Winter Pond Temps

[MitchM]

I thought things were bad down here Mitch, I see you have full blown winter going on up there in the Rockies! At least you have a beautiful view up there and lots of very fresh air too!

That's why we moved here, Colleen. The wind comes mainly from the west and there is easily a couple hundred miles of forest for the wind to blow over before it reaches us.
(actually, we were looking for just a cabin to buy along with our home in the city but they were just too darn expensive. We sold the whole kit and kabootle and moved instead..lol)

 

[mtpond]

Mitch sorry if I missed it but what is your elevation?

 

[MitchM]

We're at about 4500 feet, mtpond.

 

[MitchM]

-17C/ 1F here this morning. The bottom pond temp has been a pretty steady 42 F. (5 foot depth) since the ice covered the whole pond 3 weeks ago.
The pond breathers are both going stong, so I'm pretty happy with them so far.

 

[Mucky_Waters]

-17C/ 1F here this morning. The bottom pond temp has been a pretty steady 42 F. (5 foot depth) since the ice covered the whole pond 3 weeks ago.
The pond breathers are both going stong, so I'm pretty happy with them so far.

2013-11-17 07.41.54.jpg

Man you are in the thick of winter already aren't you Mitch. I've still got the waterfall running here, and although we've had some frost and even a couple inches of snow that stayed on the ground for a couple days, I haven't had any ice on the pond yet, not even along the shore line. Still, I knows it's coming, I plan to shut down the waterfall pretty soon.

 

[MitchM]

Low pressure systems from the artic sure do seem to hug the foothills on their way down dowth.
You live in a beautiful part of BC. Love travelling through that area.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Yes, it was very cold here too, like minus 16 c this morning when I woke up. The pond is freezing over good now, but there is still open water where the water flows and drops from pond to pond. I must plug the heater in today....

 

[waynefrcan]

Mitch what thermometer are you using for the deep water reads? I'm not using one this winter.

 

[waynefrcan]

Nice picture update :cheerful:

-17C/ 1F here this morning. The bottom pond temp has been a pretty steady 42 F. (5 foot depth) since the ice covered the whole pond 3 weeks ago.
The pond breathers are both going stong, so I'm pretty happy with them so far.

2013-11-17 07.41.54.jpg

 

[waynefrcan]

-14 up here, so far decent winter. Both aeration spots still open.

 

[MitchM]

Mitch what thermometer are you using for the deep water reads? I'm not using one this winter.

This one. http://www.lacrossetechnology.com/9029/

I put the receiver in a tupperware container, screwed that to a piece of 2" rigid foam, drilled a hole and dropped the sensor down through that so it would reach the bottom of the pond.
Frozen in place now.

Nice picture update :cheerful:

Doesn't it just give you the warm and fuzzies? lol

 

[MitchM]

-14 up here, so far decent winter. Both aeration spots still open.

Hmmm, looks familiar.

:biggrin:

 

[waynefrcan]

This one. http://www.lacrossetechnology.com/9029/

I put the receiver in a tupperware container, screwed that to a piece of 2" rigid foam, drilled a hole and dropped the sensor down through that so it would reach the bottom of the pond.
Frozen in place now.



Doesn't it just give you the warm and fuzzies? lol

Not really lol!

 

[MitchM]

It looks a lot better with a little whiskey in your coffee!

 

[waynefrcan]

That unit looks good but I would need more then 6 'probe line.