Poll: What are your temps today?

[Bill Stock]

I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about it
being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of the
pond.

I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.

[Ron, KC4YOY]

Pond temp is 75, air is 66.

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[Steve J. Noll]

71F early morning and early afternoon near the surface.
Water lilies still blooming, but pads maybe smaller than earlier in
the year. Koi still eating well. Zone 10.

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 15:11:32 -0400, "Bill Stock" >
wrote:

>I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about it
>being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of the
>pond.
>
>I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.
>

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[Jim and Phyllis Hurley]

Jackson MS pond temp 74 degrees. Some plants stopping growing with season
change.

Phyllis

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"Bill Stock" > wrote in message
...
> I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about it
> being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of the
> pond.
>
> I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.
>
>

[W Dale]

54F at bottom of pond in Colorado Springs this morning.

Bill Stock wrote:

>I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about it
>being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of the
>pond.
>
>I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.
>
>
>
>

[aktgibbs]

82 degrees on top at 4:00 p.m. in south MS.


"Bill Stock" > wrote in message
...
>I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about it
> being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of the
> pond.
>
> I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.
>
>

[Pinkpggy]

I haven't taken the temp of the water, but the lilies still have blooms coming
up, the pads aren't quite as big as before, but they are still coming up. Some
of the other plants are slowing down. By the end of this month, we will have
had our first frost, so we will cut the plants back then.
Jan
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[Roy]

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 15:11:32 -0400, "Bill Stock" >
wrote:

>===<>I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about it
>===<>being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of the
>===<>pond.
>===<>
>===<>I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.
>===<>


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[Bill Stock]

"Roy" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 15:11:32 -0400, "Bill Stock" >
> wrote:
>
> >===<>I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about
it
> >===<>being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top
of the
> >===<>pond.
> >===<>
> >===<>I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.
> >===<>
>
>
> Soon be time to break out the hockey skates and stick!

Yep, sure won't be any on TV.

I'm in the same ice boat as Colorado. Not good.

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> Opinions expressed are those of my wife,
> I had no input whatsoever.
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[Karen]

In article >, "Bill Stock" >
writes:

>
>I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about it
>being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of the
>pond.
>
>I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.

pond water on the top 2 ft area is 64, at the bottom of the 5 ft area it's 61.

Karen
Zone 5
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50oF, gotta put a timer on the veggie filter so it doesnt run at night chills the
water down when the temp drops. sigh. soon time to cover the pond.
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[Gary]

"Bill Stock" > wrote in message >...
> I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about it
> being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of the
> pond.
>
> I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.

Pond temp on 3Oct,04 was 57F. Colorado, Zone 6. Won't be long now
until the fish will all be settling in for their long winter's nap.
:(
Gary

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

Zone 7a,

Koi Ponds on the North side of house, rarely getting sun now, 55F mid-day.
Lily pond, on the South side 62F. Will start bringing the goldfish in this
coming weekend. Fluval Filter, all glass hood, plus 3 bulb lighted hood
suppose to come tomorrow for the 55 gallon I got from sister. ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[Crashj]

OAT today never got over 65F
Pond is right at 60F on North side of house, sun after noon only.
String algae is growing, uneaten?
Minnows do not go after flake food on surface with the old enthusiasm.
USDA Zone 6a.
--
Crashj

[Crashj]

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 23:48:45 GMT, Crashj
> wrote:
>OAT today never got over 65F
>Pond is right at 60F on North side of house, sun after noon only.
>String algae is growing, uneaten?
>Minnows do not go after flake food on surface with the old enthusiasm.
>USDA Zone 6a.
Huge drop this morning.
Frost on all the rooftops and the pond at 48*F
Should I turn the pump off?
--
Crashj

[Bill Stock]

"Crashj" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 23:48:45 GMT, Crashj
> > wrote:
> >OAT today never got over 65F
> >Pond is right at 60F on North side of house, sun after noon only.
> >String algae is growing, uneaten?
> >Minnows do not go after flake food on surface with the old enthusiasm.
> >USDA Zone 6a.
> Huge drop this morning.
> Frost on all the rooftops and the pond at 48*F
> Should I turn the pump off?
> --
> Crashj

I had the same question for Ingrid. I believe she said that she was turning
off her waterfall, as the exposure to the cool night air would cool the
pond. I would imagine the fountain would be even worse. I was thinking of
leaving the pump running just under the surface with the fountain head
removed. This would still provide some aeration, but would not have the same
cooling effect.

[Barbara2245]

"aktgibbs" > wrote in message >...
> 82 degrees on top at 4:00 p.m. in south MS.
>
>
> "Bill Stock" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about it
> > being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of the
> > pond.
> >
> > I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.
> >
> >
The air temps were 77* but the pond is much cooler being that two days
ago the air temp was 47*. The fish are hanging there near the top
trying to soak the heat up. The fish are not begging for food. The
water lettuce is still doing fine but the rest of the garden is dead.
The d---ed Asian lady bugs are hatching out. Any door in the sun is to
be avoided so I go out the porch door which is always shaded. I
sprayed a whole can of Yard Guard around the outside of the house. So
much for Zone 4 in Mid-WI.

