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Pond temperature schedule
Can somebody post a rundown of when to start certain
procedures below for a pond coming out of winter hibernation. I'm getting that itch again. 1) plants 2) bio filter 3) waterfall 4 sludge cleaning 5) anything else I missed thanks |
Pond temperature schedule
"CanadianCowboyİ" wrote in message ... Can somebody post a rundown of when to start certain procedures below for a pond coming out of winter hibernation. I'm getting that itch again. 1) plants I start transplanting as soon as they show new growth - like NOW. Water lilies will be divided the next warm spell we have. 2) bio filter I turned that on last week. 3) waterfall 4 sludge cleaning We did that last fall so will skip this spring. All tanks/pools/tubs behind the house were already cleaned. 5) anything else I missed thanks -- Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995... Aquariums since 1952 My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
Pond temperature schedule
Koi-Lo wrote:
"CanadianCowboyİ" wrote in message ... Can somebody post a rundown of when to start certain procedures below for a pond coming out of winter hibernation. I'm getting that itch again. 1) plants I start transplanting as soon as they show new growth - like NOW. Water lilies will be divided the next warm spell we have. 2) bio filter I turned that on last week. 3) waterfall 4 sludge cleaning We did that last fall so will skip this spring. All tanks/pools/tubs behind the house were already cleaned. 5) anything else I missed thanks We are in southern Ontario and although it has been above freezing there is still a risk of snow on any given day. Is it still safe to turn on the BIO and put in the plants (hardy water lilies)? |
Pond temperature schedule
CanadianCowboyİ wrote:
We are in southern Ontario and although it has been above freezing there is still a risk of snow on any given day. Is it still safe to turn on the BIO and put in the plants (hardy water lilies)? Sure. At this point, you're not going to give the fish a chill - you're not going to get much activity in a bio-filter, either, but the sooner you get it working, the better. When I lived in St. Thomas, the hardy lilies never came _out_ of the pond for winter. -- derek |
Pond temperature schedule
"CanadianCowboyİ" wrote in message ... We are in southern Ontario and although it has been above freezing there is still a risk of snow on any given day. Is it still safe to turn on the BIO and put in the plants (hardy water lilies)? ==================== I turn my pumps an filters on when the water gets above 50F. If it drops back into the mid 40s I'll shut it off. Sine there isn't much bio activity I don't find they get smelly after being off when it's in the 40s. I leave my hardy lilies out all winter with no problems at all. -- Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995... Aquariums since 1952 My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
Pond temperature schedule
get aeration going.
start with a bucket filter in the pond. that way the biofilter material gets loaded and works before it is moved into the filter for the waterfall. do a water change and run much warmer water into the pond to warm it up (if the temp is going to stay up). wait to clean sludge until the temp has been up above 55oF for 8-10 days. then the fish immune system will be up and running. after sludge cleaning get waterfall going. then plants in the pond plants above the pond UV only after biofilter is booking. dont remove algae until something else is using up the nutrients. Ingrid CanadianCowboyİ wrote: Can somebody post a rundown of when to start certain procedures below for a pond coming out of winter hibernation. I'm getting that itch again. 1) plants 2) bio filter 3) waterfall 4 sludge cleaning 5) anything else I missed thanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. |
Pond temperature schedule
We are in southern Ontario and although it has been above freezing there
is still a risk of snow on any given day. Is it still safe to turn on the BIO and put in the plants (hardy water lilies)? Where? There's a big difference between Bancroft and Windsor, both in Southern Ontario. -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
Pond temperature schedule
Time permitting, my schedule: 1) plants Any nice day in spring. 2) bio filter I run mine on slow flow all winter, start it up totally as soon as water temp gets up to 45-50 and weather forecast says temps are going to continue on the increase. 3) waterfall See 2). I don't run main waterfall thru winter. 4 sludge cleaning Fall. Unless not done last fall. ~ jan ~ jan/WA Zone 7a |
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