Is this normal? Does it have anything to do with the water expanding as it freezes? There is a heater and water circulator so it's not completely frozen but pretty close?
2007-12-04 02:24:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
It may have gotten cold enough to crack one of the recirculating pipes.
Check them for leaks.
Also it helps if you can add a bubbler/airstone with an air pump.
If the pond is deep it can take a pretty good pump to make it work, so don't buy the cheapest pump you can find and expect it to work.
Love and blessings Don
2007-12-04 02:31:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Make sure one of the hoses hasn't slipped and is pumping water out of your pond, sometimes that kind of leak is hard to see. You may have a hole in your liner, which you probably won't be able to find until spring. I would top it off, but be sure you use Aqua Safe or another brand that takes the chlorine/chloramine out of the water, that is quite a bit of water to replace. If it goes down again, you definitely have a leak.
The water level should rise slightly as it freezes, but because it won't freeze all the way to the bottom, it won't be noticeable. If your pond is at least three feet deep at some point, koi really don't need a heater unless you are in Alaska or somewhere like that. They go down to the bottom and pretty much hibernate.
My pond did evaporate some, I have a waterfall, and it went down about 4 inches, but I refilled it and the level hasn't changed since in a month.
2007-12-04 03:52:46 · answer #2 · answered by Isadora 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check your water lines first. In any case sometimes around the clamps they spring a leak or just simply crack like PVC pipe. You will lose some to evaporation and windy days can cause it as well. Check the water lines first. Then move on to the next step. Most of the time I have a leak it's because I have a break in the flexible tubing that I use and it's usually around the clamp area.
Flex tubing is more expensive but it's less apt to break as or freeze as would PVC.
Good Luck!
2007-12-04 03:34:45 · answer #3 · answered by LucySD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water expands as it freezes, so the level should be higher. You could have a small leak in your pond, or I suppose there could have been evaporation if the air was dry (but that seems unlikely).
2007-12-04 02:27:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
looks like evaporation. are there fish in still in the pond? if so you might want to bring them in for the winter. I mean once the lce layer is in place you wont be able to really see the if the water level drops too low and it might kill the fish from lack of water or over heating from the little water that is left.
2007-12-04 02:28:34 · answer #5 · answered by T L 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
water does not expand when frozen, it contracts when turning to ice. you should put more water into the koi pond to be on the safe side. but then again koi will bury themselves in the mud on the bed of the pond. they do in my daughter's pond.
2007-12-04 04:52:01 · answer #6 · answered by curly 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
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2007-12-04 09:37:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