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Pond is 24 x 15 x 3.5(sloping sides). We usually just leave the "spitter" going to keep a small area ice free, the rest freezes to a depth of 12". Snow is usually somewhere between 2-3' deep from Dec to Mar. Temps can get as low as -38c(-36f), but generally stay around -25c(-14f) or so. Until this year we would just sink plants that are not able to withstand freezing(iris and a few floating lilies) and the fish and frogs were on their own. Now the fish are nothing fancy just a few "feeders" and a couple of Shubumkin that were thrown in to provide colour . They are now 3 years old 4-6" long with gorgeous colour and this year have produced a LARGE number of fry, much more than usual. The thing is, I think even the Shubumkin reproduced this year and I would like to try and overwinter these guys inside. I have a few tanks of various sizes but am unsure as to ratio of fry to water and also as to whether I need to heat or not. The fry are only 1" long so not large at all and as the pond never reached much more than 21c(70f) according to the floating thermometre, I am unsure how to proceed. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Elaine |
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