Poll: What are your temps today?

50oF, gotta put a timer on the veggie filter so it doesnt run at night chills the
water down when the temp drops. sigh. soon time to cover the pond.
Ingrid


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"Bill Stock" wrote in message ...
I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about it
being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of the
pond.

I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.

Pond temp on 3Oct,04 was 57F. Colorado, Zone 6. Won't be long now
until the fish will all be settling in for their long winter's nap.

Gary

Zone 7a,

Koi Ponds on the North side of house, rarely getting sun now, 55F mid-day.
Lily pond, on the South side 62F. Will start bringing the goldfish in this
coming weekend. Fluval Filter, all glass hood, plus 3 bulb lighted hood
suppose to come tomorrow for the 55 gallon I got from sister. ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

OAT today never got over 65F
Pond is right at 60F on North side of house, sun after noon only.
String algae is growing, uneaten?
Minnows do not go after flake food on surface with the old enthusiasm.
USDA Zone 6a.
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Crashj

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 23:48:45 GMT, Crashj
wrote:
OAT today never got over 65F
Pond is right at 60F on North side of house, sun after noon only.
String algae is growing, uneaten?
Minnows do not go after flake food on surface with the old enthusiasm.
USDA Zone 6a.
Huge drop this morning.
Frost on all the rooftops and the pond at 48*F
Should I turn the pump off?
--
Crashj

"Crashj" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 23:48:45 GMT, Crashj
wrote:
OAT today never got over 65F
Pond is right at 60F on North side of house, sun after noon only.
String algae is growing, uneaten?
Minnows do not go after flake food on surface with the old enthusiasm.
USDA Zone 6a.
Huge drop this morning.
Frost on all the rooftops and the pond at 48*F
Should I turn the pump off?
--
Crashj

I had the same question for Ingrid. I believe she said that she was turning
off her waterfall, as the exposure to the cool night air would cool the
pond. I would imagine the fountain would be even worse. I was thinking of
leaving the pump running just under the surface with the fountain head
removed. This would still provide some aeration, but would not have the same
cooling effect.

"aktgibbs" wrote in message t...
82 degrees on top at 4:00 p.m. in south MS.


"Bill Stock" wrote in message
...
I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about it
being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of the
pond.

I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.


The air temps were 77* but the pond is much cooler being that two days
ago the air temp was 47*. The fish are hanging there near the top
trying to soak the heat up. The fish are not begging for food. The
water lettuce is still doing fine but the rest of the garden is dead.
The d---ed Asian lady bugs are hatching out. Any door in the sun is to
be avoided so I go out the porch door which is always shaded. I
sprayed a whole can of Yard Guard around the outside of the house. So
much for Zone 4 in Mid-WI.

This morning we had rain, for the first time in a long time. Youngest teenage
son put on jeans instead of shorts to wear to school. Looked at the pond and
decided to get the floating frogbit out this weekend. Have no idea what the
water temps are, thermometers have come and gone around here, mostly gone where
ever the labradors have decided to store them and I've given up trying to keep
one. When jj stops feeding I stop feeding.

kathy :-)
zone 7, SE WA state

What a difference a warm night makes. Shady ponds have been sitting at 55F
for several days. Overcast moved in last night, low didn't get down below
61F, so ponds were back up to 60F by this afternoon.

K30, I'm only feeding once/day now, wheat germ spring/fall type stuff
and/or peas. ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Bill Stock wrote:
I took the pond temp today (1 PMish) , because I was concerned about
it
being too cold to feed the fish. Turned out to be 54F near the top of
the
pond.

I'm in zone 5b in Southern Ontario.
Oct 6 late afternoon in Toronto, pond temp 51F

Cam