What does your pond look like ... Today?

[sissy]

I mucked up the pond trying to find an aerator that fell off the tubing .I was trying to clean them all off of the muck so more air would came out .I guess I may have to pick up some quilt batting .I clean them off 2 months ago because they were not producing as much air

 

[addy1]

Wet! The lilies are growing, the parrots feather is growing, I was surprised to see all the growth once the ice melted. Pond a toasty 38. Water is crystal clear, the little ponds are still melting.

 

[sissy]

geeze ady your pond looks more rectangle in first pic and a little heart shaped in the other pic.I need to find one of my airstones that fell into the pond

 

[addy1]

It all depends on which camera I use, the main pond is sort of pie/rectangular. The second picture shows the 1000 gallon pond with the big pond, which make the heart shape illusion. This is a shot of all the ponds, not including the deck pond or stream ponds. The three to the left are 300-200 gallons, the one to the right is 1000 gallons, big one is around 9-10000 plus minus. Varies in width, depth, length, so hard to really measure. And because of the slope the near edge of the pond is not seen, around 3 feet of it. There is a 4 foot drop to the pond. Had to build up the far edge 6-8 feet and dig down the near edge 4 feet to make it level.

 

[sissy]

You may get the rain I got addy and those winds were really bad and was blowing the rain right under my covered front porch

 

[MitchM]

Still have 10 inches of ice on my pond.
I won't post the depressing picture.

 

[peter hillman]

Pond at 52* today, fish have been peeking out from their holes. Netting leaves, I cuaght a couple fingerlings from last year, am hoping they wont be the first meal the adult fish have.

 

[addy1]

Just one of the small ponds and the stream ponds are still frozen, all else has melted. Pond water 40F now, big pond.

Still have 10 inches of ice on my pond.
I won't post the depressing picture.

 

[cas]

Still have 10 inches of ice on my pond.
I won't post the depressing picture.

But you always have such beautify scenery with or without the ice.

 

[MitchM]

But you always have such beautify scenery with or without the ice.

Ha ha. Thanks!
- and here I was trying to be grumpy!

 

[addy1]

Ha ha. Thanks!
- and here I was trying to be grumpy!

laughing, didn't work..............but allowed a grump now and then. My small ponds are iced over again, light layer. We are at 34 right now wind chill down in the low 20's.

 

[sissy]

I had to turn my pumps off because wind was so strong it was blowing the water out of the waterfall filters .I saw the water blowing side ways .I will be glad when this wind at least slacks off more .

 

[Smaug]

Bleak. It's 60 deg f right now with a 44 deg f water temp. Tempting to start the pump and install the media but the fish are still lying on the bottom. We still have temps in the 20s at night for a week or so. Maybe next weekend. I did get the dog poo cleaned up today though!!

 

[bettasngoldfish]

It's so nice here again today, I even fed the fish very lightly. I had the same thoughts as you as far as starting up my filter. I'm still undecided but leaning towards starting it up.....

 

[sissy]

My body needs to get used to all the yard work .Had to take a break .Also turned off the pond pumps and cleaned them and put in koi clay and just turned them back on .3 wheelbarrows of stuff picked up from the yard and not sure where it all came from .