What does your pond look like ... Today?

[j.w]

Hey pretty neat @sissy wonder how much they cost? I bet a lot!

 

[MoonShadows]

Hey pretty neat @sissy wonder how much they cost? I bet a lot!

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[sissy]

It is portable so that makes it better than other systems as you can take it with you .I wondered also and looked it up on google

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Eventually I'll get tired of taking duck pics, but it's not often you can sit three feet away without them moving.

 

[j.w]

She's a devoted ma ma

 

[MitchM]

The good...
(A new blackwater aquarium I'm in the process of setting up. More on that in a separate thread)

The bad...
(a poor quality Aquascape air pump that has difficulty providing air to anything more than 2 feet deep)

and the ugly...
My pond as of this morning.
(Because I'm an optimist, I found 2 shubunkins and a single comet survived this past winter.)

 

[sissy]

I thought most aerators needed to be protected from the weather .

 

[MitchM]

I thought most aerators needed to be protected from the weather .

Yes, it's not plugged in there. I only set out that aerator yesterday but it's not a powerful unit.
I set up my skimmer pump yesterday for pond circulation.

 

[sissy]

people really upset me these days .You try to make them understand and they don't want to listen but I hope when they think about it that I am working with them .It is not cheap for me to treat there fish and help them make the pond they have work .They are upset that I told them the fish need at least 40 days and that will also help the pond mature .The fish are still not healed enough to go back ,do they think that they heal over night .I have to test water everyday and clean the filters and then every other day add meds .I also may have to add water or more zeolite if ammonia goes up even the tiniest bit and I do this 4 times a day .I even check them at night .People seem to think you dig a hole put a liner in and water and a pump and add fish and the pond world will be all rainbows and sunshine .OH WELL .I sure don't want to fishnap their fish

 

[sissy]

You are handy Mitch why not build your own wind turbine like on you tube

 

[cas]

I found 2 shubunkins and a single comet survived this past winter

Good news!

 

[callingcolleen1]

My pond as of this morning.
(Because I'm an optimist, I found 2 shubunkins and a single comet survived this past winter.) Good To hear all is not lost!

 

[sissy]

Wasn't most of your pond covered colleen

 

[Troutredds]

people really upset me these days .You try to make them understand and they don't want to listen but I hope when they think about it that I am working with them .It is not cheap for me to treat there fish and help them make the pond they have work .They are upset that I told them the fish need at least 40 days and that will also help the pond mature .The fish are still not healed enough to go back ,do they think that they heal over night .I have to test water everyday and clean the filters and then every other day add meds .I also may have to add water or more zeolite if ammonia goes up even the tiniest bit and I do this 4 times a day .I even check them at night .People seem to think you dig a hole put a liner in and water and a pump and add fish and the pond world will be all rainbows and sunshine .OH WELL .I sure don't want to fishnap their fish

You're right, Sissy. Patience is a virtue that is in short supply these days.

 

[Troutredds]

The good...
(A new blackwater aquarium I'm in the process of setting up. More on that in a separate thread)


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The bad...
(a poor quality Aquascape air pump that has difficulty providing air to anything more than 2 feet deep)

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and the ugly...
My pond as of this morning.
(Because I'm an optimist, I found 2 shubunkins and a single comet survived this past winter.)

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Hang tough, Mitch. At least the pond surface is finally free of ice.