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My pond is now freezing over inside my hoop house but the bubbler and winter filter system are working Great. The ice in frozen areas looks about 3" thick. It is currently -20 celsius this morning outside You can see pictures at my website (nothing for sale) http://www.boundary-ca.net/pond/index.html ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
What is the current status of your pond? Ottawa: 3-ft. diameter hole around the bubbler, rest frozen over and snow-covered. Lots of squirrel prints in the snow -- my wife saw one almost break through the other day, while getting a drink. Occasionally see a fish, though they seem to prefer to remain under the ice (I think they don't like the bubbler). Taros doing well indoors, in buckets under a grow-light. -- Kizhe The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
What is the current status of your pond? Ottawa: 3-ft. diameter hole around the bubbler, rest frozen over and snow-covered. Lots of squirrel prints in the snow -- my wife saw one almost break through the other day, while getting a drink. Occasionally see a fish, though they seem to prefer to remain under the ice (I think they don't like the bubbler). Taros doing well indoors, in buckets under a grow-light. -- Kizhe The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
What is the current status of your pond? Ottawa: 3-ft. diameter hole around the bubbler, rest frozen over and snow-covered. Lots of squirrel prints in the snow -- my wife saw one almost break through the other day, while getting a drink. Occasionally see a fish, though they seem to prefer to remain under the ice (I think they don't like the bubbler). Taros doing well indoors, in buckets under a grow-light. -- Kizhe The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
Granny Grump wrote:
What is the current status of your pond? 52 degrees here right now, so ponds are liquid, and fairly clear. Skating rink...(literally - I got my skates out for the first time in years) -- derek |
Granny Grump wrote:
What is the current status of your pond? 52 degrees here right now, so ponds are liquid, and fairly clear. Skating rink...(literally - I got my skates out for the first time in years) -- derek |
Water is still green. Plants are still green. Pond is overflowing from heavy
rain. |
Water is still green. Plants are still green. Pond is overflowing from heavy
rain. |
Today the watergardening labradors decided to live dangerously and started walking on top of the frozen pond. Being that all the teenagers are back in school and dh back at work this was an alarming thing to see. Visions of trying to get two water soaked large dogs out of the pond... Luckily they did not fall through. Today. kathy |
Today the watergardening labradors decided to live dangerously and started walking on top of the frozen pond. Being that all the teenagers are back in school and dh back at work this was an alarming thing to see. Visions of trying to get two water soaked large dogs out of the pond... Luckily they did not fall through. Today. kathy |
Hovering around 50 degrees. I turn the fountain/filter
on when it gets above 60 degrees, but in a few days turn it off again. That's the goldfish pond. The other two (minnow only) ponds are on their own and do fine. Gail Gail, if I was in your situation I'd have my filter on all the time, you'll have no troubles at all with spring start up if you do that. "Supposedly" our bacteria doesn't die in cold temps, some theorize, but creates a film over itself and waits till conditions are more desirable. Even though my water is down to almost freezing I still keep one bio-chamber going with slow flow all winter. It really made a difference last spring. ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
Hovering around 50 degrees. I turn the fountain/filter
on when it gets above 60 degrees, but in a few days turn it off again. That's the goldfish pond. The other two (minnow only) ponds are on their own and do fine. Gail Gail, if I was in your situation I'd have my filter on all the time, you'll have no troubles at all with spring start up if you do that. "Supposedly" our bacteria doesn't die in cold temps, some theorize, but creates a film over itself and waits till conditions are more desirable. Even though my water is down to almost freezing I still keep one bio-chamber going with slow flow all winter. It really made a difference last spring. ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
I just checked and the nice rich green carpet on the bottom of my pond
is string algae. The stuff beginning to cover the surface of the pond is not duckweed, but azolla. I am hoping the azolla through shade and filtering during the winter will help hold down the string algae growth until the water warms up in the spring. The golden shiner minnows are still swimming. The tadpoles are still moving about. No sign of the frogs. All my marginal plants are sitting on the bottom so the pots won't crack. There are some huge anacharis "bushes" growing. I have tubs of water hyacinth in my greenhouse ready to put in after the last frost. Since my pond is spring fed, nutrient filtering is important all year long. Is there anything I can do now or do I just play catchup in the spring? -- Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to 18,000 gallon (17'x 47'x 2-4') lily pond garden in Zone 6 Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA |
