Hey all, got a question. I saw somewhere on here somebody said benificial bacteria is slow starting at 68 or below, and grows better at 68 or above and just wondered how much water temp. actually plays a role in that. My pond is sitting at 69 to 70 right now with nothing in it. Just would like your info before I get the ball rolling.Oh yeah half of the pond is tap, other half out of other cycled tank's, and I'm seeding the new filter system with old filter's out of other tanks. Thanx!!!
benificial bacteria in our ponds
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That's correct and luckily algae like that temp too...Oh, you don't want algae?!
As long as the over-nite temps don't go too low, you should notice everything starting to grow.
What's the water chemistry?
Dr Joe
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As long as the over-nite temps don't go too low, you should notice everything starting to grow.
What's the water chemistry?
Dr Joe
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Right now the chemistry is tap,ha ha. It's only half full with no pumps runnin yet. Just gettin some last minute things figured out before I start cycling it.
How cold is to cold for the overnight temps? I just checked it and it's at 65. I'm plannin on heating it up to 80 for a couple of weeks to put my 18inch clown knife in there and to get the filters seeded and pond cycled. Then I'm probably gonna take the heaters out and just do a koi pond with a couple of my albino channels. Will the bacteria die or just not work as efficiently if it gets to cold. Summers comin soon so the water will be warmer soon anyway.
Bacteria will go dormant for a little while @ 60ish, an die in the mid to low 50's.
How big is the pond?
Thermal mass is everything when you have wide temperature swings.
You could do some solar heating...it's cheap.
Dr Joe
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How big is the pond?
Thermal mass is everything when you have wide temperature swings.
You could do some solar heating...it's cheap.
Dr Joe
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Dr Joe;778383; said:
Right now the water is at about 70 where it'll probably stay as the weather gets warmer, so the bacteria should grow just fine Just had a couple of nights were it was cold outside, but not cold enough to fire up the woodburner, that's what keep's the basement warm in the winter. The pond is in the same room so solar heating probably wouldn't work. The pond is about 39" x 86" inside dimensions. The bottom has a big thick sheet of insulation between it and the cement. I was at a petstore this weekend and found some koi on sale so I bought them and decided not to put the clown in there at all.
doubledragon;782136; said:
If bacteria goes dormant at 60ish, and dies in the mid to low 50's,Then how can fish tolerate all winter in outside ponds. I know they go into a lathargic state and don't really eat so they probably don't poop much either I imagine. If theres no benificial bacteria to fight the nitrates,don't it build up? Or does the lathargic state the fish are in kind of even things out?