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Posted by Big_Kid West London (My Page) on Sun, Nov 28, 04 at 16:05
| I have a couple of lengths of 2 inch plastic waste pipe left over from repairs and I wondered if it is possible to wedge them down at an angle into the pond to provide an airway if it freezes over. Has anyone ever tried this? |
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| Won't it just freeze as well? It will be the same temp in the pipe wouldn't it? Just running a pump near the surface is easy and works fine for me, but I usually leave the filters on again as well. |
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Yes I suspect the surface of the water in the tube will freeze at the same time as the surface of the pond.
You could sink it for fish/ amphibians to use as hidey holes and protection from herons. I just pour hot water on the surface of ice in a couple of places till it melts (trying not to boil the weed, fish, and tadpoles swimming beneath! |
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| Thanks, guys. Mine's a wildlife pond without a pump and filter. It's 9ft x 8ft and about 20" deep in the middle. Hopefully it will be deep enough. I'm just worried because we're meant to be getting a bad winter and I was given some goldfish this year that I didn't have last year. I'll put a ball on there and I shall try hot water (in a pan!!) if it freezes over. Meanwhile I shall put a couple of short lengths in as hidey-holes at the bottom. With any luck the fish will make it through. |
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| Hi, yeh I always just put a football in there but I also disconect my filter hose from the pump when it has finished for the winter so that alloows lots of movement in the top half of the pond. Daniel |
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