Overwintering a 50 gallon pond in zone 7b

Hi
ref your pending problem with ice forming in your pond

what I do, is as follows:

I use a round REFLECTOR type shop Light with a 60 watt bulb in it, and
suppend it so that the reflector just touches the water....if the bulb
is on when you are installing this set up it will break, if it touches
the water....so set up the reflector first before you turn on the
bulb.

I do not have any small children around that I have to worry about
getting shocked, and have been using this setup for several years
with NO PROBLEMS to date. and the cost of the set up is not very
much and oppositional cost is LOW.

and you can watch your fish at night :-)

tom a.







On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 03:07:23 GMT, SeaRobin
wrote:


I've read a couple of overwintering guides, but they all focus on bigger
ponds. I've got a 50 gallon kidney shaped pre-formed pond that's set
into a raised bed about that's about 2ft. high. The pond itself is just
a bit less deep than that.

Can I keep a couple of regular goldfish in there with winter temps
typically at 45-50 F during the day and about 30 F at night? Of course,
we can get temps in the teens and twenties on the odd winter day, but it
wouldn't last long. I have a pump running a bubble fountain that I plan
to remove the fountain head from to make a fatter stream of water just
gurgling up from the pond to make it less freeze prone. Do you think
the fish will survive in such a shallow pond, or should I go invest in
an aquarium and bring them in?

tom A.
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