dying cat fish Help - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T13:01:49Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/dying-cat-fish-help?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A415347&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI grew up around Cincinnati s…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-11-10:4778851:Comment:4153472012-11-10T21:43:01.537ZKylehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Kyle
<p>I grew up around Cincinnati so I know it gets cold there. My question is how deep are your tanks? I know during the winter a lot of fish with gravitate to the bottom of ponds and lakes in the deeper water because the temp doesn't change much. Shallow tanks obviously will have a problem with temp changes. I would try adding a supplemental heat source before I suspected anything actually wrong with the fish.<br></br><br></br>As to turning off the pump at night, it would help keep the water from…</p>
<p>I grew up around Cincinnati so I know it gets cold there. My question is how deep are your tanks? I know during the winter a lot of fish with gravitate to the bottom of ponds and lakes in the deeper water because the temp doesn't change much. Shallow tanks obviously will have a problem with temp changes. I would try adding a supplemental heat source before I suspected anything actually wrong with the fish.<br/><br/>As to turning off the pump at night, it would help keep the water from cooling down a bit, that's true. I'm not sure what the downside might be thought. I expect that it would simply result in a build up of solid matter in the bottom of your tanks but if your fish aren't eating as much they aren't excreting as much either.</p> Pardon me jumping in here. Re…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-11-05:4778851:Comment:4140612012-11-05T18:44:47.242ZRandyhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RandyDawson
<p>Pardon me jumping in here. Regarding temperature swings would turning the pump off at night be much help? and what would be the down side?</p>
<p>Pardon me jumping in here. Regarding temperature swings would turning the pump off at night be much help? and what would be the down side?</p> hello fellow buckeye!
as the…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-11-05:4778851:Comment:4140472012-11-05T15:50:37.854ZKeith Rowanhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KeithRowan
<p>hello fellow buckeye!</p>
<p>as the weather changes in ohio.. you'll get much bigger swings in temp in a small body of water than you will in a pond..</p>
<p>catfish can and will survive in ohio ponds, even in "frozen" ponds, as long as they have oxygen, but a pond getting to that stage is a slow change..</p>
<p>what kind of temp swings are you getting between day and night? you might need to provide some heat just to slow down the swing at night</p>
<p>how many fish/lbs in how much…</p>
<p>hello fellow buckeye!</p>
<p>as the weather changes in ohio.. you'll get much bigger swings in temp in a small body of water than you will in a pond..</p>
<p>catfish can and will survive in ohio ponds, even in "frozen" ponds, as long as they have oxygen, but a pond getting to that stage is a slow change..</p>
<p>what kind of temp swings are you getting between day and night? you might need to provide some heat just to slow down the swing at night</p>
<p>how many fish/lbs in how much water?</p>