The other day I dumpster dove and pulled out hundreds of feet of pool cover.
The kind which has bubbles to keep pools warm in winter. I am going to cut it
to cover my pool so when I start to put the heat on next month it will help with
the gas bill. I should have plenty to cover the fish pond with. One thing, if
I do cover with this plastic, will that prevent the exchange of gases, pond to
air?

If I add dechlor, the fish can go right into the water after that?

I'm out to buy the salt and whatever I need to do this. Thanks for your
interminable help!

V


On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:56:24 GMT, wrote:

clean out the pond. run warmed water (to the temp of the tank water inside) into the
pond and treat with dechlor. Move the fish right out. the temp will slowly lower.
a drop of more than 4o in 24 hours brings on ich and shocks GF.
If you put a plastic tent over the pond it will keep in they heat really well. stick
your media from the tank into the pond filter. that will jump start it. a 300 watt
heater may keep the pond warmer, but the plastic really works well to keep the heat
in.
just be sure to have 0.5lbs of salt per 100 gallons in the pond so it will help with
keeping them up and booking. the problem with 50o water is it is just under the 55o
where their immune system starts functioning. dont feed until temp is over 55o for
12 hours or so.
Jo Ann tents her ponds, puts a heater in the big filters she has and the temp never
goes below 65o or so all winter. she is just north of Mobile. Ingrid

animaux wrote:
BTW, the comets in my tank are, well, the tank is not cycling properly and I'm
worried. No ammonia, but nitrites persist at about 0.25. We are going to clean
out the ponds this weekend and we were told if we put them in a bucket and float
it till they slowly get used to the temp, they will be okay. How true is that?
I haven't taken a water temp out there, but I would imagine it is approximately
50 degrees in the water. The anacharis, string algae, equisetum, parrot
feather, mini-cat-tails, are all starting to grow...if that indicates anything.
I am so sorry I took the fish in and won't do THAT again.
Should I buy a heater for the pond this year so I can get them out asap?
Victoria


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