Hi everyone! I know its been forever since I've posted. Sorry I've been MIA! Its been a rough crazy year for me! But here I am and finally enjoying my pond again. Here are some new pictures I took this morning. I had to completely redo the edge around the whole thing after the ground shifted this winter and half the rocks fell in and the dirt edge caved some. But I think its a big improvement to how it looks and how secure the rocks are now, especially when my boys are right up close. I also removed all of the rocks from the bottom. When I drained and pressure washed the pond when redoing the edge there were inches of black sludge down there. Lord it was disgusting!! But I think it looks just as good without them now that the liner has turned green. I added a few new plants this year and did a little rearranging, to accommodate a cute little metal table set I got from my girlfriend, but I didn't change much. Added the blue delphinium for my dad. Blue was his favorite color, and I used the blue delphinium when I made his casket spray when we lost him 8 months ago. Dad loved my pond and the fish, and he was really big into hummingbirds. I think he was with me when I brought the new koi home from Indy, I had a hummingbird visit for the first time in years and it hung out with me for the longest time ever!
I lost a lot of my fish over the winter
But I added some new beautiful ones (Thank you Randy!!!) and I took out all my goldfish except that all black one I just cant bring myself to part with. Speaking of which, I have 6 big fancy goldfish that need a home if any of you would like them, they're free. Shubunkins I think and I think the other two are comets with really long fins and tails.
I think my pond finally reached its mature balance this year. I have had no algae blooms at all! My UV light broke over the winter, so no added help there. I never added any beneficial bacteria, algaefix or anything else. Just totally balanced water right from winter through now, and man its been hot the last couple weeks! YAY!
Ok enough rambling...Here are the pictures. The first one is sort of a before and after of what the pond looked like from winter damage to after my changes. And the last one is the new fish I bought from Randy this year.
