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Heated pond
FrankS,
I don't have your extreme lower temps but I off and on suffer your dry winter air. When the temps get high enough for me to run water through the hose I turn it on to top off the pond, although recently we have been fortunate to be getting some nice rain showers that have filled the ponds, especially, after the last couple of days that put a layer of ice on the ponds. Tom L.L. --------------------------------------- "FrankS" wrote in message ... I live in North Dakota and for the last week or so the temperature has been VERY cold. The night time temps have been as low as -28 degrees F for several nights with the daytime high temps staying below minus 10 degrees for about a week now. This is cold even for us natives. I have a small pond, about 300 gallons, stocked with gold fish, a comet, koi and shibunkin(sp?) and maybe a crayfish or two. The pond was nearly covered with snow and frost that I was sure the fish would be crispy critters by now but this afternoon I braved the cold and went out to check on them. I was surprised and, to say the least, pleased that everyone seemed to be in as good as spirits as possible under the circumstances. I use a 1200 watt floating stock tank heater and a bubbler pump but I wasn't sure if the heater could keep up with the constant cold temps. This, to me, is proof of the hardiness of pond fish and the value of a $30 heater. My real problem is evaporation, the cold air is very dry and the comparative warm water makes for rapid evaporation so I'm the only guy in the neighborhood with a garden hose stretched out in the back yard all winter. Anyone have a similar experiences? Frank |
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