Bill - I forget where you live but here, the afternoon
and early evening hours are the absolute worst for
heat. When I was still doing the temp shade thing, I
made sure to position the shade contraption to
shade the pond from about noon on, not worrying
about morning hours.

I would think anything temporary would do for
now, just to keep your fish healthy. Eventually
you can work on somethig more permanent -
and more attractive.

Gail
[snip]
Sounds like the best thing to do is set up a light
colored tarp to shade part
of the pond. Now I've just got to figure out how to do
that.
Thanks again.