J.W. I have heard that song many times. It always made me laugh 
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My pond runs all winter, zone 2/3
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Sissy I bet we could sing the songs for both of those shows. LOL!
This is my first winter leaving the family in the pond and what a ride, our temps have fluctuated between + 40 and -25 F in the last 4 weeks. It feels like Ive left my Kids out doors at times, but there is still signs of life down deep. Keeping my fingers XXXX.
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Bet we could mt and also can't forget I Love Lucy
Gordy, as a young chid I grew up watching this wonderful fellow on tv every day. His show was only on in the Pacific N.W. He had a basset hound named No Mo (stood for no motion)and another one named Slo Mo :biggrin:
Course he never sang this song on his children's show. He liked entertaining adults also :cheerful:
He was loved by all.
http://www.stanboreson.com/history.htm
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You won't believe this but I was browsing the net the other day and I found this....
I hope you love it! I grew up watching the Lawrence Welk show. Eee's from "Note DeKOta" done'sh ya know!
Gordy
Course he never sang this song on his children's show. He liked entertaining adults also :cheerful:
He was loved by all.
http://www.stanboreson.com/history.htm
J. W.
You won't believe this but I was browsing the net the other day and I found this....
I hope you love it! I grew up watching the Lawrence Welk show. Eee's from "Note DeKOta" done'sh ya know!
Gordy
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Lilguy, hope all is well with your fish, if you use a pond heater and keep water circulating things should be fine. make sure the water is topped up in pond as well, as during the extreme cold the water below the ice is displaced and turned into ice, making the pond look full, but under the ice the water level can drop so keep a close eye on your fish when very cold...
Thanks Colleen, right now it's +1 temp / 10 below WC. Tonight -20 temp / -30 WC. If the system keeps functioning, X this week, we can handle most issues. Water level good under Ice, pumping some air in along with circulation pump turbulence. I am only 30 inches deep, going deeper next season, at least another foot.
I'm 40 miles NW of Chicago, for reference sake.
I'm 40 miles NW of Chicago, for reference sake.
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LoL, Gordy I have seen that one and lots more of his on you tube. He is a nut :biggrin:
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Most people never go deep enough the first time around, my top two ponds are about three feet deep at the deepest, now as the. Koi are even bigger, someday soon I wan't to go four feet deep in my top pond where my biggest 22 year old koi are located.
I am using a 1250 watt heater right now for all thre econnecting ponds, and last night was pretty darn cold. right now we are warming up to -18 Celsius (zero Fahrenheit) The ponds are mostly covered with ice now after the cold night we had last night, just little holes open around the heater and connecting waterways where the water flows from pond to pond.
I do use the big 1500 watt heater when temperature gets down to below -25, could have used it last night, but the temperatures are supposed to warm a little tomorrow to 10 Fahrenheit later today. (-2 Celsius)
Lilguy are you using a heater?
I am using a 1250 watt heater right now for all thre econnecting ponds, and last night was pretty darn cold. right now we are warming up to -18 Celsius (zero Fahrenheit) The ponds are mostly covered with ice now after the cold night we had last night, just little holes open around the heater and connecting waterways where the water flows from pond to pond.
I do use the big 1500 watt heater when temperature gets down to below -25, could have used it last night, but the temperatures are supposed to warm a little tomorrow to 10 Fahrenheit later today. (-2 Celsius)
Lilguy are you using a heater?
Yes, 1250 wt. floating. SFSG.
Figures, dump my gas guzzler pick up for a Honda Civic to help hault global warming and, bingo, coldest winter in 30 years. Magic,LOL.
Figures, dump my gas guzzler pick up for a Honda Civic to help hault global warming and, bingo, coldest winter in 30 years. Magic,LOL.
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Ya, the weather sucks here too right now, and I need to sweep up around the pond, but leaves are stuck in the ice cause it was very windy yesterday and freezing cold today!
Im going to expand my water park this spring, how deep should I go?
