... that were in the little pond, as well as everything else.
It's just my moms old Koi pond that's only a couple feet deep and not very big.
Had a number of day's with lows below 20°F and recirculating about 35 GPM thru the sump and splashing it back in over rocks at the waterfall. With the snow and rain, the level was pretty close to the brim of the little pond. No ice at all, and there is a clockwise flow.
Texted esshup and he thinks it just got too cold for them and they gave up their ghost.
Temp is probably the culprit because they were scooting around fine before it got that cold. I know they were fine when water temps were in the low 40's, but with water recirculating and splashing, shallow pond, and temps that low...
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
Had some nicely growing GSH that surprised me, and other unidentified bait fish. No survivors. Could have been some FHM as well, but not sure what the little ones were.
Lowest air temp I know of was 16°F, and lows were well under freezing for quite some time. Recirculating the water probably cooled the ground off, so that could have diminished the BTU input from that source.