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Re: NFC: DP Frozen pond question
The most important part is to keep the surface moving so it don't freeze.
This can be done with agitators or air. It may be simpler to run the air to
the bottom of the pond and have the pump above the water surface, thus
avoiding any accidental leaks, and the lose of the air pump.
Dwight Moody wrote:
> At a recent meeting of the Tropical Fish Club of Burlinton (VT), a
> speaker had an excellent idea. Simply place a good size air pump (such
> as the Luft pump or another air pump for large tanks/deep water
> applications) in a water proof box, place a "breather" tube in the
> top of the box (to get access to air above the snow - bend over the end
> of the tube in a upside down "U" to keep snow out of the box) and hook
> up to an airline and weighted airstone and outside service power cord
> (connection inside the box to prevent shorting). Plug in and you
> provide lots of oxygen with no shoveling or chopping ice.
>
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> >Well, it got up to about 40 degrees today. We've had a lot of snow and
> cold
> >this month and I am wondering if I should shovel back some of the snow
> off the
> >top of my pond (18" +/-) and dig a hole through the ice. Hopefully it
> didn't
> >freeze so far down it killed my hardy plants. The dozen feeder gold
> fish I
> >guess I could live without.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >Chuck Church
> >Indianapolis, Indiana USA
> >
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