I now have an official "least favorite thing" about ponds....

[Nepen]

where do you get these oil pan!!! I never could find them...

 

[sissy]

I thought maybe you had regular pots like I see some use .I use the bags for mine but they are in the lily pond

 

[Mmathis]

where do you get these oil pan!!! I never could find them...

Do you have a Wal-Mart store near you? These pans are in the automotive department, around where they sell oil and stuff to use for oil changes. Sometimes I have to really search because they move them. Sometimes they're in an obvious place on a shelf, and sometimes they're stuffed down on the bottom where it's hard to see them. They're under $3.00 each -- not bad at all! If they sold the same thing in a "pond store," I bet they'd be at least $35.00 each!

 

[Nepen]

Do you have a Wal-Mart store near you? These pans are in the automotive department, around where they sell oil and stuff to use for oil changes. Sometimes I have to really search because they move them. Sometimes they're in an obvious place on a shelf, and sometimes they're stuffed down on the bottom where it's hard to see them. They're under $3.00 each -- not bad at all! If they sold the same thing in a "pond store," I bet they'd be at least $35.00 each!

err aham... that's what i ended upbuying.. lily pot for about $20.... crazy me but i couldnt find oil pan for the life of me! Thanks

 

[Mmathis]

err aham... that's what i ended upbuying.. lily pot for about $20.... crazy me but i couldnt find oil pan for the life of me! Thanks

I wonder if there is a market for re-purposed oil pans....? You know, buy them from Wally- World, then sell them as lily pots! Not very honest, I know......

 

[Faebinder]

Cleaning the filters remain my worst of the pond tasks.

 

[Mmathis]

Cleaning the filters remain my worst of the pond tasks.

I thought I recalled at some point your saying you didn't mind cleaning filters.... Something must have changed.

 

[Faebinder]

I thought I recalled at some point your saying you didn't mind cleaning filters.... Something must have changed.

It's the worst thing about the pond but I don't mind doing it.