Originally Posted By: Dwight
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Nice - those DO's are improving. Any clear ice ?

The ice pack is 22 inches thick of clear ice with three inches of white ice on top. On top of all that is 6-16 inches of hard snow. The open area the circulator provides is currently the only place where sun light can penetrate. That open area is probably about 2-3 percent of the pond surface area.

Even though very little direct sunlight can enter the pond I believe that the clear water allows significant refracted light to penetrate. That must be enough light or the D.O. would be considerably lower.


Dang! That is a bunch of ice! I'd love to see that, although on my small pond, that would mean in many areas there'd be no water below it! Hope you get warm weather soon!

Todd La Neve

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