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"Dude" wrote in message oups.com... I live in Peoria AZ and from mid June till mid Sept its over 100 degrees every day even at 3am its 100. My poor fish have to endure extreem pond temps, I dont know exactly what the pond temp is but I would guess about 90 degrees. $$ Home Depot - pool thermometers for $3.99. I just got done doubling the size of it. I would guess it's about 700 gal give or take. 1250gph pump to my UV filter, Bio Filter, & water fall. Filtration and airiation is pretty good but the fish hide during the day trying to stay out of the Sun... Good luck out here. $$ Here in TN I had to partly cover everything but my 800 and 2000 gallon ponds. Even with water lily leaf coverage the smaller ponds/pools were 86 to 88 F. The sun and heat are relentless here. Fortunately it does get cooler at night. I have some pigmy palms to the back of the pond and the pond has the block wall fence on two sides of it and I have a Ficus tree in front of it but the tree is still young and not big enough to provide any shade yet. $$ What about some waterlilies? Their large leaves really help shade the water from the heat of the sun. On top of everything my house faces east west so the back yard gets direct son for about 6 hours. I have read about using a small dorm size fridge and converting it to cool the water in the pond. I would like to hear from other AZ ponders and know if you all are doing anything for cooling your pond temps. Thanks, Chris -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED. Do not feed the trolls. ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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