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| Here is what I came up with ... a buddy is going to give me some comets, i am thinking I will let it run till mid week before adding. Some one on here mentioned a good mail order plants I will do a search now but let me know if anyone knows.
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| Very nice pond.... |
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| Thanks Teri was quite a bit of work and my finger prints are worn off my hands lol but I am happy with the results |
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- Posted by pashta_2006 Z4 ADK NY (pashta@aol.com) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 13:58
| I like the way you placed the rocks. How big is it? You should really enjoy it this summer! Anne |
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| not as big as I would like... but that is all the space we have to work with. I am thinking it is about 4 X 6 ish. on that note how do kio do in a small pond. or should I stick with the basic goldfish? |
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- Posted by pashta_2006 Z4 ADK NY (pashta@aol.com) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 17:20
| I know what you mean. I have a restricted space so have to keep mine small also. It is just a bit smaller than yours, 6 X 3 X 2 1/2 - 160 gallons. My understanding is that koi need LOTS of room. Way more than either of us has. I don't remember the exact formula, but what is in mind is something like 500 gallons per fish. That means I could only have about a third of a koi in mine!! haha I have a couple of adult fish - 1 comet - Ito - and 1 black volunteer who came in as an egg on a plant (don't know what she is)- Molly - who mate every summer, so there are assorted babies in there from time to time.
I was at Petsmart today and saw the baby koi and was SOOO tempted to get one, but I behaved and bought just some anacaris. Whatever you choose, they will have a lovely home! |
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| Anne you are kind how is yours filtered? also what kinds of plants have worked well for yo in the past? |
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| Nice pond. Looks like someone has been busy. I worked on mine all day today, and I am totally give out and I don't have any finger prints left either. There are several places to order plants online. Just do a search and it should pull up several. One of the places I order from is Dragonfly Aquatics. There is another one, that I ordered from and the plants were excellent, but I cannot for the life of me, remember who it was. Good luck. |
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- Posted by pondbucket 5 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 21:53
| Very nice. I really like the use of various stone sizes, the small ones coming off the walkway and then the larger ones at the water's edge. |
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- Posted by pashta_2006 Z4 ADK NY (pashta@aol.com) on Mon, Mar 29, 10 at 15:15
| I have a pondmaster pump with a prefilter attached. That has worked well for about 4 years and I love it. However, because my BF, on whose property my pond resides, dislikes algae in any form, I am thinking of adding a skippy filter or a UV light this year. I know that algae goes through blooms but he hates it with a passion. I'm hoping that the skippy filter will reduce the time. If that's doesn't work quickly enough for him I'll get a UV light. Plants: in the pond, I like the hornwort and anacaris (sp?), and floating water hyacinth and water lettuce. I have creeping jenny on the edges and in the rocks on the sides of the stream and that is perenniel and, as it grows, it will spread across the water. I also have a water lily that produces every summer in spite of my "wholesome neglect" (this is a family joke). On dry land I also have a lavender plant and a miniture rosebush that will be moved this spring (long story why I'm moving them) - the lavender is so wonderful when I brush against it. So is the mint, but I won't plant that again. Fortunately it has finally spread to an area that is not interferring with other plants Oh, I also have bloody dock to put in the stream or bog area if I get around to making one and a curly rush that hasn't done too well, but it is still alive. They are both wet-footed plants. So is lobilia which is pretty. One year I took a foam kneeling pad and cut holes in it and stuck ajuna in the holes, threw it on the water to float and they grew really well. Once they filled in and were making runner babies you couldn't even see the foam any more. I also tried this with hosta and it worked okay. If you have a boggy area, which it looks like you might from the pictures, there are many plants that will grow in this: pickerel plant, iris, cattail(watch out this can be invasive), and others.. I'm sure someone else will add to the list. The funnest (is that really a word) part of ponding is that you experiment and sometimes come up with something so weird it is fabulous!!! |
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