Colleen I enjoy everything about your pond and your natural approach to ponding. When I dug my pond 11yrs. ago my goal was to have a natural pond. I have never put a drop of any chemical in the pond and everything in my pond is DIY. The only things I bought was my pumps. I have 3 external pumps each pump is rated 5620 gph. My pond has run 24/7 since I started with 7200 gal. Now I have expanded to 19,000 gal. I hope other people will realize they can have a nice pond without spending a fortune on band aids and the gimmicks that are on the market. Keep up the good work, hope to share notes with you in the future. Dave
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Thanks Dave, I never use chemicals other than to remove the chlorine in the pond water, and then I rarely do that as I feel that a little fresh tap water added into the large volume of water in the pond does not hurt, unless I am adding a whole lot of water then I will use a declor the water, I really try to follow nature when possible and use lots of big sedges for best natural cleaning too. I really like to use the sedges (grasses, rushes, irises, plants with a spear shaped leaf) as they are the very best at cleaning the pond water.
I also think the pond should flow all year round as flowing water best removes the harmful gasses and keeps the water fresher and cleaner. I remove extra summer pumps and just run the main pumps that keep the three ponds connected, flowing the water from the top pond down to the bottom pond, this melts the ice very very quick in the top ponds as the water is always kept at a constant level. If you only have one level in the pond, then the ice takes way longer to melt as the water level falls below the ice, as the water is displaced and turned into thick ice. This does not happen in the top ponds as the water is always at the same level as the ice. Many people wonder why I have so little ice and think I have some naturally warmer protected area, may be somewhat true, but the ice on the path never melts away like the ice on my ponds. I have ice on the walkways all around the pond pretty much that has been there for months and not melted yet, as I can assume that the ground is frozen very very hard this year, especially after the extreme cold temps we had this season. When it is minus 40 below, not much difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit, and no warm spot outside to be found.
Lilguy, go as deep as you are allowed for your zone, some city's dictate what you can do, like here in town, any pond deeper than three feet must be locked with a six foot fence.
If you are going to have big koi, then dig it bigger and deeper. as big as you can go would always be better. Every time I re-dig a new pond, I always say to myself, "that is a really big deep hole, that should be way big enough, then come the plants and big fish and then the pond does not look so big anymore! I would go at the very least, three feet deep, and lots of place for shelves to place plants.
Must run to work now, loved chatting with you all and talk later after work.....
I also think the pond should flow all year round as flowing water best removes the harmful gasses and keeps the water fresher and cleaner. I remove extra summer pumps and just run the main pumps that keep the three ponds connected, flowing the water from the top pond down to the bottom pond, this melts the ice very very quick in the top ponds as the water is always kept at a constant level. If you only have one level in the pond, then the ice takes way longer to melt as the water level falls below the ice, as the water is displaced and turned into thick ice. This does not happen in the top ponds as the water is always at the same level as the ice. Many people wonder why I have so little ice and think I have some naturally warmer protected area, may be somewhat true, but the ice on the path never melts away like the ice on my ponds. I have ice on the walkways all around the pond pretty much that has been there for months and not melted yet, as I can assume that the ground is frozen very very hard this year, especially after the extreme cold temps we had this season. When it is minus 40 below, not much difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit, and no warm spot outside to be found.
Lilguy, go as deep as you are allowed for your zone, some city's dictate what you can do, like here in town, any pond deeper than three feet must be locked with a six foot fence.
If you are going to have big koi, then dig it bigger and deeper. as big as you can go would always be better. Every time I re-dig a new pond, I always say to myself, "that is a really big deep hole, that should be way big enough, then come the plants and big fish and then the pond does not look so big anymore! I would go at the very least, three feet deep, and lots of place for shelves to place plants.
Must run to work now, loved chatting with you all and talk later after work.....
If you have 3ponds 2 gravity fed how do you keep the lowest one from overflowing in case of a power outage ?