[Ka30P]

This morning we had rain, for the first time in a long time. Youngest teenage
son put on jeans instead of shorts to wear to school. Looked at the pond and
decided to get the floating frogbit out this weekend. Have no idea what the
water temps are, thermometers have come and gone around here, mostly gone where
ever the labradors have decided to store them and I've given up trying to keep
one. When jj stops feeding I stop feeding.

kathy :-)
zone 7, SE WA state

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

What a difference a warm night makes. Shady ponds have been sitting at 55F
for several days. Overcast moved in last night, low didn't get down below
61F, so ponds were back up to 60F by this afternoon.

K30, I'm only feeding once/day now, wheat germ spring/fall type stuff
and/or peas. ~ jan


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[Cam]

Bill Stock wrote:
> I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about
it
> being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of
the
> pond.
>
> I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.
Oct 6 late afternoon in Toronto, pond temp 51F

Cam

[Nedra]

Temps on pond vary from day to day - today up to 62 degrees. Air temp today
was 82 degrees. I still have
everything running throughout the day. At night I lift the airstones up to
about 6 inches
from the surface. On very cool nights... about 35 to 40, I turn off the
waterfall.

I ordered KoiZyme today. Figure I can use it until December/January.
Should
help ease the fish over the springtime nasties (which thankfully, my fish
have never
had any probs)

Nedra

"Cam" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> Bill Stock wrote:
> > I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about
> it
> > being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of
> the
> > pond.
> >
> > I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.
> Oct 6 late afternoon in Toronto, pond temp 51F
>
> Cam
>

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>I ordered KoiZyme today. Figure I can use it until December/January.
>Should help ease the fish over the springtime nasties (which thankfully, my fish
>have never had any probs) >Nedra

I'm more sold on this stuff than I ever was on BZT and you know how sold I
was on that. ;o) Especially if one has more water garden w/koi than koi
pond. In that WGs have pots w/edges and rocks around the rim (if not in the
pond) so the pond looks more landscaped in, rather than swimming pool like.

So.... this year I purchased 2 qts for my 1500 pond. I did the math, how
many weeks of season at the different temps and how much product I would
need. I never missed a week and am quite surprised how poor my math was, as
I just opened the 2nd quart last weekend..... Better too much than not
enough though.

Anyway, my wonderings are, since I've used this all spring/summer/fall, I
don't think there is such a need for me to feed Romet B this fall. ~ jan
<Started the transfer of fantails from outside to in today>


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[Nedra]

Jan, I was wondering if I should go ahead and use BZT too? I think you
have
given me the answer. And to think I just got the 8oz of BZT! :O)
I will definitely refrigerate this new bottle of KoiZyme I ordered. It
should
stay 'fresher' this way.

Nedra

"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
...
> >I ordered KoiZyme today. Figure I can use it until December/January.
> >Should help ease the fish over the springtime nasties (which thankfully,
my fish
> >have never had any probs) >Nedra
>
> I'm more sold on this stuff than I ever was on BZT and you know how sold I
> was on that. ;o) Especially if one has more water garden w/koi than koi
> pond. In that WGs have pots w/edges and rocks around the rim (if not in
the
> pond) so the pond looks more landscaped in, rather than swimming pool
like.
>
> So.... this year I purchased 2 qts for my 1500 pond. I did the math, how
> many weeks of season at the different temps and how much product I would
> need. I never missed a week and am quite surprised how poor my math was,
as
> I just opened the 2nd quart last weekend..... Better too much than not
> enough though.
>
> Anyway, my wonderings are, since I've used this all spring/summer/fall, I
> don't think there is such a need for me to feed Romet B this fall. ~ jan
> <Started the transfer of fantails from outside to in today>
>
>
> ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[Derek Broughton]

Nedra wrote:

> Temps on pond vary from day to day - today up to 62 degrees. Air temp
> today

Was swimming this afternoon. 17C (62F). That's a little bracing, but I
firmly believe that this salt-water pond of mine is intended for swimming
from Victoria Day (your Memorial Day) to Thanksgiving (which, thankfully is
this weekend, not the end of November), so I have to make the plunge. At
least I'm not one of those nuts who cuts a hole in the ice on New Year's
day.
--
derek

[Nedra]

Derek ... you are the hearty one!!
All I gotta say is BRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Nedra

"Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
...
> Nedra wrote:
>
> > Temps on pond vary from day to day - today up to 62 degrees. Air temp
> > today
>
> Was swimming this afternoon. 17C (62F). That's a little bracing, but I
> firmly believe that this salt-water pond of mine is intended for swimming
> from Victoria Day (your Memorial Day) to Thanksgiving (which, thankfully
is
> this weekend, not the end of November), so I have to make the plunge. At
> least I'm not one of those nuts who cuts a hole in the ice on New Year's
> day.
> --
> derek