What does your pond look like ... Today?

[JBtheExplorer]

Probably should've put the net on today. Maybe tomorrow.

 

[Troutredds]

Happy Halloween!

 

[SherrysPond]

Troutredds, you have the most gorgeous pond and landscaping!!! That's my dream pond......do you have a bog or no? The water is crystal clear.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

 

[SherrysPond]

The weather got below freezing here last night.......ice crystals all over the netting where the water from the waterfall goes through, and frost on the grass. Poor fishies

 

[Troutredds]

Troutredds, you have the most gorgeous pond and landscaping!!! That's my dream pond......do you have a bog or no? The water is crystal clear.

Thank you! No bog filter, just a high flow rate and a lot of filtration.

 

[Phaewryn]

We Vermonters love us some fall! This all happened overnight. It was 100% freshly cleaned and crystal clear yesterday.

 

[j.w]

Looks like our leaves too, all over the ground now!

 

[Phaewryn]

Looks like our leaves too, all over the ground now!

They are harmless, I've been skimming them out daily for weeks, and no impact on the water quality that I nor the fish have noticed. I do have a big bag of carbon in the mechanical filter box to remove the tannins as acorns have been a problem all summer.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

A couple shots of the pond this morning.

 

[Troutredds]

A couple shots of the pond this morning.

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I’m sorry the snow is flying early for you this year but your pics are beautiful.

 

[Phaewryn]

Today, before and after:

Major wind last night and all day today. I had a fantastic walk/run last night from 11pm-midnight with the storm rolling in. It was just fantastic out, light warm mist, about 70 degrees - I didn't want to come in but 3 miles over 45 minutes with 301 feet of elevation change (it's Vermont, lol) is about all I'm fit to do these days no matter how nice it is outside. Today I woke up when the power went out and back on and made the microwave beep, and it was definately a cold front rolling in, as it's 45 now, but the water in the pond is nice and toasty. I decided to cover it to prevent some of this leaf problem and hold in the temperature a bit, so I threw an old storm window over it. Now just hoping no branches come down and break the glass into the pond. It's mostly leaves and the occasional acorn. I've not taken a single branch out of it yet, so it'll probably be fine. Acorns are hopefully all down now too.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I put the net on last week. Still gotta replace the pump with the breather. Trying to wait as long as I can. I heard there's a warming trend expected toward the end of the month, so I'm hoping I'll be able to wait that long.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Snowy pond, again!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Probably should've put the Pond Breather in knowing how cold it was going to be today. There's still a hole. I'm sure the bog is frozen solid.

 

[sissy]

barren and cold 20 degrees at night and 50's during the day in just a couple of days

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[JBtheExplorer]

Well, today is a sad day. Pump is off, breather is in and running. The end of my 2019 pond season; my sixth season with this pond. Net will come off soon, I hope. A lot of dead leaves on the trees that just wont fall.

 

[j.w]

All your beautiful snow is gone @JBtheExplorer
I'm sure you haven't seen the last of it tho

 

[JBtheExplorer]

All your beautiful snow is gone @JBtheExplorer
I'm sure you haven't seen the last of it tho

Hopefully none any time soon, but I'd like a decent snowfall around Christmas. Our Christmases haven't been very snowy in recent years.

 

[BKHpondcritters]

What does my pond look like today? A whole lot like the forest floor....

Guess I know what I'll be doing this afternoon - scooping leaves!