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In this Issue:
Nov 21, 2002
|| Catching up on Pictures!
|| Pumps In or Out in Winter?
|| Will the babies survive?
|| Fun (Pond) Fact
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>> CATCHING UP ON PICTURES!
We have been busy getting all the pictures of
your ponds uploaded to the website.
We had trouble keeping up for a while but are
now getting pretty current.
Thank you for your patience for sending all
those pictures of your beautiful ponds!
To see the pictures just go to
Pond Slides.
>> PUMPS IN OR OUT IN WINTER ?
112 - at last count!
That is how many emails I received asking whether
the pump should come out of the pond or can be
left in for the winter :)
The official answer is:
If you live in a cold climate the pump should
come out and be cleaned thouroughly and then
be stored for the winter in a frost free place.
-- Old type "oil filled" pumps should be stored
in distilled or very soft water to prevent the
seals drying out and cracking.
The not so official answer is:
I have been known to leave a pump in the pond IF
it is deep enough in the water that the pump will
not, under any circumstances, freeze.
There are dangers to this:
The electrical cord could be damaged by ice and
must be checked very carefully before turning the
pump back on in the spring. In any case, the
pump should be cleaned and inspected in the spring.
This is NOT the recommended course of action!
Of course, manufacturers will not warranty any
damage resulting from freezing of pumps!
So, generally, it is best to remove the pump and
store it properly!
EVERYTHING needed to winterize your pond can be
found right here:
|| WILL THE BABIES SURVIVE?
I received just about an equal number of inquiries
regarding baby fish as I did about pumps.
Here again, the answer is not a simple yes or no!
Generally the babies will survive once they are
2 - 2 1/2 inches long (and sometimes smaller
depending on the severity of the winter) as long
as they have adequate living conditions.
The most important consideration for all is, of
course, that they have enough oxygen. Water
quality must be adequate and they need places to
hide from predators.
>> FUN (POND) FACT
Did you know that
a) amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders, etc.)
are found in just about any part of the world
from the artic circle to the tropical regions?!
b) the word "amphibian" means "double life", because
most of these creatures spend part of their life in
water and part on dry land?!
c) there are approx. 3500 species of frogs and toads
in the world (kmown sofar) of which about 80 are
found in the USA?!
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