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below 50F - feed or not to feed
Superkitt,
Where is the second pump that you left running drawing its water from? If it is at the deepest part of the pond you should position it in an area where the water is shallower. The fish will congregate where the water is deepest and you do not want to pulling the water from the deepest part of your pond. You want to leave this area pretty much undisturbed to allow the water to absorb heat from the ground. If you are constantly pulling water from the deepest part of the pond you will effect a cooling in that area making it harder for your fish to sustain their body fat for the winter do to increased swimming activity. It is a good idea to raise the pump off the bottom, but leaving it in an area where there is less chance of it freezing in the ice. In any event, the whole idea is to leave the water in the deepest part of the pond where the fish will stay undisturbed by water movement, so it will absorb warmth from the ground. HTH Tom L.L. "Superkitt" wrote in message ... "BenignVanilla" wrote in news:blk59o : http://www.iheartmypond.com/topic.asp?aid=23 okay, this might sound a bit unusual, but here it goes. I had alot of liner left over to cover my small pond, I put wood across the pond and place the liner over it so the liner would not hit the water, there is about 6-8 inches of space. I turned off my main water fall and left a secondary (75gh/hr) pump splashing water over the surface inside the enclosure leaving only a small opening where I can look inside or if necessary if a cold front should come by I can close it up all the way. is this a sound idea? Joel |
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