Protect Your Backyard Pond With A Floating Pond Heater

Make no mistake about it, winter is coming on usand heater in the event your backyard pond
quickly. Aside from the usual yard work we all doalready has ice formed over the top. You can
in preparing for the cold weather, if you have aplace the floating pond heater on top of the ice
backyard pond, are you ready for the freezingand it will melt a hole all the way through,
temperatures? What are you doing to make lifeeventually melting all the ice on the pond's surface.
easier for your fish?Keeping up with your backyard pond can be a bit
A floating pond heater can make any backyardtime consuming, especially in prepping it for the
pond a paradise no matter what time of year it is.long winter months. You'll need to place wire mesh
There is something about having a backyard pond.over the top of your pond to keep leaves out if
The peace and comfort it brings is often timesthat is an issue where you live. Later, you can
hard to describe. But, for many folks, they don'tactually lay down 1/4" plywood on your pond to
feel they can still enjoy a pond if they live in aaid in keeping it warm.
cold weather climate. Nothing could be furtherWhen the weather really starts to get cold you
from the truth.can install your floating pond heater. Make sure
The good news is that a floating pond heater canyou shut off the pump during the winter. Leaving
not only keep your pond looking healthier, but itit on will actually do more harm than good by
will make your fish feel great also.lowering the ponds temperature. It may also
Pond heaters only come in two models, awork against your fish.
submerged pond heater, and a floating pondThe last thing to keep in mind with a floating pond
heater. A floating pond heater will use electricity,heater is its power source. Depending on the type
oil, or natural gas for its power source. In addition,of floating pond heater you have, you may need
you can even find a solar pond heater. A floatingto have a generator handy in case of any power
pond heater uses very little energy and is actuallyoutage from a winter storm.
designed not to heat the water, but rather toNo matter where you live you can enjoy that
prevent ice from forming.backyard pond throughout the year with a floating
A floating pond heater can act as a pond deicerpond heater.