On 21/02/2012 3:23 PM, Lou Decruss wrote:
ter.
>>
>> This year as been exceptionally mild, and last summer I replaced that
>> old well casing pond with a plastic preformed pond. It is not as deep.
>> I raked out as many leaves as I could and hooked up the pond. It has not
>> frozen over completely yet this winter. There has always been at least
>> 6" of open water so I can toss in some food. They seem fine this winter.
>
> Last winter I was doing house inspections. One was in foreclosure
> which we didn't contact but he had a damage claim so I had to go take
> pictures of the house. He had a big multi level pond with waterfalls
> and many fish. I assumed the running water kept it from freezing but
> I asked why he had so many extension cords running to the setup. He
> had to heal the ponds. He was in the middle of loosing his house but
> he was heating friggin goldfish in one of the worst winters we've ever
> had here.
>


Goldfish? I might understand that for big Koi. The years I lost my
fish I replaced them with a new batch of feeder fish, usually less than
3 bucks.