Water Gardening: How much ice should be melted in the pond with a deicer?, 0 by WNYwillieB

WNYwillieB wrote:
My pond is all but completely frozen over about 1" thick, but the deicer is keeping the hole nicely open .... the edges of the pond (about 1/2") is also not frozen to the edge of the stones, liner, etc.

There was one slight glitch with the heavy snow sinking the deicer below the surface, so the pond froze solid over the top completely. The next morning I went out with the ice chopper and carefully and gently took ice away around the deicer. Since then, it has floated perfectly. I saw the fish moving around under the ice then, but today I cannot see under the ice, as it is milky white.

I just came in, so the next time I check, I will take a photo to show you what I mean.

In the mean time .... check this out!! It's how my backyard looks right now. If only I could expand the pond like this! We just had a deep cold snap (20ºF), followed by a warm spell (47ºF) of a day and a half of rain, and now snow again. There is no where for the water to go at the moment.

This message was edited Dec 10, 2008 2:11 PM