"Geezer From The Freezer" wrote in message
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Too cold for a pond? Where are you, what temp?

Way too cold. It's only the beginning of spring, and as recent as a couple
weeks ago we had a dump of snow and cold temps. The ground has just
unthawed, yet at nights it still gets really cold.
I'm in Alberta, Canada. Only this week has it been unusally warm, about
15-20C or so during the day, but at night it still drops to around freezing,
anywhere from about -5C to 5C above. It's still a bit risky for an outdoor
pond to be up and running, but within a couple weeks or so, a month at the
most, it should be warm enough day and night for a pond to be up and
running.
Plus, with the weather we've been having the past couple years, it's so
unpredictable... We had, this year, record highs in December, I think it
was, then record lows in Jan and Feb. Last year we had a major storm in
July that left flooding and snow and hail everywhere. So, I guess, my
friend keeps his outdoor pond fish in a big pool in his basement until he's
100% sure it's more than warm enough for the fish to go outside, when
there's very little chance of the ground freezing, or starting to freeze.