It must be global warming. It's the first winter since 1995 that I have
pumps and filters running in January. The cheap bucket filters are working
great. :-)
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ZB....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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Tell somebody who actually cares.

Zëbulon wrote:
It must be global warming. It's the first winter since 1995 that I have
pumps and filters running in January. The cheap bucket filters are working
great. :-)
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ZB....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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I never heard anyone even ask her about her filters..Must be those
voices in her head.


Lieken wrote:
Tell somebody who actually cares.

Zëbulon wrote:
It must be global warming. It's the first winter since 1995 that I have
pumps and filters running in January. The cheap bucket filters are working
great. :-)
--
ZB....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
BEING A HORSES ASS ....FOREVER
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Zëbulon wrote:
It must be global warming. It's the first winter since 1995 that I
have pumps and filters running in January. The cheap bucket filters
are working great. :-)

Interesting point........global warming. Here in London, the weather is
mild, if very wet. I have a weather station with a temp sensor beside the
pond. The lowest recorded temp was 1.5 degC. so far. ATM, 6pm, it is 12
degC. Water temp stable at 10degC I read a lot about pond heating a couple
of months ago..........maybe in a few years, we'l l be pumping refrigerated
water around the system!!
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ßôyþëtë

"BoyPete" wrote in message
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Zëbulon wrote:
It must be global warming. It's the first winter since 1995 that I
have pumps and filters running in January. The cheap bucket filters
are working great. :-)

Interesting point........global warming. Here in London, the weather is
mild, if very wet. I have a weather station with a temp sensor beside the
pond. The lowest recorded temp was 1.5 degC. so far. ATM, 6pm, it is 12
degC. Water temp stable at 10degC I read a lot about pond heating a
couple of months ago..........maybe in a few years, we'l l be pumping
refrigerated water around the system!!
--
ßôyþëtë
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LOL!!! Yeah, I know what you mean. It's also about 10C here today, or for
us around 64F. We've had some good rain in the last 24 hours. The spring
is running so I'm pumping clean spring water into the larger ponds. Free
water! Unnaturally warm for mid winter. We did have a real cold snap for a
few days that froze the top of the water solid except for breathing "holes"
in November. It's been more or less springlike ever since. The bulbs are
really coming up now. I fear they will bloom much too early and the flowers
be undersized and ruined. The good thing is I am able to feed the small koi
fry that were starting to die. They do digest food at 45F as I see the
stool collecting on the bottom. :-) The fancy GF all made it through that
bitter cold spell in fine shape. They seem more tolerant of the cold than
koi.

We have another poster here who I believe also lives in or near London but
doesn't have a pond yet. Her name is Gill.
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ZB....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö ~~~~ }((((({*

Zëbulon wrote:
"BoyPete" wrote in message
...
Zëbulon wrote:
It must be global warming. It's the first winter since 1995 that I
have pumps and filters running in January. The cheap bucket filters
are working great. :-)

Interesting point........global warming. Here in London, the weather
is mild, if very wet. I have a weather station with a temp sensor
beside the pond. The lowest recorded temp was 1.5 degC. so far. ATM,
6pm, it is 12 degC. Water temp stable at 10degC I read a lot about
pond heating a couple of months ago..........maybe in a few years,
we'l l be pumping refrigerated water around the system!!
--
ßôyþëtë
========================
LOL!!! Yeah, I know what you mean. It's also about 10C here today,
or for us around 64F. We've had some good rain in the last 24 hours.
The spring is running so I'm pumping clean spring water into the
larger ponds. Free water! Unnaturally warm for mid winter. We did
have a real cold snap for a few days that froze the top of the water
solid except for breathing "holes" in November. It's been more or
less springlike ever since. The bulbs are really coming up now. I
fear they will bloom much too early and the flowers be undersized and
ruined. The good thing is I am able to feed the small koi fry that
were starting to die. They do digest food at 45F as I see the stool
collecting on the bottom. :-) The fancy GF all made it through that
bitter cold spell in fine shape. They seem more tolerant of the cold
than koi.
We have another poster here who I believe also lives in or near
London but doesn't have a pond yet. Her name is Gill.

For midwinter, I have a lot of blanket weed. I'm leaving it for the fish to
nibble. I'd love to chat with Gill if she'd care to get in touch.
--
ßôyþëtë

BoyPete wrote:
Zëbulon wrote:

"BoyPete" wrote in message
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For midwinter, I have a lot of blanket weed. I'm leaving it for the fish to
nibble. I'd love to chat with Gill if she'd care to get in touch.

Pete
You are more than welcome to email me.....I would be interesting to hear
about other pond experiences in the SE
Gill