A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 How NOT to build a pond!

ok.I added fresh fish shots.They just moved into a 75 gallon tank.we made a tank stand.& I found a piece of glass he can use as the cover.

Yahoo albulm....in dogs& cats.its my pet place.we got a new rotti too.Just what I wanted.now we have 5 dogs,1 cat,3 ducks,3 fish& algea eater.

I need to move some plants out of the way and give him a few minnows.he gets in this mode where he swims up& down&up&down&up&down.........for like hours.I hope its his diet..lol :Dthe swim fast diet.

...heading off to look at your new pics!

Ya know....I think he's pissed at hubbby They outta food(gluttons)I moved the plants to grab them 3 minnows.Ones gone.The other 2 are doomed.but least he has some Entertainment for now.

What a totally hillarious thread!! Cindy you are a trip! Just LOVED reading about your misadventures!!

Hey njoynit....I don't see any mollies in those pics. I see the 4 barbs, the oscar and the pacu. Are the oscar and pacu in the same tank?

I have a question. I read on this lady's website about how she used silo cap..it's to cover the silo so it doesn't get wet or something to that effect. But she used this stuff for a liner for her pond..and that it worked fine..now i'm wondering..cause the pond i want to put in is about 30 ft long by 10 feet wide..or something like that..but anyhow who cares about that..i just know that i priced the dang liner for it..and it's like 400.00 ..and she says that this stuff was like 8.00 for a 50 x 50..then she said she got an underlayment of some old carpet..maybe i should have just posted the dang website..geeze..glad i don't have much work to do today..hehe..so anyhow..what do you all think of this idea? i mean i'm thinking if i used like 4 layers of the crap it would still be 50 x's cheaper than that dang liner from lowe's which i can't even get in the size i want..ya know? any ideas?

That would be a red belly pacu, a cousin to the piranaha

Herre is a link

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/3515/P6_198.htm

Hope that helps, not a molly!

Cindy, great looking pond! I hope to make one like that this year! I will post pics once I start!

I think I should've reread this topic before we dug my pond out...

I was outside most of the day evening the edges out! :p

afgreyparrot & loz:

I just have to thank you two for a VERY good and LONG laugh! "...watch you fall in your ponds all day..." had me laughing so hard right here in the middle of the office.

Again, thank you, my stomach hurts bc I laughed so much! Please keep us posted on your adventures, afgreyparrot.

Still laughing,
Shanbear