Garden Frog In frozen pond

[antoinetteolesen]

Not knowing where you live exactly makes it hard to answer that. 2 feet deep is very shallow for a pond - I would not be surprised if that was prone to freezing solid in most temperate countries. I would try the floating ball solution first to see if that helps (doesn't work on ponds that have thick ice on them though).

Looking at those products from a nature pond point of view, it really depends on how much they heat the water. However it seems like they only keep a small area ice-free, and if this is the case I'm all in favour of them but I advise you trial one before leaving it in there permanently.

Hi John, I live in Nashville TN., we only get a tiny amount of snow once in a great while. It has been a particularly cold winter (for us anyway... 10 degrees or so at the coldest) without warm days in between. Now it is expected to snow tonight and stay cold for a while. The top of the pond is frozen solid. I've never seen it freeze all of the way. But it's never stayed so cold so long. I'm wondering if I should go buy a heater. But I don't want to cause problems from that either. One more thing, there is a fountain that is flowing into the center of the pond that has a filter. I leave it on all year. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks! Antoinette