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Winterizing
I live in Northeast Ohio and just purchased a houe this summer with a
small pond. It's about 120 gallons, and was a mess when I first saw it. It had nothing done to if for 2 years and was full of sludge and no real "life". I nursed it back to health and it is stocked with a couple of goldfish, two small Koi, lots of water lettuce, small floating plants, some "grass", and I plant that I think is a Canna. My aquatic experince is limited to mostly sal****er / reef tanks, and no experience in ponds, especailly in winter in Ohio! I'm preparing the pond for winter. The filters have been cleaned (external basic wet to dry setup). I plan taking the UV sterilizer off for the season. The leaves / acorns all almost gone and the pond is netted. I purchased a floating heater to maintian an area for CO2 / O2 exchange and plan on running the filter during the winter (output will be channeld back into the pond via tubing). Questions: Is it OK to run the filter during the freeze? Should I "cut back" the plants (right now they are very high and the netting is just covering them)? Should I revome the floating plants, or will they survive and regrow in the spring? Anything else i should be thinking about? I plan on doing a major upscaling of the pond in the sping, but I really don't want to lose anything that I have int here now. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks |
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