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Re: NFC: DP Frozen pond question
Exactly. I guess I wasn't clear on this point. The box with the air
pump is on the shore, not on the ice. The waterproof box is to keep
melting snow from entering the box containing the air pump and causing
an electrical short.
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>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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