There are many different ideas on how to look after your fish in these colder temperatures but the one I use tends to be the safest for them and one that works.
When you have a frozen pond, put a medium sized pan on the stove half full of water. Bring it to the boil and then sit the pan on the ice. Do not pour the water out. After a minute or two, put the pan back on the stove and bring back to the boil. Repeat this until you have melted a hole through to the water.
Then, with a smaller pot, decant some water from the pond through the hole so that the water level drops by about half a centimetre. This acts as an insulation layer and will stop the hole freezing over again. The fish can get air and you can feed them.
Hope this helps and I will be back again soon. Nick
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