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~ jan JJsPond.us writes: Gail, if I was in your situation I'd have my filter on all the time, *wave to Jan* My pond's in Fort Worth, about five hours north of Gail's. Had a nice thorough freeze around Christmas (towards the bottom, http://artships.com/pond.php). Pump is still... Pumping, skippy is still keeping the water clear. Fish still swim, albeit with a bit more deliberation at times. Landscaping's a mess since everything that had been green isn't, and The Crew has torn-up the grass playing "Chase". Hey, Gail - Still got all those birds on your back porch? John -- An entire village where nobody's prepared to admit to being root, and everyone has to be addressed by number because both forward and reverse DNS is broken. -- The Prisoner, described by Tanuki |
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~ jan JJsPond.us writes: Gail, if I was in your situation I'd have my filter on all the time, *wave to Jan* My pond's in Fort Worth, about five hours north of Gail's. Had a nice thorough freeze around Christmas (towards the bottom, http://artships.com/pond.php). Pump is still... Pumping, skippy is still keeping the water clear. Fish still swim, albeit with a bit more deliberation at times. Landscaping's a mess since everything that had been green isn't, and The Crew has torn-up the grass playing "Chase". Hey, Gail - Still got all those birds on your back porch? John -- An entire village where nobody's prepared to admit to being root, and everyone has to be addressed by number because both forward and reverse DNS is broken. -- The Prisoner, described by Tanuki |
"Artships" wrote in message
... In article , ~ jan JJsPond.us writes: Gail, if I was in your situation I'd have my filter on all the time, *wave to Jan* Whoa, how did I miss Jan's post? In reply, I suppose I was concerned that with above-ground ponds, as the water temp cools, the fish head as far south as they can which isn't very far but better than nothing. Keeping the filter on doesn't do anything for the biobugs (which are nonexistent at lower temps, right?), it "mixes" the water hence making the lower levels cooler, and also I have to worry about the surface freezing over doing weird things to my little fountain. Anyhoo, the fish seem to be doing ok with the filter on except when I expect temps to approach freezing overnight. I could be wrong... My pond's in Fort Worth, about five hours north of Gail's. Or three hours south, since once you leave Ft Worth during winter you just hit the brakes and slide. :) Had a nice thorough freeze around Christmas (towards the bottom, http://artships.com/pond.php). Pump is still... Pumping, skippy is still keeping the water clear. Fish still swim, albeit with a bit more deliberation at times. Landscaping's a mess since everything that had been green isn't, and The Crew has torn-up the grass playing "Chase". Hey, Gail - Still got all those birds on your back porch? The Barn Swallows leave me regularly late summer. :( But they'll be back! Except there's a lot less nesting room since we built a room on the patio for two kittens. (Long story, FeLV+, etc.) So now I'm planning on building shelters just off the patio, under the overhangs. I experimented with one last year, and a couple did build a nest, although it fell down (overhang not deep/long enough maybe). Thanks for asking! John Gail |
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:00:04 GMT, "Gail Futoran"
wrote: Keeping the filter on doesn't do anything for the biobugs (which are nonexistent at lower temps, right?), That's what koi people use to think, so they cleaned their filters and put them in storage mode and effectively killed any bacteria, or they stopped the filters and effectively drowned/killed the bacteria. If you keep a slow flow going the bacteria "supposedly" will go into a dormant state and wait for better conditions. Granted some will die, but much will live. Spring start-up is a breeze in comparison to start-up from scratch each spring. it "mixes" the water hence making the lower levels cooler, and also I have to worry about the surface freezing over doing weird things to my little fountain. I've got a stock tank running with a becket box filter and bell fountain agitating the surface. I turn the stock tank heater on periodically to keep the ice away from the fountain. This year this tank has a bunch of koi fry in it, an I'm currently not worried. We've hit a low of 15*F so far this year and suppose to be colder tonight. ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
Jan - would you please define further the terms "stock tank", "becket box
