Galvanized Stock Tank Garden Pond w/Laguna Pond Filter - will it work in this heat wave?

It's pretty much too hot to do an above ground galvanized steel pond in Texas - it's just too hot. I've tried shade cloth, trellises, you name it. But it's just too hot here - the water temp eventually gets hot enough to kill everything, even mosquito larva! This is what we did to (hopefully) make it work.

[@GenX-RadRat]

Have you had problems with the zinc from the galvanized tank killing your fish?

[@chelseasamaniego6835]

Hi there, my husband and I live in El Paso TX. We had a galvanized steel pond doing great all the way until recently. ALL of our fish died, we were so sad. I was doing research on what went wrong and this seems to be the answer- its just too hot perhaps. do you have any suggestions to keep it cool during these TX summers? for now we are going to just start over, not add any fish but just test the water temps and get it back to a good level of everything before adding new fish. Looking for advice if possible! thank you so much.

[@MonstersMashPlymouth]

Question so do you need both item to get your filter running? Thx

[@svboyn]

What model is that laguna filter? Thx

[@ginny2071]

would you be able to grow your own fish in this in your back yard?