{"id":772,"date":"2025-11-03T08:12:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/?p=772"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:12:58","slug":"how-to-keep-your-fish-safe-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/how-to-keep-your-fish-safe-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Keep Your Fish Safe This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The first thing to note is that pond heaters and pond de-icers&nbsp;are the same thing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px\">That\u2019s right. Two different names, but it\u2019s the same product and it achieves the same outcomes. So, whether you buy a pond heater or pond de-icer, you will be getting a product that is designed to keep your pond from completely freezing over in frigid temperatures. The choice you must make is whether to purchase one that is submerged or floating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><br>*<\/strong> <strong>Floating pond heater\/de-icer<\/strong>: located on the surface of your pond, these floating pond heaters\/deicers use heat to keep an area of your pond\u2019s surface open during the winter. In addition, they are temperature-programmed, so they only run when the water temperatures hit a certain point. Floating pond heaters\/de-icers won\u2019t keep your entire pond surface free from ice, but they will create a big enough hole for the exchange of gases to occur.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pond-heater.jpg\" alt=\"pond heater\/ deicer\" class=\"wp-image-842\" style=\"width:406px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pond-heater.jpg 288w, https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pond-heater-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pond-heater-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pond-heaters-deicers.jpg\" alt=\"submerged pond heater \/ deicer\" class=\"wp-image-843\" style=\"width:406px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pond-heaters-deicers.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pond-heaters-deicers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pond-heaters-deicers-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>* Submerged pond heater\/de-icer<\/strong>: these placed in the bottom of your pond and are used to heat the water at your pond\u2019s lowest point. These are most beneficial in ponds less than 18 inches deep, because they will give your fish enough warmth to prevent them from freezing to death. You\u2019ll want to monitor your pond\u2019s surface closely, though, because a submerged heater can\u2019t guarantee that it will generate enough heat to keep the surface of the pond from freezing over. If you notice that it isn\u2019t doing enough on its own, you may need to purchase a floating version as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>Shop Pond Heaters \/ Deicers at <a href=\"https:\/\/tricker.com\/Category\/water-garden-supplies\/fall-winter-pond-supplies\/pond-heaters-deicers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tricker.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learn-something","category-maintenance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1027,"href":"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions\/1027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tricker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}