filter and bell fountain egitating the surface" ---- also "I turn the stock tank heater on periodically". What size pump are you using? I know instinctively what these things are but not enough to replicate your set-up. Sounds neat not to have to start over from scratch each spring. Thanks much. Nedra Lotus Garden: http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 Backyard Pond: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:00:04 GMT, "Gail Futoran" wrote: Keeping the filter on doesn't do anything for the biobugs (which are nonexistent at lower temps, right?), That's what koi people use to think, so they cleaned their filters and put them in storage mode and effectively killed any bacteria, or they stopped the filters and effectively drowned/killed the bacteria. If you keep a slow flow going the bacteria "supposedly" will go into a dormant state and wait for better conditions. Granted some will die, but much will live. Spring start-up is a breeze in comparison to start-up from scratch each spring. it "mixes" the water hence making the lower levels cooler, and also I have to worry about the surface freezing over doing weird things to my little fountain. I've got a stock tank running with a becket box filter and bell fountain agitating the surface. I turn the stock tank heater on periodically to keep the ice away from the fountain. This year this tank has a bunch of koi fry in it, an I'm currently not worried. We've hit a low of 15*F so far this year and suppose to be colder tonight. ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
Jan - would you please define further the terms "stock tank", "becket box
filter and bell fountain egitating the surface" ---- also "I turn the stock tank heater on periodically". What size pump are you using? I know instinctively what these things are but not enough to replicate your set-up. Sounds neat not to have to start over from scratch each spring. Thanks much. Nedra Lotus Garden: http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 Backyard Pond: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:00:04 GMT, "Gail Futoran" wrote: Keeping the filter on doesn't do anything for the biobugs (which are nonexistent at lower temps, right?), That's what koi people use to think, so they cleaned their filters and put them in storage mode and effectively killed any bacteria, or they stopped the filters and effectively drowned/killed the bacteria. If you keep a slow flow going the bacteria "supposedly" will go into a dormant state and wait for better conditions. Granted some will die, but much will live. Spring start-up is a breeze in comparison to start-up from scratch each spring. it "mixes" the water hence making the lower levels cooler, and also I have to worry about the surface freezing over doing weird things to my little fountain. I've got a stock tank running with a becket box filter and bell fountain agitating the surface. I turn the stock tank heater on periodically to keep the ice away from the fountain. This year this tank has a bunch of koi fry in it, an I'm currently not worried. We've hit a low of 15*F so far this year and suppose to be colder tonight. ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
Jan - would you please define further the terms "stock tank"
Stock tank, n. Rubber or metal tank for holding water for stock (cows, horses, etc.). ;o) Mine is the Rubbermaid 70 gallon, sitting above ground on my patio. "becket box filter and bell fountain egitating the surface" http://www.aqua-mart.com/search.pl (and if that doesn't get you there, copy & paste BBF350A20 into their search box). The pump is a 350 gph, but you can go larger. I'm using a regular stock tank heater, the red ones, 1000 watt. That's why I don't just leave it on.... they're too flakey. Are you thinking of growing out some babies? ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
No babies to worry about .... I was thinking of trying to set up a dealy
with one of the bags from the pressurized filter to get a jump start on spring. The filter is covered with snow and it has been cold here - 20 degrees or less. Everything is probably dead now anyway. But then again, I may go ahead and set something up in the patio pond. I have two of them - unused this year. I think I could buy a small Beckett pump and I have a little spunge filter that fits on it. Also somewhere around here is 75 degree heater that I could drop in.... As you can readily see - I'm just not 100% right now :-) Thanks for your info, Jan. Nedra "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... Jan - would you please define further the terms "stock tank" Stock tank, n. Rubber or metal tank for holding water for stock (cows, horses, etc.). ;o) Mine is the Rubbermaid 70 gallon, sitting above ground on my patio. "becket box filter and bell fountain egitating the surface" http://www.aqua-mart.com/search.pl (and if that doesn't get you there, copy & paste BBF350A20 into their search box). The pump is a 350 gph, but you can go larger. I'm using a regular stock tank heater, the red ones, 1000 watt. That's why I don't just leave it on.... they're too flakey. Are you thinking of growing out some babies? ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
Nedra,
