Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Mid-Atlantic Musings - Page 3, 1 by orchidfancy

orchidfancy wrote:
HollyAnns here is another picture of my pond taken later on last summer. The only way to keep the pond from freezing completely and losing the the fish, the frogs etc .. is to keep the pump running all winter. Several years ago my pump died while I was away the person that was supposed to take care of it was not paying attention and I lost all my fish and my frogs that year. A major cleaning mess when the pond thawed. So long as the water circulate it also lets the gases formed at the bottom of the pond to escape everything is fine, otherwise the gases get traped in the water and deplete the pond of oxigen ergo dead critters. I dont use an heater because it is deep enought 4" on one end and 12 on the other. Last week I checked the fish were at the deepest part so they are fine.