My pond, more snow!

kalevi

16 years ago

Another snow storm. This is my pond (between the little tree and the sun room. Waaah!

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always_outside
16 years ago
Wow, Kalevi! Are your fish still in the pond or are they indoors overwintering? I'm in TX, so I don't get weather like this!!! We had some "snow flurries" yesterday, but it never sticks to the ground. It just melts away like rain. I definitely can't complain about our weather here!!! I can see every inch of my pond. :)

Loretta
kalevi
Original Author
16 years ago
Loretta: Yes, fish are in the pond. The ice is only about 4" thick this year. My bubbler opens up a hole when it gets close to freezing and I have a little plastic tent with ABS tubing frame over the thermopond heater that also guarantees I have a hole for gas exchange.

I have roughly 10 adult goldies and I sometimes lose 1 in the spring when the ice thaws. The rest get hungry fast as the water warms up and then they start spawning when it gets into the 65Â°F+ range.
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Coeur d'Alene had 127 inches of snow by yesterday and then a little more fell. This was a new seasonal record and nearly double normal. Seems like when I lived right in town about 30 years ago, there was more snow to deal with. I think that might be true but with a certain amount of melting, some drifting, and days of shoveling - it's real hard to make much sense out of the landscape. I'm considering "burrowing" next. There were winds of 35 - 40 mph with gusts near 50, today. Lots of roads in and out of communities in the Columbia Basin are closed because of drifting and white-out conditions. I think it is now going to turn to rain except for up where you are, Margaret. And, even western MT may get rain by Sunday. Hopefully, there won't be very much. digitS'
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SE Wisc: Someone turned of the "snow switch" at 3 pm this afternoon. The forecasters are predicting 4 to 6 inches. I know it will be more than 4 inches becasue we have that much right now. Its messy to deal with, but we need the gound moisture. It'll be good for the winter wheat and hay grasses planted last fall. My backyard deer herd appeared early this evening to brouse. They usually come around at midnight or later. Today, they apeared at 5 pm - it was almost dark and snowing. There are 7 in this herd and all came out tonight. Often, only a few at a time apear in the open with the others staying under cover.
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Debbie Downer
16 years ago
The white snow and blue sky looks pretty .... but enough already!

(greetings from Wisconsin)
annedickinson
16 years ago
Kalevi.... I'm in Northern NY and we have had 3' of snow in the past week or so. My pond is totally buried. Hopefully the fish have some air. I'll know when the snow melts in the spring. Our Place looks a lot like yours. thanks for the picture.
pikecoe
16 years ago
Kalevi, Thanks for the pictures. It is beautiful when you can look at it on the computer. I was in very cold country for a few days and I would not like living in it. Hope your fish get their spring thaw real soon. Glenda
goodkarma_
16 years ago
The pics are great! We are getting clobbered here and many businesses closed early today. 12" or more by tomorrow. Where did early spring go?

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mantorvillain
16 years ago
K- How deep is your pond? I'm hoping to put in my 1st one this year and am in (doggoned coled) zone 4B. I'll plan on using a pond/stock tank heater during the winter to keep it open but it looks more and more as though I'll need to dig the hole and use a flexible liner as the preformed ones I've come across so far seem to go to 18" depth.
Will
kalevi
Original Author
16 years ago
My pond is 3' deep for about half of its area. I use a 100W thermopond heater covered by a small plastic sheet on abs frame to stop the snow from swallowing it. It is that small triangular thing you see right behind the little tree. I have to dig it out when it snows a lot. I also have a bubbler going under the ice. When it gets to above freezing, the bubbler puts a hole in the ice.

I'd recommend going with a liner pond. You can make a shape you want. There is lots of info on putting in a liner pond and it is not that hard to do.

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