Last year and this year I have left my pump going through the winter with my 1,500 gallons of above ground ponds. Living here in Northern Central Oklahoma I get ice on the ponds and around the discharge of the to the last pond but every thing is fine for the fish. On my discharges to each pond is a 4 inch PVC and hanging on the elbow is a 6 inch lily pot that slows the water flow into the pond and also helps distribute the water over the surface of the pond rather than having the cascade dumping the water directly to the bottom of the pond. I started using this technique on the cascade about 5 years ago when I place Philly Veil pea sized fish in my ponds so they would be battered by the 2,000 gph flow into the pond. I then noticed that it seemed that the fish kept in the pond to help eat the excess food that fry didn't eat seemed to enjoy the the lack of flow, and were not as skidished. I ended up using this technique on all the pond discharges. This year I did have a problem though because my oldest Rubbermaid of 9 years started leaking and later one of the discharges where I used a different technique for sealing the joints started leaking and twice I lost water significantly in the pond. I have left my filter in tact for this last two winters except I have taken the filter pads out and left only the bioballs in the fitler. Except for my bout with string algae last year my filter seemed to take off quicker than it has any year before at the beginning of the spring. I will see if it does the same this spring, hopefully without the string algae episode. I know one thing the pond sure has stayed cleaner this last two years when the pump was left running and even though I had string algae the water was always crystal clear. I have bought my replacement filter for the big particales for the Spring already and it looks like the fine filter I have is still good. I have decided to change the administration of my Oyster Shell Chicken Grit and made bags of toule to put it in and will place several of these in the baskets under t water flow of the cascade so they will always be affected by good water flow, because this last summer I had a problem with the water in the filter knocking it out of the tray it was in and it ended up clogging the holes drilled my dischage port from the filter. It took me two overflows of my filter this last year to discover what was making the filter overflow. So I came up with this idea to solve the problem that also maintained the KH in my ponds. HTH Tom L.L. --------------------------------------------------- "Nedra" wrote in message nk.net... No babies to worry about .... I was thinking of trying to set up a dealy with one of the bags from the pressurized filter to get a jump start on spring. The filter is covered with snow and it has been cold here - 20 degrees or less. Everything is probably dead now anyway. But then again, I may go ahead and set something up in the patio pond. I have two of them - unused this year. I think I could buy a small Beckett pump and I have a little spunge filter that fits on it. Also somewhere around here is 75 degree heater that I could drop in.... As you can readily see - I'm just not 100% right now :-) Thanks for your info, Jan. Nedra "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... Jan - would you please define further the terms "stock tank" Stock tank, n. Rubber or metal tank for holding water for stock (cows, horses, etc.). ;o) Mine is the Rubbermaid 70 gallon, sitting above ground on my patio. "becket box filter and bell fountain egitating the surface" http://www.aqua-mart.com/search.pl (and if that doesn't get you there, copy & paste BBF350A20 into their search box). The pump is a 350 gph, but you can go larger. I'm using a regular stock tank heater, the red ones, 1000 watt. That's why I don't just leave it on.... they're too flakey. Are you thinking of growing out some babies? ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
Nedra,
Last year and this year I have left my pump going through the winter with my 1,500 gallons of above ground ponds. Living here in Northern Central Oklahoma I get ice on the ponds and around the discharge of the to the last pond but every thing is fine for the fish. On my discharges to each pond is a 4 inch PVC and hanging on the elbow is a 6 inch lily pot that slows the water flow into the pond and also helps distribute the water over the surface of the pond rather than having the cascade dumping the water directly to the bottom of the pond. I started using this technique on the cascade about 5 years ago when I place Philly Veil pea sized fish in my ponds so they would be battered by the 2,000 gph flow into the pond. I then noticed that it seemed that the fish kept in the pond to help eat the excess food that fry didn't eat seemed to enjoy the the lack of flow, and were not as skidished. I ended up using this technique on all the pond discharges. This year I did have a problem though because my oldest Rubbermaid of 9 years started leaking and later one of the discharges where I used a different technique for sealing the joints started leaking and twice I lost water significantly in the pond. I have left my filter in tact for this last two winters except I have taken the filter pads out and