my pond!!

[runforyourlife 361]

this is what it has been like for over a month, lost some big fish last year, just hope its not the same under that ice...

[rocky1 942]

them will hardy things,living i the artic

[stroller 341]

Although i dont have fish we lost over 30 frogs last year i think the cold weather just went on and on and on, i try to keep the pond ice broken but life gets in the way sometimes i forget. its a shame as i like the old frogs in the garden it keeps the slugs down and as im a gardener by trade i like a well kept garden and i collect herbacious perennials its a symbiotic relationship.

 

Hope the fish make it mate

[littlefish 598]

My fishpond has been frozen over for a week now. The spring should tell a tale for the fish. I have left it as it is, not disturbing the ice. I can hear the filter feed trickling away underneath it all, fingers crossed the fish will be ok. On a positive note it is beginning to thaw here today

[rex 8]

Try puttin a couple of foot diameter pipes/tubes submerged in the water and sticking out the water, when it freezes it will allow an oxygen supply into the water

[mattydski 560]

 

 

You can get floating heaters that keep the ice clear, had one about 20 years ago, that was the business!!

[foxdigger13 114]

nice pond mate do you keep any koi?

[asha 48]

just been out at mine,few koi and goldfish two grass eating two ghost koi,few stones on to the edge of ice to make a hole.water was two feet below the ice.fish must be in only two feet at the most.got the hose going into the pond and under the ice atb asha

[DottyDoo 500]

yip ours is frozen solid aswell, hope the sturgeon are okay when it melts

[asha 48]

only one of the small koi dead need to keep an eye on it.dotty them sturgeon are ment to be ilegal same with grass eating carp.so a was told from worker at dobbies garden centre lol.they had to stop selling them robbin c**ts any way atb asha

[runforyourlife 361]

nice pond mate do you keep any koi?

 

 

They are all koi mate. Some 20yrs old. Lost a few grand worth last winter...

 

As for the pipes sticking out.. how do you stop the pipe freezing from the inside..?? Our pipe from the boiler has frozen inside a 3ft thick wall. so i am sure a plastic pipe would freeze.

[albert64 1,882]

is that fish dead russ its eye dont look clear?

if your ponds deep enough they wont come to any harm

do you salt them up before the winter sets in, i got rid of mine 18mth ago

mine was just under 6000 gallon and it was heated

in the winter it was covered by a frame then covered with bubble wrap

even in the winter you'll be surprised how much difference this makes

might save you losing a few fish

albert

[runforyourlife 361]

is that fish dead russ its eye dont look clear?

if your ponds deep enough they wont come to any harm

do you salt them up before the winter sets in, i got rid of mine 18mth ago

mine was just under 6000 gallon and it was heated

in the winter it was covered by a frame then covered with bubble wrap

even in the winter you'll be surprised how much difference this makes

might save you losing a few fish

albert

 

 

Used to bubble wrap it and frame it up albert but to tell the true, as they have matured they seemed to have been ok... Yes salt the pond before and after mate...

 

It is 7ft deep, yet still lost 5 fish last year, as the freeze was so servere..

 

The fish is one of the dead ones yes Albert. Was pretty gutted... There are probarbly 7 left bigger than that, and 8 or 9 a little smaller. When they have all gone, i will be filling the pond in. Just dont have the passion for it anymore... Cheers Russ.

[colint5 47]

nice pond mate do you keep any koi?

 

 

They are all koi mate. Some 20yrs old. Lost a few grand worth last winter...

 

As for the pipes sticking out.. how do you stop the pipe freezing from the inside..?? Our pipe from the boiler has frozen inside a 3ft thick wall. so i am sure a plastic pipe would freeze.

[runforyourlife 361]

nice pond mate do you keep any koi?

 

 

They are all koi mate. Some 20yrs old. Lost a few grand worth last winter...

 

As for the pipes sticking out.. how do you stop the pipe freezing from the inside..?? Our pipe from the boiler has frozen inside a 3ft thick wall. so i am sure a plastic pipe would freeze.

 

 

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