Water Gardening: Spring cleaning of my pond, 1 by Carolyn22

Carolyn22 wrote:
Sylvi

Thank you. I took that picture last week.

Our pond is just shy of 5000 gallons. The deepest part of the pond is 4 ft and the shallower end is 3 1/2 feet. We don't run the pumps in the winter - as you said, there is a stratification in the layers of water with the bottom layer running about 34*F. We do have 2 deicers we put into the pond for the winter.

My first winter, I was very anxious about the fish. I still think about the fish during the winter, but I am not quite so anxious in the winters anymore. One thing I am anxious about though is the health of the fish come spring.... We have had some pretty sick fish in the early spring. Last Spring into the Summer was seamless. I am hoping this year is the same....

I do know that your temps are colder than ours, however there are a number of people in MN that have ponds. You may want to see if there is a local ponding club in your area and see what they all do.

Carolyn