dead fish

Joel wrote in
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"Gale Pearce" wrote in
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I looked into getting a pond heater, but I wasnt prepared to spend
$200.00, I'll just have to check more ofter withthe airline as it
seem to work when its working.

Joel - as Ross said, go to TSC or another farm co-op store and ask
for a
floating heater for livestock water troughs - they run from $30 - $50
and are 1250 or 1500 watt floating heaters . I don't use one as my
airstone works fine as long as I keep an eye on it - If I used one I
would have it on a timer and run ~ 2 hrs /day ( I had one 10 yrs ago
and only plugged it in a few hrs at a time on really cold days) .
They do like their hydro
Gale :~)




I'll have to look for a heater for the summer, I know I dont need it
on all the time, just when it hits -30C which doesnt happen to often.

I took another look today and saw many small ones have survived, small
are ones are 1.5 to 3" in size.

Joel


I should have looked online for heaters, I checked and they have one that
would have done the job.

http://www.bigalsonline.ca/catalog/p...oduct_id=26635
&category_id=2113&pcid1=2153

the cheapest I could fine in a retail store were from 175 to 250, the link
above is 80.00, damn.

Joel

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"Bill Stock" wrote in
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http://www.bigalsonline.ca/catalog/p...=22415;categor
y_id=3059But

So your just using a stock tank heater for your pond ?

Joel.

It's actually a titanium aquarium heater. My pond is only about 500 gallons,
so 300 watts is more than enough to keep it thawed. It only runs a few
minutes a day, unless the temps drop.

"Joel" wrote in message
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Joel wrote in
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"Gale Pearce" wrote in
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I looked into getting a pond heater, but I wasnt prepared to spend
$200.00, I'll just have to check more ofter withthe airline as it
seem to work when its working.

Joel - as Ross said, go to TSC or another farm co-op store and ask
for a
floating heater for livestock water troughs - they run from $30 - $50
and are 1250 or 1500 watt floating heaters . I don't use one as my
airstone works fine as long as I keep an eye on it - If I used one I
would have it on a timer and run ~ 2 hrs /day ( I had one 10 yrs ago
and only plugged it in a few hrs at a time on really cold days) .
They do like their hydro
Gale :~)




I'll have to look for a heater for the summer, I know I dont need it
on all the time, just when it hits -30C which doesnt happen to often.

I took another look today and saw many small ones have survived, small
are ones are 1.5 to 3" in size.

Joel


I should have looked online for heaters, I checked and they have one that
would have done the job.

http://www.bigalsonline.ca/catalog/p...oduct_id=26635
&category_id=2113&pcid1=2153

Here's a few more for you:

http://www.mops.ca/cgi-bin/SoftCart....c9d+1107914802

http://www.petsandponds.com/securestore/c28313.2.html



the cheapest I could fine in a retail store were from 175 to 250, the link
above is 80.00, damn.

Joel

Joel, I had to buy a new stock tank deicer this year. Headed to TSC and
picked one up for $29.99. It keeps my pond open all winter here in Niagara
Falls. I go out each and every day and I get to enjoy the fish right through
the winter. It's thermostatically controlled to only kick in when the water
is below 40 degrees, it's not recommened to put them on a timer. We ran
several of them for years, to actually keep stock tanks open for a herd of
cows. They really don't use any more electricity than my pump. )
Janet in foggy, raining Niagara Falls,ON

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"Joel" wrote in message
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"Bill Stock" wrote in
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http://www.bigalsonline.ca/catalog/p...=22415;categor
y_id=3059But

So your just using a stock tank heater for your pond ?

Joel.

"Bill Stock" wrote in
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http://www.mops.ca/cgi-bin/SoftCart....s.html?L+scsto
re+kfwz8274ff9dec9d+1107914802

Thanks.. even better

Joel.

" is below 40 degrees, it's not recommened to put them on a timer. We ran
several of them for years, to actually keep stock tanks open for a herd of
cows. They really don't use any more electricity than my pump. )
Janet in foggy, raining Niagara Falls,ON

Hi Janet - I never heard you shouldn't put them on a timer - when I used
mine 9 yrs ago, I only plugged it in when it got really cold for a few hrs
at a time, well that is until 2 yrs ago when I had to use it to melt its
way into the pond. It ran for a day and a half that time to get a good size
hole opened up. I keep an eye on my bubbler from now on and I get rid of any
ice dome on the real cold days
How big a pump do you use ? - That heater must run almost constantly as
they will run whenever your pond water reaches 40 to 42F
My pump is a 2500 gal @ ~280 watts and the heater was 1500 watts
Gale :~) in snowing Tilbury

I live in Ohio and have used a stock pond deicer for years . Have
three tier ponds have a pump and heater in lower pond - plug in heater
when they start freezing- the pump circulates the water and keeps three
ponds ice free.Had to cover with netting this year had a Blue Heron
visiting took one gold fish. He has returned a couple of times to check
it out.