Even though I know I should’ve probably Asked before I did it. I decided to let my pump and waterfall run all through the colder weather, was this a mistake and if so why. I do have four koi fish approximately 6 inches long living in my pond. I also pulled the pump off of the lowest part of the pond and brought it up higher a little bit.
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If your pump/waterfall/piping isn't frozen and everythings is going okay, I would say that you are probably in the clear now, and I mean as long as nothing is broken or cracked, then why would it be a mistake?
What zone are you? @callingcolleen1 runs all her pumps etc winter long and she has like -30C temperatures in winter!
all winter long the water kept flowing and the waterfall kept working even under all the ice. When the pond Thawed out about a week ago I noticed that my string algae Is still alive and well, as matter fact there seems to be like a mossy existence of it over my river rock in the bottom of the pond. I thought Algae was supposed to die off during the winter.
Maybe you had a milder than normal winter. Where are you located? Zone?
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The ice on top of a pond can magnify the sun and make the algae grow!
We always have algae that grows all winter long - generally different than the algae we see at any other time of the year.
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Just turned off the aerator and inspected my pond yesterday. I guess I've got a bunch of green string algae in there also! The water is crystal clear though.