I cover my pond with plastic in winter and I use a 500watt heater in 1600 gallon
pond so I can feed my fish a little bit every 4th day or so almost all winter. last
time was Jan. 5th. been too cold since then. My ponds are netted all year. I
havent had to treat my pond since 2000. Before the plastic and heater my fish
wouldnt eat for nearly 6 months, I think that is very hand on them. also, once it
warms up the temp stays even so there isnt so much up and down which also prevents
problems. Ingrid

~ jan wrote:

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:32:06 +0000, Gill Passman
wrote:

So, do you routinely treat the water for parasites, with PP or an
off-the-shelf product?

My drug of choice is Prazi in the spring & fall for flukes, Koizyme and
then salt. None of which affect the filter. I haven't needed to treat the
lily pond with goldfish at all... and that's where all the frogs are coming
and going. ~ jan



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