Summer aquarium fishes in outdoor pond?

[toffee]

I live in the desert of Southern California desert, summer temperature often reach 100F-120F (43C-49C), we are planning to travel in the summer months from July to Sept, but what to do with fishes in that 50g tank? I do have a 500g 4ft deep tiled outdoor pond with god fishes, filtration, auto-feeder and water circulations.

I am debating to summer aquarium fishes (tetras, white clouds, livebearers, rams, gouramis, SAEs) in the outdoor pond, and collect them when we are back home, in late September. My worries:

1. Would the outdoor water temperature be too high in the summer? Although gold fishes live and bred in that water ...
2. Would the indoor fishes be too naive to survive outdoor with nature predators?
3. How to retrieve them? This is the one that puzzles me, should I buy a huge net, say the size of a 50g tank and have them live in that net?

All suggestions are welcome, thanks.

 

[Ansorgii]

1. Unless the sun shines directly into your pond the water will usually not crack 30C, and even if its not a given, exceptions are when the air is very humid which I would not expect in the desert. The evaporation should keep it from reaching that high, I hope your pond refills itself.

2. No, not at all, often they do better outside than in the tank. Here people like to put their L-plecos and cichlids in the pond over the summer since they grow way faster there. If you Goldfish manage to breed, its not impossible for small fish to survive, tho some might be eaten by dragonfly larvae or waterbeetles.


3. Buy a fishtrap, put it in a way they can still get air, fill it with their favourite food while not feeding elsewhere, and collect your fish over the days. Sometimes a few wont be caught, but thats life.