Habitat - Outdoor :: Outdoor Preformed Ponds

[Brianthedog18]

I currently live in CT and am attending college. Eventually, although not in the near future because I will graduate in 2 years and maybe have a house in 4 or 5 (hopefully) I might want to consider housing my res, Leo in an outdoor pond.

My question is, is this possible in a cold climate like Connecticut? In the winter it can get rather cold, and there is usually a fair amount of snow. Is there a way to protect the pond from this inclimate weather or would I have to bring the turtle(s) (if i get more by then) inside for those months?

Thanks guys,

Brian

[missibsu]

Unless you want to work on heating that pond, bringing him in is about the only option. If it gets too cold they will hibernate and a lot of people have had a hard time bringing their RES out of hibernation...from what I hear. I wouldn't risk it. I live in Ohio, and want a pond too. I'm considering an indoor pond...the boyfriend has plans to add an addition on to the house, like a sun room, but with a natural floor and easy drainage to the outside. Sounds good, but I don't know how he's going to do it.

[Brianthedog18]

Neat idea, although this is all specualation because I won't have a house for a long time, but it's fun to imagine lol

[Andrew7769]

yea lol i live in CT 2 and this climate is more suited 2 native turts like painters and others though they still hibernate i think you would have 2 bring them in although me and my dad were daydreaming about digging a pond and stocking it with bass lol my friend did that since his dad worked in construction and he brought in a HUGE excavator and dug down like 20ft and they put in a pump and stocked it and stuff now they have like 7pound bass and the bass are still reproducing lol i still want him 2 take me fishing there

[marisa]

A RES I would bring in for the winter. If the pond were suitable for hibernating in and I knew what I was doing, I'd consider letting an adult eastern painted hibernate in it, since they're native to the area.

[Brianthedog18]

Well, as far as I can tell, since again this is all just for fun to imagine until I actually get a house with a yard, I may one day build a pond.

What I'll probably do is, once I'm more experienced, get one or two more res, quarantine them and then try to introduce them all in the pond, bringing them in every winter. It will be very large, so hopefully they'll all get along, but I'll have my spare 20 gal if they don't (as a temp of course).

It's just really cool to think of having a pond in my back yard with 2 or 3 res living in it every spring/summer!

[marisa]

When you do create a pond, be sure to show us how it turned out.