I put some of my media into my bucket filter over winter and then move that into the
first part of my veggie filter in late spring. that way dont have to depend entirely
on the veggie filter before they get going and during winter it slurps up wastes from
the fish. I also dont have to rush getting everything going which might drop the
temp in the pond too fast. Ingrid

(O3raledale) wrote:

Hello All,
Last winter I took the advice of the wise ones here at Rec ponds and shut down
my waterfalls and bio-filter. (Phila. Pa. area) I then installed an air pump
with two airstones blowing air into the pond all winter. Well it worked very
well and the little fishies are still alive and swimming all around the pond.
Question is when is it safe to set the bio-filter back up and get the falls and
stream flowing again? And what other precautions should I take when doing so?
Thanks for all of your help,
-Pat Rolland



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