#195676 - 03/25/08 11:56 AM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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loz
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 Thanks.....I'll have to look for a UV sterilizer.....I have spring/fall food pellets that I use when I first start feeding them again....Can't wait for the pond area to wake back up for the year. I've missed it so much.
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#195715 - 03/25/08 04:46 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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loz
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I have cleaned a zillion leaves from the pond the past few weeks.....they just keep floating to the surface more and more.
I did buy a pond net in the fall, and it worked great, except I had to take it off not long into fall----the mosquito fish were getting stuck in it and I couldn't stand seeing them die....hence, the leaves in the pond. Next year I hope to have Mark help me pull it tight over and anchor it down instead of floating it on top.
Lynne, you really think it will be months????? I know you are further up than me but goldfish are cold water fish.....and with your pond being in the sun the water will probably warm up fast.
Is it pretty green right now?
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#195755 - 03/25/08 06:26 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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Mine was murky, now it's just VERY green! 
I was thinking, if you got a pond heater would you be able to leave the fish in the pond next winter? It's so nice having them out there and not having a gross fishtank.
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#195765 - 03/25/08 07:04 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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#195779 - 03/25/08 07:59 PM
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#197136 - 03/30/08 09:59 AM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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loz
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Oh wow Jiffy, that would be so great!  My pond was lacking in plants last year....when I went to buy water plants I still had a small pond---well in the big pond it just wasn't enough.
Water Hyacinths are $5 each here for a little, tiny clump of them---so anything you send will be a big help to me this year! Pond plants kill my plant budget.
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#197208 - 03/30/08 01:20 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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#197224 - 03/30/08 02:28 PM
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loz
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I'll be doing more digging myself Lynne.  I've come to the conclusion that the rear of the pond needs a retaining wall, and then filled up and in with soil......bringing the back of the pond to the same height as the front....See it was built on a slope and Mark threw the sod to the back wall of the pond to level it out to the front of the pond.
I was telling Mark if we do that we should have a waterfall coming down in the middle of the back. 
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#197265 - 03/30/08 04:04 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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#197276 - 03/30/08 04:27 PM
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#197287 - 03/30/08 04:36 PM
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#198927 - 04/04/08 02:21 PM
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Lynne I have actual Mosquito Fish....Gambusia Affinis.....The fish you will be getting, from what I read, lay eggs----true mosquito fish have live babies. They look similar though. It's interesting that they are calling the fat head minnows, mosquito fish. The fat heads though are really good for eating mosquito larvae though. 
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#198929 - 04/04/08 02:23 PM
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#198946 - 04/04/08 06:25 PM
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loz
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Oh yeah, they will eat the larvae good! I hope that the fish fry doesn't get eaten up too bad though.....you know, I have tons of mosquito fish in my pond each summer but I just let them be.....they are so little really and are no problem....in the fall I catch some for in my fishtank inside....I thought I'd caught them all, but obviously not since I still have about 30 left in there.
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for Cindy to get better!!!!!
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Wendy's photos
Have any extra pond plants??? 
