Those of you in northern climes have no
doubt already experienced this. We had our
first hard freeze last night. Ice on the two
above-ground ponds (stock tanks) was fairly
thick but I was able to carefully pull off most
of it and will cover the ponds tonight to
minimize freezing. Temps will warm up
tomorrow again. This is the usual pattern for
Southcentral Texas. Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8

We've been under freezing for several days now, teens at night, 20's during
the day, unusual for us this early in the winter season. I've had to run
the stock tank heater part of every day. Last night I left it plugged in,
and even though today isn't suppose to go over 30* I've unplugged it to
give it, and my power bill, a rest. The water is in slow motion, so it
won't freeze completely anytime soon. I use the heater to keep the skimmer
fairly ice free. Looks like I'll be plugging it in again around dinner time
for the night.

Lost a moor in the one of the indoor tanks, not sure why. Looked healthy
except for the part that was sucked up against the filter intake. s ~ jan

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~Keep 'em Defrosted~
Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a
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