Maureen,
That's a shame you didn't make it through the winter on a positive note.
I live just outside of philly and didn't have any problems at all. I did
have a bubbler going, but there was quite a bit of time the pond was
frozen solid. I thought for sure that all would be lost. Imagine my
surprise when the big thaw came this past weekend, 12 fish swimming
around with no apparent problem. I just can't wait to get out there to
clean up all the muck. Good luck to you this season. BTW where do you go
for your supplies? I have found a reasonable place in Morgantown that
has a very wide assortment of plant and other supplies for ponds. If you
need more info let me know.

Rich K
Montco.

Mosfunland wrote:
Well I thought it was dead, and it is indeed DOT (dead on thaw)....I battled
the ice all winter, it won, despite a bubbler, one of those 100 watt things and
another defroster thing.....the ice was too thick I suppose. I drilled holes
till my shoulders hurt. I scooped out the dead things I could find, others
must be down in the muck.

Anyway, the water is brackish, I was thinking of siphoning the water into a
pool, to clean out the bottom of the pit.....should I reuse any of this water,
or let the pump run for a couple weeks to clean it up? It's a hard thing to
look at, breaks my heart, but I want to get it fixed. My sister said she
would donate some of her fish (from my fish originally), but that is the least
of my problems.

Any suggestions welcome.
Thanks
Maureen in Phila