My pond build from this past summer

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
:WHOA:Wow i like the upgrade!!!! nice job.
 
that is amazingly beatiful
 
mp3coupe;2807056; said:
As for a heater, I'm either at or below frost depth. I leave an air pump running all winter to keep a hole in the ice. So far it hasn't been a problem. I'm in NJ so it does get pretty cold.
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what kind of air pump are you running? How is it when it snows? I am using a 250w stock tank heater right now but an air pump sounds like it uses less wattage
 
Nicely done, I was thinking to start off with, way over stocked, my bad it was the before picture. Good job, you should be very proud of yourself, sit bacl relax and enjoy the hard work
 
Thanks everyone for the nice comments :)
freeskier;2833755; said:
what kind of air pump are you running? How is it when it snows? I am using a 250w stock tank heater right now but an air pump sounds like it uses less wattage
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I'm running a dolphin AV-50 air pump, the cheapest place I found it at was here http://www.kensfish.com/largeairpumps.html [FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]$73.95
[/FONT]It consumes 40 watts. The directions says not to be used below freezing but I have not had a problem. I asked many that have used it in the winters and they assured me no problems. I do have it under the decking to keep the elements off it and wind chill. I used pvc pipe from the outlet of the pump to only 6 inches below the water surface. I didn't want to go down too far due to churning the warmer water from down below.

This is what it would cost me to run a 250w heater per month(31 day billing cycle). I'm sure a tank heater wouldn't shut off at all - raising temps high enough to kick it off.
31.62 a month for a heater
5.05 a month for the airpump
126.48 for 4 months using a heater
vs
20.50 for 4 months using an airpump.

I'm currently paying close to .17 a kw, that includes delivery charge :eek::eek:
 
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