"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
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Janet who's pond has 2 broken lines from this arctic air and hope the
fish are ok under the solid ice.( Hopefully tomorrow we will get a hole
thawed in the ice to check.

There's a lot to be said for my leaf screens that I leave on till spring.
When the snow comes it makes an igloo and the ponds are completely ice
free
underneath. This came in very handy when the temps dropped to below 0*F
and
we lost power for 6 hours. When the power came on I could hear liquid
water
running from filter (hose self drains) to pond.

Regarding the fish though, I need an underwater cam w/light. ~ jan
~ jan

Your temps dropped below 0*F Jan... We have been living through an arctic
air mass with temps of -18*F to -20*F with winchills in the -30* to -40*
mark. Even with my pump going full tilt my stream froze solid. ( I also
had a bell fountain going and it froze solid and cracked with the pump
going... Temps are supposed to rise for the next few days to gasp 32-34*F
so I'm hoping to get some stuff thawed and checked and hopefully back up and
running.
Janet who'll have to remember the leaf screen next fall! ;o)