?
  TIA   Nancy

[Loritx]

Here in North Texas, Temps are going up and down alot.  Some nights 35' others are 65' with daytime 60'-85'.  So far my water temps are arround 55'-60' so I just go by if the fish are active and begging, feed them a little!

[happyoutsidegirl]

There should be pleanty for them to nibble on in the pond. I wouldn't feed them!

[bunny56lbc]

Temp's are going carzy here too , 60's yesterday , today 40's & spitting snow .
By Saturday in the 50's again....I wish it would just stay in the 50 -60's......
bonnie

Ooooop's , I thought the title said " temp's up & down" . I didn't see the word pond in front of it all.....

[karen J]

There should be pleanty for them to nibble on in the pond. I wouldn't feed them!

Totally agree. They don't need the food, and intermittent fasting has been proven to extend longevity in animals.

[Rocmon]

I'm a little So. of SF and we're having the same kind of fluctuations. This is the first year I actually fed the fish, so when temps in the water hit about 60 I stopped feeding them. A while back I had water temps of near 50. They have slowed considerably and also stopped begging for food. As I'm rapidly losing lily pad cover, as the pond get little sun these days, I've added some duckweed which they went wild over, and recently some azolla. They seem content munching on whatever they find on the liner, but they aren't aggressively feeding.

Currently it's 58 but we've had a few warm days...