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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 |
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