More info since I made the above post - my Redears (the source of my concern wrt supercooling) have come through the Winter in excellent condition. Not that they had any apparent problems before when the aerator was in deep water, but moving it to the shallows "didn't hurt." \:\)


"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling
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