Goldfish in an ice-covered pond. Photograph: marstheinfomage/Flickr/Some rights reserved
Anne Beyer emailed us to ask:
Re: your clippings column of October 25, preparing for frost. You said about removing pumps from ponds but I have fish in mine now and the man in the fish shop said I should keep the pump going all winter to keep the surface melted and oxygenate for the fish. What should I do?
This is a useful query to return to given the icy weather we've been experiencing in the UK. What do you think? Are there better ways of preventing a frozen surface? Has your pump ever frozen solid and survived to tell the tale? Please share your aquatic advice below.
