Aaron S
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- Joined
- Apr 9, 2014
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- Location
- Midwest City, OK
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Aaron S submitted a new Showcase Item:
Aaron's Pond
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Aaron's Pond
I already started a thread about my ponding experience here on this thread:
https://www.gardenpondforum.com/threads/my-little-hole-in-the-ground.15385/#post-239623
My intentions are that this will be more detailed.
My first experience with a pond was with an old used preformed pond with a pump.
This was the pond right after it was put in. The landscaping in this picture is just breathtaking . We tried to get some Koi because at the time my extensive knowledge was telling me that this non filtered pond of about 100 gallons was just perfect for a pond. So we got a little koi and it disappeared. So I got another one and it had the same fate with in a few days. So I went to a pet store and got some comet feeder fish for 8 cents each, much cheaper than a koi. I did not enjoy solid green water so I experimented with building a filter for the pond and after a while all but one of the fish died.
This is a pick of a filter I set up. I simply crammed the pump into a flower pot and covered it with pea gravel. It did not look the best but it worked. You can see the surviving fish near the base of the flower pot. The fish was solid orange and was flanked on each side with a white rectangular spot so he was named Fishstick.
Here is a pic of the same fish a few days ago.
Now I'm going to embark on a complete makeover of my garden area of my yard. I get about 1/4 of the yard to do with as I want so I'm going to turn it into my dream garden. Come along with me on the journey.
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