What is your weather like ... today

[sissy]

hope this works

 

[sissy]

sorry fingers were so cold i could not hold down on the button.I actually made the video for my nephew .he thought the fish were frozen

 

[callingcolleen1]

Awe That is just so sweet!!! Love your voice Sissy, you have a nice accent! But Where is Your Coat!

 

[sissy]

I had my ugly sweat coat on that i use in the work shop so I don't have to worry about getting stain on it .He is my great nephew actually and I showed pics on face book and he started crying because he thought my fish had frozen .Little ones don't understand and when i posted the pics I felt bad .He posted back to me he was sad because all my fish were frozen Showed him they were fine

 

[sissy]

Thank you but guessing I don't here my accent .I am Pennsylvania dutch and German on my dads side .People always tell me that but I never hear it even when I listen to my video's .

 

[bettasngoldfish]

That's too cute your nephew thought the fish were frozen. Glad to see they are fine

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Sissy I can hear a slight accent in your voice and I hear much stronger one in Colleens in her videos.

Funny I always think I sound different when I hear my own recorded voice

 

[sissy]

thank you and so was he .I knew they were OK .I was surprised at how fast it froze over after I disconnected the aerator .It was not even frozen at all before I took that in .Shows how good an aerator can work at keeping a pond unfrozen .I had air stones in both my filters also and now both are frozen.I was trying to keep the video light for a small child LOL

 

[bettasngoldfish]

How long do you suppose it took to freeze? Why did you disconnect the aerator?

 

[sissy]

It was new laguna one and I disconnected it yesterday morning because it was supposed to get down to 8 degrees last night and I did not want to ruin it .I also disconnected the 1 pump in the small filter and pulled the hose out of the big filter to just let it fall into the waterfall area .It had been really windy here and temps last night actually got down to 6 degrees and the wind chill made it feel like 1 degrees .I had my aerator just in a bucket turned sideways and since i was not sure I thought it was better to be safe than sorry

 

[callingcolleen1]

I just love to hear everybody's accents and hear their voices, maybe cause I never travel much so everyone sounds so southern down there, except Sissy, she sounds sort of like the German Hutterites from around here, just a bit, mixed with a southern accent.

I just love watching your video Sissy, and CE has one too on her thread, so it has been a VERY exciting day for me, to match the voice to people that have been posting around here for years. Now where is JW's live Video! and I would just love to see video from everyone on here!

 

[bettasngoldfish]

yea, it got below zero here. real temperature not wind chill----bbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I left all my stuff running (nothing terribly expensive though, I think the air pumps are actually made for aquariums) looks like all is well at least for now anyway

 

[addy1]

Pond still 41f, outside temp now a toasty 32

 

[callingcolleen1]

You should be just fine Maria, your not too cold, and I think you do not get the really deep freezes that freeze deep into the ground ? ? I used to use a fish tank air pump years ago in the top pond, back then the ponds were smaller and I had lots of floating plants that summer, and thought I needed more oxygen and ran that for a summer or two. I still have extra air pump that is small, and maybe I will dig it out and just so I can see bubbles coming from the bottom. think that would look pretty with the underwater lights in the summer.

 

[sissy]

I have cheap one also from petco that worked ok but says it should not subjected to extreme temps .It has 4 outlets and came with everything and was less than 30 dollars .I am thinking of making an insulated house for it next year it is kinda large though.All the pumps in the pond are new this past year as is the aerator .I measured the aerator and been deciding what to build because I want it big enough for the U.V. also .This way everything is together