Just joined a few days ago. Seems many forums have collapsed/disappeared from when I last was involved on them! Anyway, viewed several threads/communities here and it looks like you all are (usually) a pretty friendly bunch! :fingersx: Just kidding! I actually didn't see/read anything except friendly posts!
Our pond is at least 6 years old. Just a regular 'hole-in-ground' thing, odd shaped, sort of a figure eight with a fatter waist than mine! Planned to have a couple of shelves but then we found a PVC pipe to another irrigation zone! So I have a nice large 'step' at the shallow end! Started with eight beautiful Shubunkins. Have had a few die (probably my fault!) but we must have at least one 'lady' in the bunch! So we still have eight! Two are nearly invisible because they are almost solid black! But they have the most flowing and largest fins! Have another that is best termed as an albino, except it is rather a solid light pinkish color! :dunno: Another one may be from an egg brought in my a bird! It doesn't resemble any of the others and may actually be a crappy! BTW, where I come from, that's pronounced cropie!
Pond is ~800 gal, probably too large a pump (I need to check that rating) running through a Tetra 2500, UV equipped filter. Waterfall built out of unsecured, mostly flat, Arkansas field stones which also ring the pond. Originally the bottom was covered with small stones. One year of trying to keep/get that cleaned up and they all got removed! Several potted water lilies with 'great' clay dirt out of our yard! topped with a layer of fairly large (
Our pond is at least 6 years old. Just a regular 'hole-in-ground' thing, odd shaped, sort of a figure eight with a fatter waist than mine! Planned to have a couple of shelves but then we found a PVC pipe to another irrigation zone! So I have a nice large 'step' at the shallow end! Started with eight beautiful Shubunkins. Have had a few die (probably my fault!) but we must have at least one 'lady' in the bunch! So we still have eight! Two are nearly invisible because they are almost solid black! But they have the most flowing and largest fins! Have another that is best termed as an albino, except it is rather a solid light pinkish color! :dunno: Another one may be from an egg brought in my a bird! It doesn't resemble any of the others and may actually be a crappy! BTW, where I come from, that's pronounced cropie!
Pond is ~800 gal, probably too large a pump (I need to check that rating) running through a Tetra 2500, UV equipped filter. Waterfall built out of unsecured, mostly flat, Arkansas field stones which also ring the pond. Originally the bottom was covered with small stones. One year of trying to keep/get that cleaned up and they all got removed! Several potted water lilies with 'great' clay dirt out of our yard! topped with a layer of fairly large (
