One question for you are fish getting less hardy what I ask this is when I was a young lad my dad had a pond and we had freezing weather for about 8 weeks even the sea on the beaches froze we could walk on the local Broad we had about 8 inches of ice on our pond and in the spring when it had all melted we didn’t lose any of the fish
Thank you for watching. The fish in your pond when you were young may have been hardier due to selective pressures or the way they were bred. Nowadays, many ornamental fish, like those bred for home ponds, might not be as resilient, so carrying out a few jobs before the cold snaps to help your fish can certainly help. And in our experience, it's worth doing the things discussed in this video as we head towards the winter season. Hope this helps.
I’m confused 10 degrees Fahrenheit, or Celsius I was under the impression that after the water truck forgets down to 39 we’re not supposed to feed anymore?
Hi, thanks for watching! In the video, we refer to 10 degrees Celsius. This is the ideal temperature where we would recommend to stop feeding fish or at least begin to slow down the feeds as we move into the colder months. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
A note on herons, we moved in on their land and bulldozed their ecosystem. If we build wildlife ponds, we should expect wildlife to visit them, including herons. My suggestion is to build a deeper pond so fish can swing lower and hide from herons, or, stock the pond with fish for the herons to eat. We want resilient, biodiverse ecosystems, not pretty water features for humans to hoard more and more of the natural world for ourselves.
Hi, thanks for watching! Heron's are quite territorial so if they see another one at a pond, this will deter them. We'd still recommend having a net over the pond as the first priority. Sometimes, fake heron's don't always work so this gives you the protection for your fish. It's certainly still worth having one though as anything you can do to deter them, the better!
I’m surprised you’re showing the pump at the bottom of the pond, I thought this was a BIG NO, NO, incase the water escapes, the fish will have nowhere safe. This has happened to me a few times, fortunately I keep mine on one of the ledges.
Hi, thanks for watching. We show in the video to lift the pump of the ground during the colder months. This is to prevent any warm water being removed from the pond and being replenished with cold water. You're fine to leave the pump at the bottom of the pond for the rest of the year though! Feel free to get in touch with us if you require any further information regarding this. You can email us at info@envii.co.uk
I have my pump on a ledge the year round, it stops a lot of the sludge being sucked into the filter and clogging them up I clean the filters monthly, and clean the pond out every year, trim back all the plants, cut the roots back Usually about November
Very helpful, thank you! This will be the first winter for our fish.
Nice easy to understand video, thank you
Another great informative video!
Great video guys, they really help. Cant wait to use the winter pond treatment!
Thanks for watching! Feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions regarding our Winter Pond Treatment or you're pond in general.
Really good video, very informative thank you!
Great video mate very informative
Thanks for watching, we really appreciate it!
One question for you are fish getting less hardy what I ask this is when I was a young lad my dad had a pond and we had freezing weather for about 8 weeks even the sea on the beaches froze we could walk on the local Broad we had about 8 inches of ice on our pond and in the spring when it had all melted we didn’t lose any of the fish
Thank you for watching. The fish in your pond when you were young may have been hardier due to selective pressures or the way they were bred. Nowadays, many ornamental fish, like those bred for home ponds, might not be as resilient, so carrying out a few jobs before the cold snaps to help your fish can certainly help. And in our experience, it's worth doing the things discussed in this video as we head towards the winter season. Hope this helps.
Depends on if pond is in or above ground, also how deep the pond is.
I’m confused 10 degrees Fahrenheit, or Celsius I was under the impression that after the water truck forgets down to 39 we’re not supposed to feed anymore?
Hi, thanks for watching!
In the video, we refer to 10 degrees Celsius. This is the ideal temperature where we would recommend to stop feeding fish or at least begin to slow down the feeds as we move into the colder months.
Please let us know if you have any further questions.
A note on herons, we moved in on their land and bulldozed their ecosystem. If we build wildlife ponds, we should expect wildlife to visit them, including herons. My suggestion is to build a deeper pond so fish can swing lower and hide from herons, or, stock the pond with fish for the herons to eat. We want resilient, biodiverse ecosystems, not pretty water features for humans to hoard more and more of the natural world for ourselves.
Is it worth getting a fake heron next to the pond?
Hi, thanks for watching! Heron's are quite territorial so if they see another one at a pond, this will deter them. We'd still recommend having a net over the pond as the first priority. Sometimes, fake heron's don't always work so this gives you the protection for your fish. It's certainly still worth having one though as anything you can do to deter them, the better!
@@enviipond thanks, my pond has a net over it, I have a figure 8 pond😊
I’m surprised you’re showing the pump at the bottom of the pond, I thought this was a BIG NO, NO, incase the water escapes, the fish will have nowhere safe. This has happened to me a few times, fortunately I keep mine on one of the ledges.
Hi, thanks for watching. We show in the video to lift the pump of the ground during the colder months. This is to prevent any warm water being removed from the pond and being replenished with cold water. You're fine to leave the pump at the bottom of the pond for the rest of the year though!
Feel free to get in touch with us if you require any further information regarding this. You can email us at info@envii.co.uk
I have my pump on a ledge the year round, it stops a lot of the sludge being sucked into the filter and clogging them up
I clean the filters monthly, and clean the pond out every year, trim back all the plants, cut the roots back
Usually about November
You didn't talk about how to cook and eat them.