Serious Note Of Caution

[soapsandkits]

i dont know alot about fish except the one i have battered each week with chips and mushy peas..
but with this freezing water and alot of the new money putting ponds in there backyards .then they load it with fish .1. how do the fish swim if the water is frozen. are they in a sort of anethesitised state..2.do you have heat pumps in the water to defrost..as i have heard these fish cost plenty..i mean a bit of cod at my chippy is nearly a fiver...but im thinking should you bring them in at night ...concerned

[crazy_piercings]

Minnie was only a side kik to mickie:rolleyes:
where is he!

[CrowlasCrafts]

i dont know alot about fish except the one i have battered each week with chips and mushy peas..
but with this freezing water and alot of the new money putting ponds in there backyards .then they load it with fish .1. how do the fish swim if the water is frozen. are they in a sort of anethesitised state..2.do you have heat pumps in the water to defrost..as i have heard these fish cost plenty..i mean a bit of cod at my chippy is nearly a fiver...but im thinking should you bring them in at night ...concerned

I used to have a little pond - and as far as I am aware you have to make sure it is of a good depth as the unusual thing about water - that just before it freezes - it rises - so that the whole pnd doesn't freeze and your fish sort of doze or hibernate or something at the bottom. I did only have goldfish - nothing exotic or pricey ! :D

It is a good idea not to let it completely freeze - a good cheap idea is to kleave a small ball in the pond and push it every day to make sure that there is still a hole in the ice

[dragonmist]

I have an air pump in the greenhouse which pumps warmed air through airlines to airstones at the bottom of the pond. This keeps the water circulating and provides extra oxygen to the fish. It never freezes. The pump cost £20, and has run 24/7 for 4 years. I was told it uses less electricity than a 15 W light bulb. Koi need extra oxygenation in the summer months. The shubunkins and goldfish are hardier.
If your pond does freeze, don't smash the ice, as the concussion could kill the fish. Just stand a saucepan of boiling hot water on the ice and melt a hole.

[Cocksparrer]

MY grandad has an outdoor pond when the water is frozen at the top, the fish are asleep apparently, but its best to make a hole nbig enough through the ice to allow for circulation f the water. Sorry no good at explaining this but he did tell me better. Anyhow the fish are STILL at the bottom in a sleepy condition and will wake up when the weather is warmer. No point in feeding them, but g,dad says you can put in pellets as they will float towards bottom eventually & if any of them wake up theyll eat it.

[swopmebob]

:D:D:D:DHa ha ha ha ha.......

[Honehe]

but heating the water is no doubt the best idea ...but for some of these little fishys could they not end up being par boiled...as they are so tiny they might end up as kefilta fish at blooms

Hahaha!!:D:D