i am going to make a tropical fish pond in my backyard.i have a few things to ask.i live in a place were it gets cold in the winter.does eny one have eny idea how i could keep it from freezing i was think of making a lid of some sort but idk eny ideas.
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They make this strange device, I think its called a hee-terh. It is supposed to warm the water or something, I don't know.
Insulate this pond as much as possible or better yet, make it in ground. You will surely need a good top cover and in the winter, some very good heaters.
You will need a heater to keep the water in the 70s during the winter. This alone should prevent freezing.
Building an outdoor pond in the Northern states is a total money pit... many of us have researched it from just about every angle...
Maybe you could try building a greenhouse around it. I live in St. Louis and I've seen greenhouses made with plastic sheeting that have vegetables into december. You're still gonna have to heat it, but it should hold some warmth, and you could always take down the plastic in the summer.
Having a strong current will prevent freezing, regardless of temperature.
Keeping it warm, is a whole different issue. I have no experience with that, but would think it's gonna cost you a bomb.
Perhaps you could build the pond normally, but have an area thats indoors? maybe build a sort of shed/outdoor house. So in the colder months you can cut off the access to the main pond and keep them in the smaller "indoor" area? Hard to explain what I mean, but if a part of the pond was "Covered" with four walls and roof etc, and you could heat a selected area rather then the whole, you'd save a bomb in heating costs...
Would take time/hassle to construct, but at least your building from scratch so can incorporate it in your initial build, rather then any sort of "adding" once your ponds already running...
Keeping it warm, is a whole different issue. I have no experience with that, but would think it's gonna cost you a bomb.
Perhaps you could build the pond normally, but have an area thats indoors? maybe build a sort of shed/outdoor house. So in the colder months you can cut off the access to the main pond and keep them in the smaller "indoor" area? Hard to explain what I mean, but if a part of the pond was "Covered" with four walls and roof etc, and you could heat a selected area rather then the whole, you'd save a bomb in heating costs...
Would take time/hassle to construct, but at least your building from scratch so can incorporate it in your initial build, rather then any sort of "adding" once your ponds already running...
Good Luck, i live in west texas, in the winter it can get cold here like yesterday high was 45, i have 4 300 wat heaters in mine water temp is still at 55 ok for my koi and goldfish, but i dont think tropical would survive.repticland;1394370; said: