I have a friend who has a natural small
pond on his property.
It sits at a low point where a swampy / boggy area drains into, and there is no visible outlet so it probably drains via seepage.
The
pond is about 1,000 ft from the nearest running
water. It's 15 ft deep in the middle and about 30 ft across.
I was asking him about stocking this pond with fish, but he said that they die due to a lack of oxygen in the wintertime when the pond is frozen over.
So my question to the group is how would you go about making this pond capable of supporting fish?
This is in a zone 3 climate. I considered something like a
solar air pump but the average daytime temp during Jan and Feb is around -15C (5F) and pumping air that cold through the water for 8 weeks is likely to freeze the pond solid. So heating the air somehow would be necessary.
In the summer there seems to be
enough water flowing through the system, but in winter the ground is frozen so nothing flows in or out.
Thoughts? Experiences?