left only the bioballs in the fitler. Except for my bout with string algae last year my filter seemed to take off quicker than it has any year before at the beginning of the spring. I will see if it does the same this spring, hopefully without the string algae episode. I know one thing the pond sure has stayed cleaner this last two years when the pump was left running and even though I had string algae the water was always crystal clear. I have bought my replacement filter for the big particales for the Spring already and it looks like the fine filter I have is still good. I have decided to change the administration of my Oyster Shell Chicken Grit and made bags of toule to put it in and will place several of these in the baskets under t water flow of the cascade so they will always be affected by good water flow, because this last summer I had a problem with the water in the filter knocking it out of the tray it was in and it ended up clogging the holes drilled my dischage port from the filter. It took me two overflows of my filter this last year to discover what was making the filter overflow. So I came up with this idea to solve the problem that also maintained the KH in my ponds. HTH Tom L.L. --------------------------------------------------- "Nedra" wrote in message nk.net... No babies to worry about .... I was thinking of trying to set up a dealy with one of the bags from the pressurized filter to get a jump start on spring. The filter is covered with snow and it has been cold here - 20 degrees or less. Everything is probably dead now anyway. But then again, I may go ahead and set something up in the patio pond. I have two of them - unused this year. I think I could buy a small Beckett pump and I have a little spunge filter that fits on it. Also somewhere around here is 75 degree heater that I could drop in.... As you can readily see - I'm just not 100% right now :-) Thanks for your info, Jan. Nedra "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... Jan - would you please define further the terms "stock tank" Stock tank, n. Rubber or metal tank for holding water for stock (cows, horses, etc.). ;o) Mine is the Rubbermaid 70 gallon, sitting above ground on my patio. "becket box filter and bell fountain egitating the surface" http://www.aqua-mart.com/search.pl (and if that doesn't get you there, copy & paste BBF350A20 into their search box). The pump is a 350 gph, but you can go larger. I'm using a regular stock tank heater, the red ones, 1000 watt. That's why I don't just leave it on.... they're too flakey. Are you thinking of growing out some babies? ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
As you can readily see - I'm just not 100% right now :-)
Thanks for your info, Jan. Nedra Is anyone in this newsgroup? Ever? ;o) ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
Thanks for your information, Tom. I really appreciate knowing how others
solve the leave-the-pump-running problem. I have a Tetra (something) in pond filter with the 1200 gph pump inside it. The tubing runs up to the pressurized filter then out to a foot long spray bar. I think I'll try your technique ~ Nedra "Tom L. La Bron" wrote in message ... Nedra, Last year and this year I have left my pump going through the winter with my 1,500 gallons of above ground ponds. Living here in Northern Central Oklahoma I get ice on the ponds and around the discharge of the to the last pond but every thing is fine for the fish. On my discharges to each pond is a 4 inch PVC and hanging on the elbow is a 6 inch lily pot that slows the water flow into the pond and also helps distribute the water over the surface of the pond rather than having the cascade dumping the water directly to the bottom of the pond. I started using this technique on the cascade about 5 years ago when I place Philly Veil pea sized fish in my ponds so they would be battered by the 2,000 gph flow into the pond. I then noticed that it seemed that the fish kept in the pond to help eat the excess food that fry didn't eat seemed to enjoy the the lack of flow, and were not as skidished. I ended up using this technique on all the pond discharges. This year I did have a problem though because my oldest Rubbermaid of 9 years started leaking and later one of the discharges where I used a different technique for sealing the joints started leaking and twice I lost water significantly in the pond. I have left my filter in tact for this last two winters except I have taken the filter pads out and left only the bioballs in the fitler. Except for my bout with string algae last year my filter seemed to take off quicker than it has any year before at the beginning of the spring. I will see if it does the same this spring, hopefully without the string algae episode. I know one thing the pond sure has stayed cleaner this last two years when the pump was left running and even though I had string algae the water was always crystal clear. I have bought my replacement filter for the big particales for the Spring already and it looks like the fine filter I have is still good. I have decided to change the administration of my Oyster Shell Chicken Grit and