I was going to suggest getting a big aquarium and moving them until you could get the hot tub situation sorted out. But it sounds like you've got it under control!
It was draining so fast, we did the first thing that came to mind a stock tank, then less temp change for the fish ie house temps then back outside. Also no place to put it, no filters so I would have prob spent as much for a temp house tank as I did for the stock tank.
It has been rough................. and dear hubby is having some serious issues. Keep trying to catch up on the yard, almost to the point of hiring a crew to come in groom down, control over grown bushes. Then once caught up, maybe can keep caught up. Now that the bees are gone and I have two working arms again. But my bush hog on my tractor will wipe down the wild fields of flowers, I can do chopping , good exercise lol, and hard to find good help!
We got all moved yesterday. So far the only floater is a snail.
Good lord
@addy1 - I was exhausted reading about all the work you had to do... then you had to bring up the SPIDERS! I'm not spider crazy, I can handle one now and then - but nests of them? NOOOOOOO THANK YOU!
And God Bless your neighbor - she's a saint to help you with what was surely a dirty, cold, mucky, muddy, and probably even a bit stinky job!
Then my niece called as I was dropping slime covered clothes. They stop by on their way to or from PA, overnight, breaks up the drive to from GA. I told them they could stop, but eat before you get here, no food, no energy, done lol.
My neighbor is beyond good, one reason we paid for 1/2 of their entire kitchen redo. She will drop anything to help me out. It as cold, I was covered with stinky pond slime, kept her mostly away from it. My left wrist is still so weak I have to be real careful on how I use it.
These kinds of emergencies are bad enough when the weather is cooperative - add cold water and cold air temps and they're MISERABLE!
The big pond and other ponds all have ice on them, the new tank pond ice free. The cover helped. I just took it off to let the sun warm the water. And I need to raise the hawthorne it is too deep now. and just started growing great. So back into that ice water to lift it out. Put in some sort of something to raise it up.
you could build your own hot tub sorta speak you could take take another tub and depending on it's shape if you were to place a couple bricks at the bottom , place one tub inside the other sitting on the bricks you could then place some weight in the tub . get some spray foam in propane sized tanks and spray around the cap between the tubs. You could try it at tractor supply with two tubs see if it can even be done that way before you haul it home.
They nest well, that would work. Just need to buy another one, recruit neighbor to go with me to haul it home. SPRING time lol. No way doing now. Here is a pic of the tank and the dead tub. We just tossed things out on the ground need to pick it up. Will need to save as much water as possible and move everything again. Five other ponds are in the distance. The snake food ponds.
I will need to hire some help to move the tub, my tractor might be able to lift it, but not sure. Trish has nephews that love to make extra money. I am going to ask my fav dumpster guy if they haul out hot tubs in their dumpster. May need to chop it up.................
