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				 My pond 
 Finally the ice has melted in my shaded pond and despite a total freeze over for a couple of weeks, all my guinea pigs survived, and no I didn't throw actual guinea pigs in my pond.  I normally bring in all of my fish, I winter them in my cold storage room in a horse trough.  This year I left a few in my smaller pond which holds about 1500 gallons an iis only 3 feet deep with just a pump bubbling up, all the goldfish survived.  May long weekend is when the koi go out and they can hardly wait as it has been a long winter. |