Besides plants, is an air stone the only way to increase the oxygen?
This is the first full summer for the pond and it is HOT. Is there a
danger zone temp where water HAS to be cooled or air MUST be supplied?
I don't have electicity out there yet. I could run the trouble light
out there and throw in a small aquarium stone i have, but it would
have to be during the day when no one else was home.

This is a 60-70 gallon job and I have 2- 4 inch goldfish and about 30
toadlets.

Comments?

can you set up some kind of shade over the pond?
k30a

Yes, I could rig up something if i had too...



On 23 Jun 2003 04:38:41 GMT, ESPMER (K30a) wrote:


can you set up some kind of shade over the pond?
k30a

Yes, I could rig up something if i had too...



On 23 Jun 2003 04:38:41 GMT, ESPMER (K30a) wrote:


can you set up some kind of shade over the pond?
k30a

As water temp increases it's ability to hold disolved oxygen decreases. Your
best bet is to some how cool the water off. If there's a super hot day dump
some ice in the water. 60-70 gallons wont be hard to cool with ice. Shade
would be the easiest.

"jammer" wrote in message
...
Besides plants, is an air stone the only way to increase the oxygen?
This is the first full summer for the pond and it is HOT. Is there a
danger zone temp where water HAS to be cooled or air MUST be supplied?
I don't have electicity out there yet. I could run the trouble light
out there and throw in a small aquarium stone i have, but it would
have to be during the day when no one else was home.

This is a 60-70 gallon job and I have 2- 4 inch goldfish and about 30
toadlets.

Comments?

A nice airstone, one that will put a lot of bubbles on the surface, will add
the oxygen. However, warm water doesn't hold too much, so you want to shade
the pond if possible. You can shut the airstone down when you're sitting by
the pond to watch the fish, if you want to, but DON'T forget to turn it back
on. Run it at night, too. My fish like to swim back and forth through the
bubbles, kinda like kids! I guess it tickles . . .

Lee

"jammer" wrote in message
...
Besides plants, is an air stone the only way to increase the oxygen?
This is the first full summer for the pond and it is HOT. Is there a
danger zone temp where water HAS to be cooled or air MUST be supplied?
I don't have electicity out there yet. I could run the trouble light
out there and throw in a small aquarium stone i have, but it would
have to be during the day when no one else was home.

This is a 60-70 gallon job and I have 2- 4 inch goldfish and about 30
toadlets.

Comments?

an air stone is the best way. yeah, over 75o or so you need to push air into the
water. kmart air pump is fine for that sized pond. Ingrid

jammer wrote:

Besides plants, is an air stone the only way to increase the oxygen?
This is the first full summer for the pond and it is HOT. Is there a
danger zone temp where water HAS to be cooled or air MUST be supplied?
I don't have electicity out there yet. I could run the trouble light
out there and throw in a small aquarium stone i have, but it would
have to be during the day when no one else was home.

This is a 60-70 gallon job and I have 2- 4 inch goldfish and about 30
toadlets.

Comments?



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if the temp drops more than 4oF then can deal with ich. Ingrid

"Sam Hopkins" wrote:

As water temp increases it's ability to hold disolved oxygen decreases. Your
best bet is to some how cool the water off. If there's a super hot day dump
some ice in the water. 60-70 gallons wont be hard to cool with ice. Shade
would be the easiest.


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question,
don't water falls, & other pumps running into the pond add oxygen??

& a reallly dumb question : is there a 'test' (besides dead fish) on how
much oxygen a pond has?? like other stuff you test for?


wrote in message
...
an air stone is the best way. yeah, over 75o or so you need to push air
into the
water. kmart air pump is fine for that sized pond. Ingrid

*muffin* wrote:

question,
don't water falls, & other pumps running into the pond add oxygen??

& a reallly dumb question : is there a 'test' (besides dead fish) on how
much oxygen a pond has?? like other stuff you test for?

Reply,
Yes

& Yes

Joe



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Plants as in underwater plants like anacharis and algae put oxygen in the
water during the day, due to photosynthesis, but at night they use oxygen.
The air stones, water falls, or other means of improving oxygen levels need
to be run during the night more than during the day. The quickest tell tale
of problems to come is the fish gasping at the surface first thing in the
morning. The next morning, or the next, you will find dead fish. If the
fish are gasping, put in a pint of hydrogen peroxide per thousand gallons,
and the fish should start to settle down in just a few minutes.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"jammer" wrote in message
...
Besides plants, is an air stone the only way to increase the oxygen?
This is the first full summer for the pond and it is HOT. Is there a
danger zone temp where water HAS to be cooled or air MUST be supplied?
I don't have electicity out there yet. I could run the trouble light
out there and throw in a small aquarium stone i have, but it would
have to be during the day when no one else was home.

This is a 60-70 gallon job and I have 2- 4 inch goldfish and about 30
toadlets.

Comments?

they do, but not to the extent that airstones will.
yeah.. O2 kits.. Ingrid

"*muffin*" wrote:

question,
don't water falls, & other pumps running into the pond add oxygen??

& a reallly dumb question : is there a 'test' (besides dead fish) on how
much oxygen a pond has?? like other stuff you test for?


wrote in message
...
an air stone is the best way. yeah, over 75o or so you need to push air
into the
water. kmart air pump is fine for that sized pond. Ingrid





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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.