On Feb 24, 10:21 am, Olde Hippee wrote:
On Feb 22, 1:35 pm, "Henry & Carolyn" wrote:

Hubby just discovered that our pond pump quit and pond is frozen. I've
heard people had that happen before and fish still survived. Is there any
possibility of that?
Carolyn

You need to open a hole in the ice, but not by breaking it. The noise
will harm the fish.There needs to be an ozygen/ammonia exchange thru
the water.
One way would be to take a pot of boiling water and set it on top of
the ice letting the bottom of the pot melt a hole in the ice. Then get
an aquarium pump, and start it bubbling in the water to keep the ice
from covering the whole pond again.
Another would be a livestock deicer, available form feed stores.
These are more expensive to run. You might be able to open the
initial hole with a hair dryer, or a craft hot air blower.
I decided on the bubbler a long time ago as we have friends with a
marina and figured if they could keep expensive boats from freezing
with moving air it should work in our pond. Didn't know this is a
standard with pond owners then.
Good Luck, and may your fish be healthy come spring!!
Nan in DE.

Oh My goodness, you really were frozen. Hope all turns out well.