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...how 'bout I send about 10 of them and, according to the law of averages, there will be a "mating pair" among them somewhere!

I have tried to over winter several floaters and haven't had any success. They require so much light and it is hard to give them enough in a house even with grow lights. They just seem to rot.

As for snails it really depends on what kind you get. Some will eat your plants and some won't. I don't know enough about them except they do lay eggs and reproduce quickly.

I have looked for salvinia at the nurseries, but it seems that water plants are hard to find here. I saw some at Wal-mart in Summerville, but some dummy had emptied all the water out of the plants. Said that it was causing the skeeters to multiply. Now how smart is that? Empty the water out of water plants? Sheesh!

Dianna

Mine are not plant eaters. They just eat algae off everything. That was the first thing I had in my pond. Andy had told a friend about my "pond adventure", and that it was starting to turn a little "green". His wife went out to their pond and got the snails to send home with him. They do a very good job. They just hang out on the rocks, sides of pots, etc. and suck down algae all day...like miniature wet/dry vacs!

I took 3 full buckets of salvinia out of the pond, and still have quite a bit in the pond. Now I can see my fishies again!
I swear, it's hard to believe that Gardencrazy sent me a little bit of salvinia in a ziplock bag, and it has turned into buckets now! And all the other plants she sent are beautiful, and all growing so big!

Even though I've been so ignorant about the pond, I must be doing O.K. at this point, because everything is still alive!

How big do goldfish get?
Mine are getting so big it's kind of freaking me out. The original ones are about 6-7 inches long, and real fat. The babies are getting huge...some already about 3-4 inches long. I'm going to have to build a much bigger pond at Rachel's than the one I have here.

Cindy

If I am not mistaken goldfish will grow to the size of their environment. So if they are cramped they will be smaller. It also has to do with their genetics. Some will only ever get 7" and some will get 12".

Overcrowding can also cause health problems as well as water quality problems.

Nice pond. Great fishies. I never had time to get any though. One thing, I don't have a pond. I'm thinking of redesigning my garden.

ANYONE!!!! If you have extra pond plants or extra pond life (snails, fish) I would be more than happy and willing to pay the postage and handling to have it shipped to me. I can even send you the containers to send them in. I just really need some stuff for my outdoor ponds and my indoor aquariums. PLEASE, let me know if you are willing. Cece In Canada.

cece, i deleted your email. anyone on the forum who wants to reach you can pm you, and by deleting your email, it prevents spammers from getting it. they have "spambots" that scan websites looking for the email address that folks post in forums.

Thankyou for deleating my email addy. Please anyone, with answers or comments to my posts, just pm me or post in the forum.

Ok, i have a few questions on this subject here..i have one pond plant..the pond i have now, is only around 100 gallons ( i have way to many fish in it, but i'm waiting for hubby to put in the other preformed pond..and start digging the next...anyhow..so i have 1 plant..ummmm would it be bad if i went down the road..and dug up some cattails from along side the road?? what other plants can be put around the pond..not in it..but around..to give it that look..i'm clueless on these types of plants..as this is my 2nd year with this thing..and already going to have 3 ponds..the new one will be about 30 x 5 x 3...i think...with a tree in the middle..hehe..can't wait for hubby to start digging..although i did say i would help..i'm sure i can not be feeling well that day..hehe..so if someone could just help me out with these plants..i'd appreciate it..and just like karrie said ..about the plants at the stores look ugh...they do too here..i don't get it how you all have beautiful plants..and these here look dead and icky..like they will infest my pond with something