pond in progress started 4/21/10

[j.w]

Gosh sakes addy you have a ton more of them now and they are all so pretty! Water is so nice and clear. I like those black and white ones. Well I like them all but just notice how nice those stand out!

 

[gardengirl]

Hey addy can you tell me about your underwater camera. It looks very neat but I don't know anything about them. What is involved in setting them up?

 

[addy1]

I bought it about 3 years ago, lorex, I think they were discontinued. We have it hooked up to our dvr security system. It works great, you have to clean the lens off and on. Quite often you see the fish swim up and munch on the lens. I would love to have a ptz underwater camera, but they are up in the thousands, last time I checked.

All we did was hook it up to our dvr system, on a 130 foot cable. We ran the line through the pvc pipe we ran while building the pond.

 

[gardengirl]

So where do you buy these and are they real expensive? You also run a cable from the camera underwater to a dvr or tv in your house. Right? Do they make one that is wireless?

 

[addy1]

Last time I looked the lorex I have was discontinued. No clue if they make wireless. We have a wireless ip camera, I don't really care for the choppy feed it gives.

The cable runs from the house (drilled a hole through the wall) outside then into pvc piping to protect it from me and digging. It comes out of the pvc at the pond and goes under water.

I paid 120 for two of them.

 

[gardengirl]

Sounds like a great deal. I don't know if my hubby would go for me drilling a hole thru the house!! He knows I would do it if I have my mind set on it! Called being stubborn!

 

[addy1]

lol I have drilled 4 holes now, camera feeds, power feed. Carefully re-stuffed to keep out the bugs. This house is siding, would have been a pita with my arizona house, that house is slump block.

 

[gardengirl]

My house is brick and Masonite siding. It might survive another hole in it.lol. The fish look so nice when you can see them secretly. Totally unaware they are being spyed upon. Ha !

 

[addy1]

We have a tv screen above the "tv" I spend more time watching the yard and fish than the "tv" Sometimes you see none, they do hang out a lot under the bog waterfall. Always seem to be swimming in groups. Fun to watch them spawn. I floated some of our lilies in the deep end, they love swimming among the plants.
I sat out watching them for a while today, before the heat hit, they just love munching under the pads, eating the aphids and whatever else lives on those plants. You hear all this smacking noise, like one noisy lip smacking eater.

Saw my first fry in the shubunkin tank, about 1/2 an inch, white and black at this time.

 

[gardengirl]

Sounds like its gonna be a pretty one. My fish like to suck on the liner at the waterfall. Mostly at night and it sounds terrifying to some neighbors who hear it . They asked me if I had zombies!!!

 

[callingcolleen1]

I like your garden art hanging on the nice fence Garden Girl! Very lovely Hibiscas too!

 

[sissy]

all of my hibiscus came back and the plants are 3 times as big as last year .I have them growing every where I guess seeds dropped .I potted up a bunch of babies and gave them all away and was out yesterday turning over mulch and found more baby plants .

 

[callingcolleen1]

I wish I had a fish camera, must be complicated to set up. I am not good with electronics or computers. Will have to settle and just look at your pretty fish Addy

 

[addy1]

I wish I had a fish camera, must be complicated to set up. I am not good with electronics or computers. Will have to settle and just look at your pretty fish Addy

Buy the stuff, fly me to canada, I will gladly set it up for you. Or buy yourself a set up and I might be able to talk you through getting it running.

Not really that hard to do.

 

[gardengirl]

I like your garden art hanging on the nice fence Garden Girl! Very lovely Hibiscas too!

Thanks. I found it at a Hobby Lobby store. I wait till they have summer stuff 1/2 off and then I buy them.