http://jeremybiggs.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/should-i-break-the-ice-on-my-pond-the-answers/ "If only I had found this website last year when I started my pond!” Wed, 09 May 2012 23:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://jeremybiggs.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/should-i-break-the-ice-on-my-pond-the-answers/#comment-4608 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:11:14 +0000 http://thegardenpondblog.org.uk/?p=1334#comment-4608 In the big freeze of 2010 our ponds (one about 1.5 acres and one about 0.75 acres) coped well for over 5 weeks with no holes cut in the ice. We lost a few fish but the main casualties were frogs and moorhens. The depth makes a big difference though: the deeper the pond the more chance the fish have to survive. I am told that they go into a natural, almost hibernation, state. I was amazed to see fish as small as 1.5 inches alive after the thaw.

]]> http://jeremybiggs.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/should-i-break-the-ice-on-my-pond-the-answers/#comment-129 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:51:45 +0000 http://thegardenpondblog.org.uk/?p=1334#comment-129 [...] I commented during the freeze I think that simply making holes in the ice – the thing that’s normally recommended, probably [...]

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