To Pump or Not To Pump

Hi All,

As a fairly new ponder (first winter) I have wondered all winter long (Texas
winter mind you) if I'm even supposed to be running the pump and fountain
during this season.

Thanks.

Bob,

Don't were you live in Texas, but I live in North Central Oklahoma and my
pump is still running. I did put a small volume pump on for the winter
though, decreasing my flow frojm 4,000 gph to about 2,000 gph.

Tom L.L.
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"Robert Ramirez" wrote in message
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Hi All,

As a fairly new ponder (first winter) I have wondered all winter long
(Texas
winter mind you) if I'm even supposed to be running the pump and fountain
during this season.

Thanks.

"Robert Ramirez" wrote in message
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Hi All,

As a fairly new ponder (first winter) I have wondered all winter long
(Texas
winter mind you) if I'm even supposed to be running the pump and fountain
during this season.

I have a bottom drain, so I do not run my pump. I slightly buy into the idea
of not circulating the colder top water with my warmer bottom water. Also,
my VF is very shallow, so I am not sure I could even make this work if I
wanted to. On the other hand, my neighbor runs his pump all year long to
keep a hole in the ice. So he has circulation of his water layers, and as
far as I know has never lost a pond full of fish even in some of our past
harsh winter. BTW, I am in MD. Near Baltimore. I guess zone 6.

BV.
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