Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Project

Looks like a Corona conversion machine. After it has been processed by the kidneys, this thang holds it for further processing for the garden.

the stick, we have ways of exerting pressure on you also, so don't think you are immune if you try and withold valid info.

Oh Oh OH,the coax,the giveaway.Its underwater TV so the bass can sit in front of the tube and get fat eating junkfood

What freq you sending down the coax? Will that really keep the water from freezing?

Oxygen sensor? So you can see if that 9.5lbs bass will live to see 10?

You have most of the answer, so I am going to let the rest of Furhead Wheelchock out of the bag, er ICM.

YSI's EcoSense DO200(Dissolved oxygen/temperature meter) requires calibration close to the temperature of the sample for maximum accuracy.

The probe goes into the evacuation stack. The stack is filled with ice and capped. After about an hour the probe stabilizes at 35 F degrees.

You may be wondering why such a low calibration temperature? We will be monitoring the D.O. and temperature under the ice of Bremer Pond during the ice cover period of winter. The water temperature should be in the 32 to 42 degree range for most of the winter (we think).

You may also ask, “why not just put the probe in a bowl of ice to calibrate it?” There are a some “real” reasons, with the over riding factor being; how much fun would that be?

Today is the first day with ice on the pond. It probably will be gone by this afternoon with high winds and temps in the 40s. The battle is slowly being lost, however.....

So you're saying no cable TV for the bass? How are they supposed to watch "I love Lucy" reruns?

Jeff, I don't want them expending energy watching TV!

Dwight you might want to check this thread and update the info the with yours.

http://www.pondboss.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=32249&fpart=1

ewest, Doctor W. and I are working on this together, so the update may even appear in print at some point.

You mean he did not offer one of those fancy full time self reading and reporting DO/temp wi-fi units ?

ewest, I am in training.....

Sorry, Ewest -- technology often is cash limited. Dwight is a surrogate for the grad students. Oops, maybe I shouldn't have said that. Not sure that Dwight knew that tidbit. If I had to do the measurements myself, then we'd really be looking for the fully automated, satellite-uplink, gee-whiz type of technology.

Seriously, our purpose here will be interesting -- wondering whether the winter temperature and oxygen dynamics will be different than "expected" (e.g., different from a hill pond) because the sand/gravel pit has the ground water movement through it. Hopefully, we can get a Pond Boss story out of Dwight's labor.

This is my non-automated data acquisition sheet. I still have to buy a pencil.

Im bored with I Love Lucy anyway.

Ya know, I bet you really don't own a graphite writing stick.

Dave, I have the flat carpenter type, but no round ones. I am Sanford Uni-ball Micro 24/7 for writing and Sharpie for signing autographs.

Come on, Dwight! You're a mountain man. Use blood, not lead.

...and it's still like new; must be a real soft touch

Brettski, I have 8 different colors of Sharpies. Please request the color that you want when sending articles to me for to autograph.

I bored a hole in the ice yesterday afternoon. The ice is 2 inches thick. If it stays in the 20s at night I may be able to start monitoring next Saturday.

Dave,

Thanks to your harangue, I went out and bought myself a 10-pack on #2 Charles Leonard pencils (99 cents). Then I drug out the old pencil sharpener from the "valuable stuff that your can't throw away storage bin(OK, then, the basement)" and put a nice point on all 10 of them.

The feel of a quality #2 pencil on paper had been lost to me for many years. It is a far more pleasant writing instrument than any mechanical pen. I am now using #2s for everything except signatures on legal documents.

I still use the Sharpies for autographs though. People want their autographs to last!

#2's suffice for all my pencil needs, except for carpenter pencils sometimes used for their intended purpose (they last much longer in pants pockets without breaking). I cannot use mechanical pencils, as I press too hard for them. I have never had a mechanical pencil last longer than 3 days before breaking into many small pieces.

Yep, I have a lot of mechanical pencils. I press down too hard, then back off and then go get a #2 and pull out my Big Chief tablet.