Winterizing - Again

S. M. Henning wrote:

Derek Broughton wrote:

I have heard that your fish and sunken plants still need sunlight. As
long as you do not completely cover the surface of the pond ...

They get perilously little sunlight in an ice- and snow-covered Ontario
pond, whether it's covered or not, so I'd say no.

But an ice covered pond is cold. This pond is going to be covered and
insulated and heated. If you have heat, you need light. Heat promotes
activity.

You're right - I didn't read closely enough.

An air pump would do this job much easier than a heater and a water pump.

You're even more right :-) It's easier _and cheaper_. Heaters are
expensive to operate. Most of us would never even notice the cost of the
electricity needed to run a bubbler.
--
derek