Re: Re:snow day
For us, winter is the easiest time to have fish. Our koi stay in the
pond (on the bottom, kind of hibernating) all winter. Our pond has a
waterfall, which keeps a spot of open water most of the winter. Were
we to have a real sub zero winter, we would haul out the deicer. Have
never lost a hardy fish to cold. We do bring in the pleicostomas
(sp?) if we can catch them, and as many mollys as we can before our
water temps go below 40F. DH has a large stock tank in the basement
for overwintering tropical waterplants - the tender fish go there.
Cathy, west central IL, z5b - back from almost 2 weeks in Steamboat
Springs, and trying desperately to catch up!
On Feb 14, 2007, at 2:54 PM, TeichFlora@aol.com wrote:
> Can't really relate to the amount of snow, etc.....and this might
> be really
> a dumb question.....but, don't most folks bring in the fish for
> the winter to
> the basement into a temporary pond??? I know a few ponders that
> have done
> this for years, along with their tropical lilies, etc. I just
> assumed most
> folks do this too. What about the de-icers and things like that
> which are to
> guard against losing the fish, keeping an air hole open????
>
> Noreen
> zone 9
> Texas Gulf Coast
>
> In a message dated 2/14/2007 11:03:21 AM Central Standard Time,
> gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
>
> It has buried my patio furniture on the west side and even the
> pond is totally covered and over the bridge which I estimate makes
> it 3ft
> deep
> there too..(not good, gonna loose my fish!)..
>
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