I'll sell you my place in Florida real cheap. Hate the place!! I'd much
rather spend the winters back home where it has been known to get 25 below
at times.

You like mildew, fire ants, humidity?

That's Florida.
"John Lange" wrote in
message t...
I often find myself jealous of Floridians, and snow birds like my Dad who
flee Wisconsin in the middle of September and don't come home until Late
May.

JOhn :-)

"Lee B." wrote in message
...
It will be in the 70's all week (air temp), and the pond water temp got
back
up to 55* yesterday and is still climbing. Now I know that sounds good
to
a
lot of you, but when the cold fronts move in, the temp drops alarmingly.
We
can be pushing 80 one day and within 3 days have a hard freeze. Our poor
plants don't know whether to bloom or die! At least when your weather
gets
cold, it STAYS that way - in the long run, it's easier on everything.

Happy Holidays!
Lee

"John Lange" wrote in
message t...
And I am a smarty sometimes so here goes. Waaaaaaa...
Temps got up to 42 today HEAT WAVE! Had a few days below zero last
week.

John in Wisconsin

"Lee B." wrote in message
...
I'm a little north of Tampa, and the same front hit us (first!). The
water
temp dropped to 47.5*, then climbed "all the way back" to 51.6*,
where
it
is
now. My fish did the same thing: they found the deepest spot and
lined
up,
rank and file, nose to tail and stayed put. They just don't like the
cold,
that's all. When the water temp gets up a bit, they'll move around.
Our
"Southern" koi just don't understand what their Northern brethren go
through, and they're a bit spoiled.

Happy Holidays!
Lee

"bk" wrote in message
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I have a 1200 gallon pond in Miami Beach. I'm 1/2 block from the
bay
and 3 blocks from the ocean with two canals in between. So one
would
think that we're protected from much cold. Temps went into high
40's
last
week for maybe two days. These lows were not long lived for these
two
days as well. The sun still shines here, its only the breeze that
gives
you
a chill.

The point:
Since this cold front our fish are all cowered in one corner
together.
They
don't
seem to want to move more than 2'. Any ideas? I don't see any
signs
of
critters.