This is a picture taken of my pond with a net. I don't like it but I love my fish, but so does the HERON. If you remember last year on my old pond I had post with cans on the top to keep the post from punching holes in the net, boy was that unsightly, but it worked. Now I really don't notice it from a distance. Show us pictures of how you have done yours, so maybe others can get ideas. Glenda

Through the ring there's a line & the umbrella palm looks like it has something on it.

Looks good, I like your pond.

I need to find me some net for the fall & spring.

I don't have a net or anything. Other than putting my pond under the tree, I've just put hiding places in for the fishes. I showed it in my other thread, but I'll put it here too.

There's a strip of liner along the top right side (second photo), that comes down into the pond around six inches or so. I've found it to be a very effective hiding place for my fish if predators come calling, and it's not very noticable at all.
On the deeper side, there is a straight drop down into the pond and on the shallow side, where the plant shelves sit, is a steep bank of rocks (bottom photo). Any land predators would fall straight in if they tried to go fishing in it.
So far so good!
I thought my fish had been eaten yesterday, but they were hiding somewhere.

It is a nice place to eat and watch the fish.

Thanks for starting this Glenda (I can only tell a net is there by the line and the plant too), and thank you others for sharing!

There are so many wonderful ideas and so many things to add to my "want List". What an insiration y'all are! vmckague-I love the variety of plants with all the different colors and textures. Way To Go! Everyone! Thank You! Kathy High in the Swiss Alps of Texas

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We had a planter that was really lame as a planter, so we turned it into a pond. It's a million times better as a pond than it ever was as a planter.

And the crew:

I like that the screening is barely noticeable - Is it shade cloth?

Our pond came with the house when we bought it last fall and I can't believe just how much I'm really enjoying just messing around with it!

LP

My first pond...starter pond of 90 gallons. Every year I add more plants around it as I figure out what is going to fill in. This is where the babies are growing!

This pond I just put in this spring, it's 130 gallons. I am so envious of all the huge and beautiful pond photos that are posted above!! I didn't plant much around the new pond so I could see how large my new hostas will grow in next year...didn't want to deal with overcrowding, plus I have been working on other garden projects. It's been quite a learning experience as this pond is in the shade almost the entire day. I love sitting on my screened in porch and listen to the water...such a stress free environment. Other shade plant variety suggestions (I have poor sandy soil) would be great!!

I moved house 9 months ago and i miss my pond terribly (pics below) but this thread has inspired me to start again.

Here's The Pond Lounge. We finally got all three falls going. Behind the falls is the settling pond, fed by a 4-inch siphon going through the wall.

Lovely pond!

Hopfully the link works, attached is my pond ACTIVELY under construction.
JJ

Here's mine...


...still a work in progress 3 years later. No net needed yet (fingers crossed)! The heron decoy was a gift from my neighbor.

This little hole held water and a beautiful Colorado Lily when we bought this place last year in a drought. After seeing that the Goldfish were Happy (place was deserted the two years prier)we turned our attentions on the Lily Pond. Thanks to everyone's help and sharing of ideas it's become the highlight of our day. Now we are getting ready to add the excess of Baby Goldfish. I've found many of the plants needed for the shadey area thanks to your advices and inspirations. Happy Ponding Everyone. I LOVE SEEING WHAT YOU'VE ALL ACCOMPLISHED. Kathy

Another angle. Since these pictures I've managed to find many plants to add. Seems like everyday is an improvement. We were even given a pump, tank, and underwater lights. I don't want to overdo it. I want it Natual and Serene. Keep your ideas comeing. Ponding never ends. ENJOY ! Kathy

This is the upper pond with stream & waterfall.

I'll be posting a picture of my own pond after I get the renovations completed. We had a bit of a stumbling block with the stream to overcome, but I'm hopeful that it will soon be resolved.

Great looking pond! Love the landscaping and all the colors.

Sysock,

That's a lot of fish in that pond! How are they all doing?

Glenda,
thanks, It's a small pond only 170 gals or so. I have 5 fantail goldies and one regular red and white that showed up from an egg on some plant so far they all seem to be male and I'm happy about that don't want too many! My hardy water lilies and one type of rush survived the winter at the bottom of the pond and are already hitting surface. We get frost here until memorial day so I'm hoping they'll be OK. I'll have a chance to use the shop vac and clean out the bottom this coming weekend. It is so crystal clear right now I hate to disturb it, but there is a layer of maple leaves that'll smell horrible in a week or so I'm sure! No frog eggs yet so I'm still safe to vacum. The fish are still in the stock tank in the basement, I've gotta get some coverage on the pond before I put them out. Yep we've got Great blues here too, and since I'm in a city...no hunting! LOL

And my favorite koi kid, Bandit:

Your lily ponds are great. The big one will be fantastic when the lilies get growing and the small one is adorable.

Anne

When you're pasting, does the code show up? Or do you see the pasted code, but then no photo?

Hope to see your pond soon. :-)

Sherry

I'm sorry about your husband. It must have been so comforting to him to have the pond.

Anne

Glad2garden, So sorry to hear about your husband. I can relate somewhat as have had lots of cancer in my family. Glad he could enjoy the pond, bet the fishes miss him and his overfeeding. After my mother-in-law passed away I got some of her Amarilla plants back that I had given her. The next Thanksgiving I had one bloom outside and it was like she was saying "Here I am" because it was not the normal time for them to bloom And the same thing with another plant our daughter-in-law had from her mothers funeral, a gardenia, it bloomed outside at Christmastime. I told her it was her mothers way of letting her know she was ok. And she was comforted by it. So watch for them and I'm sure you will see some of the same signs. Glenda

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Water temp is in the 50s; these were all taken in the last month or so.

I know I have a pond under there somewhere. Below 0 temp.s and the most snow we've seen in years. Can't wait till spring!!! You can barely tell where the vent hole was.

You can see the vent hole here. We put the stock tank heater in to get a vent hole.

Warmer times. Hard to believe that this is under all of that snow. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!...and more snow is to be coming.

Thanks for sharing all your photos, they were an inspriation!

Any tips about how you did your rocks would be so helpful (with the "steps", I mean). Did you attach your rocks with anything like cement or foam, or is that waterfall "au natural"?

And why did you put 20 lbs of lava rock inside your falls?

I have some "biofoam" stuff I bought to filter the water.

BEAUTIFUL job you did there! (love everyone's!)

Liz

Because all these gorgeous pictures are eye-candy for a newbie like me :-D

Take care,
Hanne in Denmark