Guess I didn't get the leaves cleaned out of my pond well enough this year. We've had near-zero(F) degree weather the past couple days, and I noticed this morning that my pump had stopped. The heater kept things from freezing up inside the pond, but the pump lines back to the filter have frozen solid. I was able to get the pump spun up again, and it cleared out the rest of the debris in a couple minutes, but it wasn't able to push any warmer water through the lines to get things flowing again...
Fortunately we are expecting mid-40's again for a few days starting Thursday, so hopefully I can get the pump running again and keep my fish happy through the Winter. This is the first time I've had the pump unintentionally stop during cold weather, so now I'm trying to figure out how to rework the pipes next Summer to better protect against freezing.
Fortunately we are expecting mid-40's again for a few days starting Thursday, so hopefully I can get the pump running again and keep my fish happy through the Winter. This is the first time I've had the pump unintentionally stop during cold weather, so now I'm trying to figure out how to rework the pipes next Summer to better protect against freezing.