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Hello all,
I'm new to the forum and wanted to introduce myself. We built our pond about 4yrs ago and love it. We live in NY and our season is coming to an end. I was out there today and the koi were pretty deep, my
water temp is 47 degrees and dropping. I'm using an aerator this winter for the first time, it seems to be working pretty good. Well only 120 more days until spring.

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I'm in NY too. Dug my pond by hand, one shovelful at a time. It's 15'x25', 4' deep at one end, 3' in the middle, and 1' at the other end. I've got two 25' streams with a series of waterfalls in both.

During the winter, I just keep a small pump going in the pond to keep a hole in the ice, seems to work pretty good. Once or twice I may have to bust a bubble of ice that forms over the water hose during the winter, but if you're careful it can be done without harming the fish.

I did lose one koi last year, so I don't know if I got careless, or if he got caught in the shallow end.

Had a lot of string algae problems this last summer, something I've never had before.
 
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DrCase said:
i just saw your pond pics ...it looks good....
Thanks

I'm using a 1/20 hp Thomas compressor with 2 (1.5x1.5x12) diffusers I'll try to post some pics.

Jrpii
 

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