Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="callingcolleen1, post: 336301, member: 4209"] I rarely have any trouble but then I designed my ponds to run all winter and having split levels is the best way to winter fish. The upper level ponds, the water level never drops below the ice, so the water movement eats the ice away very quick, unlike the bottom pond. The bottom pond is just for small fish as it gets lots of thick ice but the upper three connecting ponds rarely get ice over two inches thick, and then the upper ponds always have air holes open created by water friction right against the ice. It really works super well and I get away with one heater for all four ponds! I see lots of people have big fancy pond with underwater drains and pipes all over, but those would freeze here, so all my hoses are under water in ponds. No need to drain with split level ponds as the waste gets all washed down to big Yellow flag. Although the Yellow Flag water iris is now officially declared a bad weed, but I'm keeping mine cause it falls under the "grandfather" clause cause I had it so long I get to keep it. He he he, just kidding... They can come try to remove it, good luck with that cause it's too darn big now! [/QUOTE]