Pond De-Icer - My homemade system for -25F

Hello,

I built a homemade pond de-icer system to keep my fish safe during the cold winter here. (-25F).

Its now winterizing time for my pond.

I would like to share my idea in this community.

here ----- > My Homemade Pond De-Icer

Me prepared for installation:

I see in your link to your website that you have been using this since at least 2007, does it work well?

Cris Bessette wrote:I see in your link to your website that you have been using this since at least 2007, does it work well?

Hello Cris, since i use this system, all my fish are safe !

Very incredible... imagine... in last month = -43 F here.

You mention the fish being safe. Is oxygen depletion your worry ? Is there some other reason that you want open water in winter ? Have you ever calculated the cost to run the pump for a season and compared it to a winter when a pump was not run. You mentioned the extreme cold. A layer of snow insulates the water beneath the ice from the extremes above.

I've visited some pond forums. Some run pumps and heaters while others do not. These were mostly Koi collectors. Are the fish in your pond naturally from a warmer climate, or are they the same fish that have always lived through Quebec winters ?

Its not easy to me to compare my pond with another one located in the same cold temperature area... i dont know an other gardener with this same setup.

Yess the cost of the pump... its a factor to consider... buts is more cheap to smoke I never compare cost summer/winter

Layer of snow over my pond... this element change everytime... wind factor....

Same fish live in my bassin since 6-7 years.

My system working:



Instructions: De-Icer instructions