Stylemobile

Well, it's five o'clock somewhere................

Stylemobile

Partially correct. In nature there is a lot of oxygenated water per fish so ice-overs are not a problem. In backyard ponds, the concentration of fish to water is much higher so a 'lid' of ice over the top may suffocate the fish as there is no gas exchange between the water/air interface and oxygen is consumed at higher rates with higher stocking densities. Many people think that their fish 'froze' to death when in fact, they probably were starved of oxygen by the ice covering.

I usually have no ice as i employ a heater in my system to keep the entire body of water above 35 degrees. The great depth to surface ratio insures that heating costs are pretty low (about $20/month average from December through March for my 2000 gallons). The relatively constant ground temperature at lower depths moderates the heat loss at and near the surface.

All Best,

Allen in Allentown, PA

soupcan

..........fib thurte thre actulee

Stylemobile

Actually, 'Alan' spells his name wrong. But it would be funny if Electrical guru Alan lived in 'Alantown' as i live in Allentown.

-Allen

waveflux

I have tears from this.

soupcan

It was thinking of you when I wrote it, I gave up on the spell check comments my head started hurting He writes just fine when he wants.

sidehatch

Can you post some larger pictures of this pond. Im not sure who these others are posting here,i think their new, because the typing just isnt so good.

Alan

Aw hek no! 'Alen' wud nut be so baad but 'Allen' sheesh !#$@ teh funydamental balince oh da vowls & continents is all whakd... all gone to L - prehpas ee speelt it wrung - huh?

Alan

soupcan

Now taht ****e be phunny

Tom in Austin

Hi all, this turned out to be quite a thread (lol) ... ok, so I checked and neither rear side marker light is coming on. Let's be charitable and assume both bulbs burned out ... any special tip for changing these. Looks like you have to reach them from behind/below to change the bulbs ...

soupcan

Drivers side is easy, Passenger not so easy. I had my car on a lift so I took the time to change a four bulbs, well worth the time. Didn't look like a fun job laying on my back.

https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...e+marker+light

Stylemobile

Hello Sidesnatch,
Since you asked and there seems to be a few people here with pond interest, here are a few pics of my pond and backyard.

But on the original topic posting, I just replaced my rear passenger marker lamp a few weeks back. Small, dextrous hands are helpful. I must have used the wrong wattage bulb as my '!' light still tells me that i have tail lamp failure. Bak to the wing nuts for me. Anyway, here are your requested pond pics.....

All Best,

Allen in Allentown, PA

sidehatch

WOW some of those fish look 3' long,that is really beautiful, are you able to get that limestone rock locally? Is the pond lined with something,does it have a filter system,whats on the bottom? A mist machine would look cool in their.

soupcan

Nice Allen, calming just looking at the pics.

Leslie 928 S2

Very very beautiful, Allen. Thanks for sharing!