What does your pond look like ... Today?

[DoDad]

I finally got the small pond covered.

 

[sissy]

Do you find it helps keep the pond water warmer .I am only going to cover a little over half my pond,I figure if it helps I will try it . .Water temp as of today is 70 degrees .

 

[DoDad]

Water temps stay at 53F all winter. it's about 60F now.

 

[sissy]

I only plan on doing mine up to the bridge so i can still see the pond .I figure with the help of the heat from the septic tank and that it should keep the pond warmer .Right now pond water is at 70 degrees .At least maybe I will save money on not having to turn the pond heater on .Did you make your whole cover because that looks great .What kind of plastic is that also .I just bought 10 mill in a roll .I bought clear but wondering if black would be better .

 

[pecan]

First snow of the year today

 

[tbendl]

Wow Pecan, I was just checking out your pond pictures today. We are planning on rebuilding our bog next summer and I liked your old setup. It looks chilly there now.

 

[Becky]

First snow of the year today

Haven't seen you on the forum recently, so it's nice to have you back! Your pond looks lovely with a dusting of snow

 

[pecan]

Haven't seen you on the forum recently, so it's nice to have you back! Your pond looks lovely with a dusting of snow

Thanks Becky, I haven't been online that much in the last year, but still check in from time to time. Just enjoying the yard

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Here's my pond November 16th, 2014 and November 16th, 2015.

As you can imagine, this is my kind of November! 55 degrees today and I'm still seeing frogs out.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Finally got myself to take some video of the pond a couple days ago.

 

[addy1]

Lilies are still growing, bog, upflow filter, is still green.

 

[tbendl]

I've got 1 sad lily bud that might make it thought till the weekend so I can see it bloom.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

With the snow coming, I officially shut my pond down today. No more bog or waterfall

For those of you who use breathers...

Last year I had it at me 2' depth, which worked, but I was a little nervous about leaves since the pump was sitting on the shelf. This year I'm thinking about putting it in the 3.5' depth, so it can hang in the water. It'll also be hanging right above where my fish/frogs will likely spend their winter. Is that a good spot to put it? I would love some input.

 

[Mike in Vermont]

I stopped feeding my fish 6 days ago. The aerator was shut off Wednesday. I believe the fish are done spawning. I still need to install the pond breather.

 

[MitchM]

With the snow coming, I officially shut my pond down today. No more bog or waterfall

For those of you who use breathers...

Last year I had it at me 2' depth, which worked, but I was a little nervous about leaves since the pump was sitting on the shelf. This year I'm thinking about putting it in the 3.5' depth, so it can hang in the water. It'll also be hanging right above where my fish/frogs will likely spend their winter. Is that a good spot to put it? I would love some input.

I've had both my breathers running for a while now and before the pond was ice covered, there were lots of rosy red minnow fry swimming right next to the pump cage with no problems.
It didn't look like they were fighting any current or anything like that.

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