Let's see you bottoms (of your pond of course)

[Telion]

I am trying to get some inspiration about what to put in the pond plants or whatever. Please post pics showing down into your pond, especially if you have underwater plant life. I would love to know more about that.

 

[GBBUDD]

Careful my good man a lot of aquatic plants can take over your underwater world very quickly and can be a nightmare to reclaim control

 

[texmaster]

Here is one of ours. I used 2 4 inch Y joint PVC pipes for the fish to hide and put a small thin flat rock over each to hide them and a pot of lilies on top of the stone. Just 2 in the pond but its enough to hide the fish and keep things looking pretty good.

One of the lilies was repotted. Guess which

 

[Telion]

Careful my good man a lot of aquatic plants can take over your underwater world very quickly and can be a nightmare to reclaim control

Good point because that is not what I want. Just some manageable underwater greenery.

 

[Mmathis]

Not much to see. About all I have down there is a forest of anacharis. The water lilies, of course.

This pic was taken a month or so ago, before the lilies gave much cover.

 

[texmaster]

Not much to see. About all I have down there is a forest of anacharis. The water lilies, of course.

This pic was taken a month or so ago, before the lilies gave much cover.
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Hi @Mmathis! I took this for you

 

[Gemma]

Can't help you there, I don't have anything at the bottom of my fish pond, all my plants are in a separate section

 

[Lisak1]

My only underwater plants are my lilies - not much to see there!

 

[Mmathis]

@texmaster Almost sounds like a Cope’s Gray treefrog! Love the arachnid encounter at the end!

 

[Somethin' Fishy]

This spot has only been established for 4 months, but here's what I've got:

Nooks and crannies stuffed with native clump mosses and ferns yanked from other areas of our yard, creeping jenny transplanted in February, anacharis that has grown from just two small bunches from pet stores, a couple frogbit, water hyacinth, and a couple lily cups from Lowes (one is a Sioux, and I lost the tag on the other). And fish hiding under it all.

So far just stuff that's easy to control without aggressive root action. I had some sprigs of parrots feather that did great early on, but then it petered out.

 

[GBBUDD]

bravo the ecology is doing well. How old is the pond

 

[Telion]

This spot has only been established for 4 months, but here's what I've got:

Nooks and crannies stuffed with native clump mosses and ferns yanked from other areas of our yard, creeping jenny transplanted in February, anacharis that has grown from just two small bunches from pet stores, a couple frogbit, water hyacinth, and a couple lily cups from Lowes (one is a Sioux, and I lost the tag on the other). And fish hiding under it all.

So far just stuff that's easy to control without aggressive root action. I had some sprigs of parrots feather that did great early on, but then it petered out.

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Very nice. Sounds like I need some hornwort and ancharis

 

[Somethin' Fishy]

bravo the ecology is doing well. How old is the pond

Mine? Four months old.

 

[Somethin' Fishy]

Very nice. Sounds like I need some hornwort and ancharisView attachment 112534

I can't wait to see this when you have it going

 

[Telion]

I can't wait to see this when you have it going

That makes 2 of us. I am going to have to buy a few each check. Now that I have an idea of everything I want so far. What i really need is a great reputable online aquatic plant provider and for anyone thinking their pond to let me know, I promise to pay it forward.