MeGustaUnaPez926

Hi all. I was considering getting a pond. Pretty small (around 100 gallons) and putting about 4 or 5 goldfish in. But, what I really want is 3 dojo or weather loaches. I've read a lot about them, so I know that they are coldwater fish and like to be kept in schools. But my question is this- could they survive a winter in a pond? Do they 'hibernate' like goldfish do when the weather gets cold, or would I have to bring them into a tank indoors. I really want some, they are so cute, but I wouldn't want to starve or freeze them to death.

Butterfly

I believe 57F is their bare minimum temp so you would have to bring them in in the winter. We had a goldfish and a Pleco we did that way for years and they thrived.
And yes Dojos are super cool fish. My three are always doing some thing looney. Like swimming on their backs to get the floating pellets instead of eating their shrimp pellets that are on the substrate. LOL Go figure.
carol

MeGustaUnaPez926

Okay. Thanks for the information. I'm having trouble convincing my mom to go for the ppond, so she'd never let me get another tank for them. Oh well.