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have been found dead at my home in shropshire police arnt looking for any information at the moment due to the freezing conditions in the home of the fish, im really fed up my pond is a big beer barrel converted to a tallish pond minus the beer , i put some things in the pond to create air pockets but the fish drowned and froze to death, anyone elses fishy died x

We keep pump running all year unless water from pump freezes. However when pond freezes over, OH takes a saucepan of boiling water and places it on pond, this will melt ice - put the pan in the same place each day as it will only take a couple of minutes to melt through.

If there is not a large enough air pocket the gas will kill the fish - been doing this for nearly 25 years and it works.

Just dawned on me it is a beer barrel, well I would still use the saucepan and when winter is coming I would wrap bubble wrap around the barrel.

thanks cHIs exellent advice , yes the pump froze it looked so weird and my little boy wee wee froze to in the garden


( don;t worry about phoning social services its a an ornament)

You sure the bloke from the local Chippy hasnt been round looking for frozen fish? **M**.:o)))))>

in a pond at ground level, there will always be water at the bottom of the pond and fish will hibernate there

possibly if your barrellpond is above ground level then is it possible that ALL the water has frozen?
I would have thought that the pump would generate enough warmth to stay unfrozen?
(but NOT if the outlet is a fountain jet......)
Bob

fill it with beer again- it takes longer to freeze.


xxxxx mick

the freezing weather froze the actuall jetted water,

i could put the electric heater in there thats should keep water from freezing i guess, then merlin i would have battered fish for the man from the chippy xx

I take it that you are jesting about the heater, unless its one designed for the job?

ie an aquarium heater........combined with a thermostat,

(or else you will have boiled fish instead of fried!!)

Bob

We have a waterfall in our pond and it hasnt frozen up ever. The pond did, with free water near the waterfall. OH always covers the pond with bubble wrap supported on a mesh frame in the winter.

yes joking bob lol xx

jean would i put the buble wrap over the top and cut air holes in / xx