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Tip for pond newbies - at the risk of experienced ponders rolling their eyes
To tell the truth, I'm a bit of a newbie myself, but all my fish survived
the Winter. We actually gained a couple. I put in an aquarium aerator (the pond is about 1000 gallons) which is on all the time - Summer and Winter. The benefits of this $15 item are many. Obviously there is always plenty of oxygen in the water all year, but in addition, ice doesn't form around the bubbles. And.................... the fish love swimming through the bubbles in the early evening just after they have been fed. They do this for about thirty minutes before they return to their foraging. happy ponding John |
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Except for the mention of *winter* ((shudder!!))
You done good! kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com this week ~ the rat-tail maggot! Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~ http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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I unplugged the tubing to my three pumps and just let them circulate
water. This also helped in NOT freezing the bottom of the pond and opening up a hole for gases. ///Owen\\\ wrote: To tell the truth, I'm a bit of a newbie myself, but all my fish survived the Winter. We actually gained a couple. I put in an aquarium aerator (the pond is about 1000 gallons) which is on all the time - Summer and Winter. The benefits of this $15 item are many. Obviously there is always plenty of oxygen in the water all year, but in addition, ice doesn't form around the bubbles. And.................... the fish love swimming through the bubbles in the early evening just after they have been fed. They do this for about thirty minutes before they return to their foraging. happy ponding John |
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