made bags of toule to put it in and will place several of these in the baskets under t water flow of the cascade so they will always be affected by good water flow, because this last summer I had a problem with the water in the filter knocking it out of the tray it was in and it ended up clogging the holes drilled my dischage port from the filter. It took me two overflows of my filter this last year to discover what was making the filter overflow. So I came up with this idea to solve the problem that also maintained the KH in my ponds. HTH Tom L.L. --------------------------------------------------- "Nedra" wrote in message nk.net... No babies to worry about .... I was thinking of trying to set up a dealy with one of the bags from the pressurized filter to get a jump start on spring. The filter is covered with snow and it has been cold here - 20 degrees or less. Everything is probably dead now anyway. But then again, I may go ahead and set something up in the patio pond. I have two of them - unused this year. I think I could buy a small Beckett pump and I have a little spunge filter that fits on it. Also somewhere around here is 75 degree heater that I could drop in.... As you can readily see - I'm just not 100% right now :-) Thanks for your info, Jan. Nedra "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... Jan - would you please define further the terms "stock tank" Stock tank, n. Rubber or metal tank for holding water for stock (cows, horses, etc.). ;o) Mine is the Rubbermaid 70 gallon, sitting above ground on my patio. "becket box filter and bell fountain egitating the surface" http://www.aqua-mart.com/search.pl (and if that doesn't get you there, copy & paste BBF350A20 into their search box). The pump is a 350 gph, but you can go larger. I'm using a regular stock tank heater, the red ones, 1000 watt. That's why I don't just leave it on.... they're too flakey. Are you thinking of growing out some babies? ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website I walk on my pond. There is about 6 inches of ice covering most of the pond. We are expecting 50+ degree weather this week, so there should be a lot of thawing! YEA!!!!!! |
Benign Vanilla wrote:
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan snip Pond? What pond? Oh Sh!t...I forgot about the pond... ROTFLOL!!!!! |
Benign Vanilla wrote:
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan snip Pond? What pond? Oh Sh!t...I forgot about the pond... ROTFLOL!!!!! |
southernbc wrote:
Hello all, My pond is now freezing over inside my hoop house but the bubbler and winter filter system are working Great. The ice in frozen areas looks about 3" thick. It is currently -20 celsius this morning outside You can see pictures at my website (nothing for sale) http://www.boundary-ca.net/pond/index.html ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website Do you still have your pump/fileter running? |
southernbc wrote:
Hello all, My pond is now freezing over inside my hoop house but the bubbler and winter filter system are working Great. The ice in frozen areas looks about 3" thick. It is currently -20 celsius this morning outside You can see pictures at my website (nothing for sale) http://www.boundary-ca.net/pond/index.html ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website Do you still have your pump/fileter running? |
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:51:15 -0700, news groups wrote:
southernbc wrote: ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ Do you still have your pump/fileter running? Not sure if this was directed at me or not.... but, if so, yes, I do. I have slow flow (1500 gph down to 300 gph in winter) going thru the pre-filter and one bio-chamber. Is the filter working? Not in the bio-logical sense, but on the theory that the bacteria are dormant and are waiting for spring. As are we all. ;o) ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
I still have a very small (40 gph) pump running in a 3 gallon rubbermaid
tub surface mounted with a slit open side and the pump shooting straight down out the bottom with quilt batting over it. About 2 inches from the surface I have a 250 watt outdoor spotlight aimed right at the water. In additon to that I have two bubblers in the shallow area of the pond (18" deep) The filter seems to be working quite well even in the cold with the lamp, I see various living, active, insect larvae on a regular basis and the water is very clear. There are pictures taken in January on my website if you want to see them. http://www.boundary-ca.net/pond/index.html Have a Great Day! Don - southernbc news groups wrote: southernbc wrote: Hello all, My pond is now freezing over inside my hoop house but the bubbler and winter filter system are working Great. The ice in frozen areas looks about 3" thick. It is currently -20 celsius this morning outside You can see pictures at my website (nothing for sale) http://www.boundary-ca.net/pond/index.html ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website Do you still have your pump/fileter running? |
I still have a very small (40 gph) pump running in a 3 gallon rubbermaid
