"Chris Barnes" wrote in message
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Brevity snips

In general it seems "deeper is better". Or maybe that's a geographic
thing - I'm in Texas where depth is needed to reduce water loss to
evaporation. It also allows the water to remain cool - a shallow pond
would get to "bath temperature" in the summer (something no fish could
survive).
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I'm in hot and steamy mid TN in zone 6. Some summers saw the water reach
the mid 90s. Water lilies help shade the pond and keep it cooler. I did
add extra small water pumps for better oxygenation of the warm water. No
koi, goldfish or amphibians died. When the water went over 96/97F we
covered the ponds with old white bed sheets. Not much of a problem when the
ponds are netted as ours are. I still don't think any would have died since
a friend didn't cover hers and all her fish came through OK. She said they
stayed on the bottom all day so she fed them just before dark.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
ISP: Hughes.net
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