"dan2626_verizon_news" wrote in message
news:lvbpd.7684$0k1.6370@trnddc08...
Happy Thanksgiving to you all. I'm thankful for all the information that you
guys have given me. It is officially Winter here in NW Indiana, at least in
my book. We got two inches of snow today. Sure made the pond look pretty
though, it was looking so dreary before everything turned white. The fish
seem fine so far, I guess only time will tell if they will make it through a
Winter here. The pond is only 165 gallons and 2' feet and I only have 13 2-3"
feeder gf in it.

Dan

Ditto. Brghhhh. I live in Louisville, and was glad to see it didn't come this
far south. But the air temperature was brisk, with that typical smell of winter
in the air. The water temperature in the pond finally reach 55 F today. Even
so, the koi, goldfish and shubukans were still active and hungry, while my
albino channel cat wasn't interested. That is usually the sign for me to reduce
feeding. When it gets a few degrees colder, I usually stop feeding them
altogether unless they are really interested in eating. I have a question for
you. Do you have any ice on the surface of your pond? If so, you may want to
add a de-icer or an air stone to keep a hole open so that you can have gas
exchange. Also, the last thing you want in northern Indiana in the winter is to
find your pond is frozen solid with 13 fishcicles in the middle of it.