I have a small preformed 52 gallon pond in Cleveland OH. 1/4 of the pond is a shallow part about 4 to 6 inches deep while the remainder immediately drops down to about 3 feet. I just installed the pond and filled it up about a month ago with just water. after a few days i noticed a large amount of what i suspect were mosquito larvae so i went and bought 5 comet goldfish to eat the larvae. They have since done that.
Now that i have fish in the pond i want to have some basic water quality control and the thought was to get two water hyacinths. It took a LOT of time to find a store that sells them up here but i got two and placed them in the ponds and two days later i suspect a raccoon was the one to eat them. I went and got two more and the same thing happened even though i covered the pond with my daughters kiddie pool. So i give up on hyacinths and need a replacement that is cheap since i dont really know what im doing. someday id like to get hardy water lillies but they are so pricey because i would have to get them shipped in that i dont want to risk killing them and wasting my money.
Is there a plant out there that improves water quality and clarity that the damn raccoons wont eat?
Now that i have fish in the pond i want to have some basic water quality control and the thought was to get two water hyacinths. It took a LOT of time to find a store that sells them up here but i got two and placed them in the ponds and two days later i suspect a raccoon was the one to eat them. I went and got two more and the same thing happened even though i covered the pond with my daughters kiddie pool. So i give up on hyacinths and need a replacement that is cheap since i dont really know what im doing. someday id like to get hardy water lillies but they are so pricey because i would have to get them shipped in that i dont want to risk killing them and wasting my money.
Is there a plant out there that improves water quality and clarity that the damn raccoons wont eat?