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SkyCatcher wrote:
I seen conflicting info regarding what to do with your pump/filter in the winter.... one source said to turn off the pump when the fish stop feeding and let the water temp stratify thus keeping a 4oC layer (in U.K.) at the bottom It really depends where you are. In much of the UK, your water would rarely get much cooler than that anyway. In most of Canada, it's not a good idea to run a pump in the winter unless you keep both intake and outflow close to the surface. Also, no waste from the fish to feeed the bateria in the filter so no point! Not much activity from the bacteria, either. the other source said to leave them running all winter just to keep the pond clean/clear & reduce spring clean-up. Only if your pond doesn't freeze. Otherwise, keeping the pump off the bottom, to allow warmer water to collect there, will also let the crud collect there too, so you get no filtration benefit. In any case, you'd be getting purely mechanical filtration - with no biological breakdown - so your filter would need a good clean in spring. What is the general concenus here?? You'll get individual opinions - you'll have to figure out the consensus yourself :-) -- derek |
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turn off or not for winter
I seen conflicting info regarding what to do with your pump/filter in the
winter.... What is the general concenus here?? Sky As Derek mentioned, it is a case by case, or pond by pond, zone by zone that is a determinant. As far as stratification temperatures, only works in deep ponds 5 or more feet. I'm in Zone 7 and one ponder ran checks on his 4' deep pond last winter and found only a .03 degree difference. My set up works where I put a small pump behind the bio-media of one bio-chamber and set the outlet hose right at the surface, pulling water into the filter from the skimmer. My ponds & filter are all in-ground. (See *My Filter* www.jjspond.us) I've run this circulation for many winters, but last winter was the first I continued to pump thru the bio-media, before I used just the pre-filter. I saw a quicker start-up of the filter this spring running with the bio-media engaged year round. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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