"Mickey" wrote in message
I read an article that said fish do not care about lighting. So when I moved
my fish into the dark basement I made no lighting provisions. Any past
experience on fish and lighting ? The indoor pond is 4' x 4' x 3 deep 300
gallons. The water temp will be about 72° all winter. I am looking at a
cover to reduce humidity loss and hold heat in. I thought about putting a
light though the top and hanging it so the base is outside the cover and the
body is inside. This would provide some heat and lighting.

I'm not sure I'm picturing this right, but you don't want the hot bulb to
get splashed with cool water. Check out aquarium hoods for an idea on how
to build something perhaps? I'd probably use shop lights suspended from the
ceiling. Enough light and you might "hopefully" produce some algae on the
sides of the pond as a fresh food source. ~ jan


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