13000 gallon outside pond

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EChambers89

EChambers89

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I'm going to be building an outdoor pond of 15 feet long by 10 feet wide and 12 feet deep starting around April. As I live in southern kentucky, our winters get down to the single digits, and I'm trying to figure out a way to keep the water at around 60 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit. It's going to be stocked with local fish so thats about as high as i want the water to be. Does anyone know a decent way to keep the water around that temperature all year around without running up the power bill. Creative solutions are welcome lol
 
Yea, i plan on stocking it with alot of bluegill, maybe some sunfish, bass, just whatever i catch, i want it to be big enough to keep them comfortable
 
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12 feet of depth is crazy. Have you checked how high your water table is? You might have trouble with water from the ground with that depth.

By the way, your native fish can handle higher temperatures, and also the water should not get too warm 12' down.
 
I plan on using liners and maybe some concrete to help with keeping unwanted water out, hopefully the depth womt be a problem, but if it is then ill make it more shallow and increase the surface area, maybe up to a 20 by 15, instead of the 15 by 10, and as for the temperature, the lake here only gets up to about 65 or so during the summer so i was hoping to mimic thebwater there as best i can, the closer i can get to the same conditions the better
 
Would it be best to just allow nature to control the water temp? I mean the fish seem to do ok in winter here, and 12 feet down should keep the ice away from them when it freezes over
 
I am in MD and I have catfish, koi, sunfish, bluegill, minnows, perch, etc in my pond and they survive fine during the winter even when the top is solid ice.

It's currently 19x10x4
 
my old pond was around 50 ft diameter and 12 ft in the middle and here in Ontario when 4ft of ice accumulated the fish were fine, there were always a few casualty's in the spring but nothing drastic. The fish would breed yearly so it compensated for the losses. Don't worry cild water or freezing in 12ft depth with native fish, they'll be fine
 
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