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Re: [OM] Some casualties of Florida's freezing weather

Subject: Re: [OM] Some casualties of Florida's freezing weather
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:06:22 -0500
My guess is the pond does not have any deep sections.  Our pond is about 
18 inches deep in the center, and as long as it never freezes completely 
over, the goldfish (largest about 12") just hibernate for the winter.  A 
constantly running circulator prevents freezing.
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Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> The pond out behind my place here in Palmetto, Florida and some of the 
> 45 fish that didn't survive.  My rough guess on first discovering this 
> scene was that 20-30 fish had succumbed to the cold and that none had 
> survived.  The next day I did a count and was surprised to find 45 that 
> hadn't made it.  Most of the fish are about 1 foot long.  Since 
> reflections keep me from seeing into the entire pond I think there may 
> actually be about 60.  But I was surprised to find 5 live ones where the 
> day before I had seen none.  Many of the plants are also in poor 
> condition.  <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Winterset_pond/index.htm>
> 
> ps:  I got most of them but I was very frustrated by not being able to 
> completely remove the blue sky reflections from the water with my 
> polarizer in photo 2.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
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