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Thread: The Daily pond temp thread
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21-02-2021, 09:45 PM #9181
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21-02-2021, 10:37 PM #9182________________________________________________
All we ever wanted was everything,
All we ever got was cold,
Get up, eat jelly, sandwich bars and barbed wire,
Squash every week into a day.
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21-02-2021, 10:42 PM #9183Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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21-02-2021, 10:57 PM #9184
Up to 9.4 today without additional heat. Heater hasn't been on all week.
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21-02-2021, 10:58 PM #9185Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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22-02-2021, 12:44 AM #9186
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22-02-2021, 08:54 AM #9187
Water temp in the Eazy Pod is higher than the shed temperature it's 8.8 this morning and the shed is slightly lower at about 8 I think.
Looks like running the heater 30 mins on and off maybe working?________________________________________________
All we ever wanted was everything,
All we ever got was cold,
Get up, eat jelly, sandwich bars and barbed wire,
Squash every week into a day.
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22-02-2021, 10:40 AM #9188
9.am air temp 7.6c Pond temp 7.9c
Fish wanting food again so guess it is time to put my higher flow pump back on seeing as the pond is waking back up. Only highs of 8c forecast today though and down to 5c tonight.. meant to be milder again tomorrow though.
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22-02-2021, 01:14 PM #9189
7.6 this morning, I expect it to creep up again today, hopefully over 8 from today onward with the good temps forecasted for the next week or two. Knowing how unpredictable the weather is here we will probably get to mid march and have another beast from the east plummet us back into the minus temps for another month
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22-02-2021, 07:35 PM #9190
10c yesterday and today, so chucked in a small amount of wheatgerm. They wolfed it down!
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22-02-2021, 08:04 PM #9191
Snuck over 8 earlier when I checked but had a bit of rain so I would imagine it will have not got much if any warmer.
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22-02-2021, 11:11 PM #9192
Pond now at 11.8C this warmer weather is doing the trick
heater been off since last sunday still putting covers on nightly and removing in morning, 0700hrs this morning bet neighbours think I am mad
only feeding every other day cos feel guilty as they swimming about so much lol
want to give them a chance to use excess body mass as several are quite large and want them to diet before spring and full feed ie protein foods
currently on flake and wheatgerm . . flake is more for the smaller fish . . year before last offspring as pellets are too big if they take they keep in mouth but cant digest they let them out as they open mouth and bigger fish nabs it1000 gal
2 x Hozelock 6000ltr 9W UV
Allpond Spin Filter 8000 11W UV
Blagdon pond oxy 640 ltr/hr
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23-02-2021, 10:57 AM #9193
Cooler last night with a stiff breeze .. pond had made it to 8.3c by tea time yesterday, down to 7.5c this morning though with air temp at 7c.
Anyway, bigger pump is back on and air also on full time ready for spring. Added clay yesterday for the first time this year and will do again in a couple of days, then maybe once a week through spring and summer.
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23-02-2021, 12:20 PM #9194
8.1 in mine at the moment, I may start to add clay again soon too which might help knock the blanket weed a little and take the bits down the bottom drain but we shall see.
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23-02-2021, 12:35 PM #9195
I'm a recent convert to clay, not sure how good it is with algae but they reckon it helps, the reason I started using it was a year or so ago I was doing some jobs around the pond edge. My garden is pretty much just clay as soon as you put a spade in the ground, and unintentionally I managed to put a healthy dose of my garden clay in the pond .. when it cleared a few days later my water was better than I'd ever seen it, the fish were ravenous, and they had a vibrancy about their colour they had never had before.
I use the proper koi stuff now of course, and it does seem to replicate to some extent the results of my gardening accident, albeit not quite as good but then to replicate it I'd need to put in a shovel full at a time which would be awfully expensive.
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23-02-2021, 12:40 PM #9196
Sod the garden, get the fish that good clay! I know what you mean though, I didn't notice a huge appetite increase with my fish after the NT labs clay I have currently but the water looked much clearer and seemed to make them more vibrant, I just hate not being able to see them clearly whilst it clears which can take a few days in my pond
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23-02-2021, 12:55 PM #9197
Only used a couple times last year but have some on order ready for this year.. Thought about dosing the grow on ready for the fry aswell but don't know if it's still OK to use on fry can't see why not like or if it can be mixed with salt
Sent from my F5121 using TapatalkFreddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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23-02-2021, 01:23 PM #9198
I don't think there would be any problem with Fry AJ, if anything its giving them a more natural environment surely. I think the only issue would be observing the fry in the cloudy water when it first goes in, wouldn't concern me overly much. Not sure re salt but again can't see any reason it would be a problem personally.
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23-02-2021, 02:09 PM #9199
I've been using clay every week since around September of last year. Something I have noticed, is that when using the recommended dose the Tosai don't seem to like it. I can't be sure of course but I suspect there is discomfort for them in the gills. Over the winter, I've continued to dose weekly but a reduced dose (approx 2/3rds) and have not noticed any of the Tosai looking stressed and they certainly seem to have a good appetite.
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23-02-2021, 02:50 PM #9200
That's interesting, never noticed anything adverse with my fish but then everybodies seem different, what dose rate does yours give? The stuff I have states to dose at 1 level tablespoon (15g) per 4000 ltrs once or twice a week, it would be 3 level table spoons for my pond but it seems so little I tend to get a bit generous with the spoon level.
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