tub surface mounted with a slit open side and the pump shooting straight down out the bottom with quilt batting over it. About 2 inches from the surface I have a 250 watt outdoor spotlight aimed right at the water. In additon to that I have two bubblers in the shallow area of the pond (18" deep) The filter seems to be working quite well even in the cold with the lamp, I see various living, active, insect larvae on a regular basis and the water is very clear. There are pictures taken in January on my website if you want to see them. http://www.boundary-ca.net/pond/index.html Have a Great Day! Don - southernbc news groups wrote: southernbc wrote: Hello all, My pond is now freezing over inside my hoop house but the bubbler and winter filter system are working Great. The ice in frozen areas looks about 3" thick. It is currently -20 celsius this morning outside You can see pictures at my website (nothing for sale) http://www.boundary-ca.net/pond/index.html ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website Do you still have your pump/fileter running? |
Even the little "stream" and "waterfall" are iced over but, if I stand
real close, I can hear the water flowing inside the ice “tube”... Several inches of ice over the main pond, no easily to locate hole (just inside the ice "pipe" the waterfall drops through) so I haven't seen the fish of late. It's about -27 Celsius (-13 Fahrenheit) tonight in New Brunswick. With the breeze, the Chill Factor is about -45 C. (-53 F.), so I don't think I'll bust a hole through. The fish hardly came up to feed before the cold snap and it's been pretty well a week of this stuff... Lots of bird track (pheasants, I think), and small animal tracks all around. Also been visited by this feral cat that is doing it's best to drive me nuts.... The pond is 7 feet deep, so I don't anticipate any grave problems unless maybe if the pump gives up the ghost... The fish are brook trout, so should be able to take the cold (at least I hope so). This is our first winter with the pond up and stocked, so only time will tell.... The floating plants are long gone, but the arrowhead and iris should be OK and the water lilies are fairly deep... Funny, the little solar powered accent lights we left out there where on just after dark. I didn't think the batteries would pick up enough juice in this cold... Wonderful little experiment at the very least... We'll see what makes it to the spring after it all thaws... :O) Clurrie Artships wrote: In article , ~ jan JJsPond.us writes: Gail, if I was in your situation I'd have my filter on all the time, *wave to Jan* My pond's in Fort Worth, about five hours north of Gail's. Had a nice thorough freeze around Christmas (towards the bottom, http://artships.com/pond.php). Pump is still... Pumping, skippy is still keeping the water clear. Fish still swim, albeit with a bit more deliberation at times. Landscaping's a mess since everything that had been green isn't, and The Crew has torn-up the grass playing "Chase". Hey, Gail - Still got all those birds on your back porch? John |
Even the little "stream" and "waterfall" are iced over but, if I stand
real close, I can hear the water flowing inside the ice “tube”... Several inches of ice over the main pond, no easily to locate hole (just inside the ice "pipe" the waterfall drops through) so I haven't seen the fish of late. It's about -27 Celsius (-13 Fahrenheit) tonight in New Brunswick. With the breeze, the Chill Factor is about -45 C. (-53 F.), Clurrie Brrrr! Super Brrrr! We're seeing signs of spring here in S.Central Washington (State). Black birds trilling out by the birdfeeders and an e-mail report that kathy was cleaning out the cupboards, and had put her snowmen away. I'm not quite convince to do that! ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
Even the little "stream" and "waterfall" are iced over but, if I stand
real close, I can hear the water flowing inside the ice “tube”... Several inches of ice over the main pond, no easily to locate hole (just inside the ice "pipe" the waterfall drops through) so I haven't seen the fish of late. It's about -27 Celsius (-13 Fahrenheit) tonight in New Brunswick. With the breeze, the Chill Factor is about -45 C. (-53 F.), Clurrie Brrrr! Super Brrrr! We're seeing signs of spring here in S.Central Washington (State). Black birds trilling out by the birdfeeders and an e-mail report that kathy was cleaning out the cupboards, and had put her snowmen away. I'm not quite convince to do that! ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
Brrrr! Super Brrrr! We're seeing signs of spring here in S.Central Washington (State). Black birds trilling out by the birdfeeders and an Stop it! Stop it! I've got my fingers in my ears, and I'm not listening! La, la, la, la, la... -- derek |
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:25:05 -0400, Derek Broughton
wrote: Stop it! Stop it! I've got my fingers in my ears, and I'm not listening! La, la, la, la, la... Slapping hand to mouth, (or slapping hands away from keyboard), "Sorry" ~ jan ;o) ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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