Hey Soy my ponds size is about 12'x6'x20" with a waterfall on one end. It's the liner type not a prefab shell you just plop in the ground. Ihave a net over it to keep the leaves and acorns out. No problems with critters in the pond, but i've had issues with ground hogs in my garden,lol. I don't think they eat fish, mostly vegtables and clover i thought? We would like to have a turtle but it's illegal to keep them here in my state? And the reseach i've done on them tells me they might enjoy eating my fish if they can get one of them. My pond has about 20 feeder fish about 1/2" to an 1 1/2" long. 2 shubunkins 6-7"long. 2 jumbo fancy sarassa's. 4 tadpoles. 4 red and white orandas 2 1/2"- 4" long. No Koi fish yet, i understand they can rip-up a ponds plants eating the roots?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Soylentgreen4u from Sunday, October 12, 2008 8:31:32 PM)| |  | Soylentgreen4u wrote: | | I USED TO KEEP FISH TOO,EVEN TURTLES,BUT I'D USUALLY RELEASE THE TURTLES BACK INTO THE RIVER IN LATE SUMMER TO HAVE SUITABLE TIME TO FIND A PROPER HIBERNATION SPOT...BUT THE FISH NOT SHOWING THEMSELVES IS QUITE NORMAL,AS ALL ANIMALS NEED TIME TO ADJUST TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS...GREAT TO HEAR THEY'VE ADAPTED NICELY.  ....HOW WIDE AND DEEP IS YOUR POND BY THE WAY?...AND HAVE YOU HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH LOCAL CRITTERS SUCH AS RACCOONS RAIDING THE POND?
| | | VICTIM OF METAL wrote: | | Hey Soy, the fist couple of days the fish just wouldn't show themselfs. Slowly they became more friendly each week, and now it's at the point that they eat out of our hands. They even allow us to pet them when they are eating. It is very relaxing for the four of us. We never seem to run out of things to talk about while watching them swim about.
| | | Soylentgreen4u wrote: | | HEY THAT'S GREAT,I HOPE IT WORKS OUT WELL...I HAVE A FRIEND OUT IN THE COUNTRY NOT FAR FROM ME THAT HAS A DECENT SIZED HOMEMADE POND WITH ALL THE GADGETS TO GO WITH IT...SHE HAS A FEW TYPES OF GOLDFISH IN THERE ALONG WITH FROGS THAT RESIDE THERE ALSO...IT'S VERY RELAXING ALSO,ALMOST THERAPEUTIC YOU COULD SAY...
IT'S NEAT WHEN YOU WALK OVER TO THE EDGE OF THE POND,ALL THE FISH SWIM OVER TO YOU,LIKE A CAT WAITING FOR FEEDING TIME.
| | | VICTIM OF METAL wrote: | | Yea some time ago,6-8 weeks? It's kinda neat, i designed the whole pond from scratch, with a homemade filter,lol, saved mega bucks there. Kids have names for all the fish. Pretty cool watching the fish interact with each other, they've all got different personalities. (Quoting Message by lizash from Sunday, October 12, 2008 7:33:14 PM)
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lizash wrote: |
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Just walked in. Setting up a home pond?
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VICTIM OF METAL wrote: |
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My boyz are doing fine as of now. Yea i got a couple of pumps, a homemade filter and a fountain. Today i ran out and got some pond plants, cause they are so cheap right now. And 4 more 6" fish, buy one get one free deal! Oh yea, 4 tadpoles. I'm a fan of frogs,lol.
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WhiskeyWoman wrote: |
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 Understood... you gotta stick together, ... be solid, true to the cause, and all that...
But, dear ol' Ron ... he needs more help than that! 
However, he has become quite wily & is fighting back since your little tip... thank you very much. Just take a little longer to deal with him, is all...
Hey! How's the little fishes? I like your fish-pond idea. (You guyz don't freeze  down there? Do you have a fountain, or a pump?)
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VICTIM OF METAL wrote: |
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I'm sorry old pal old buddy of mine! But Ron he twisted my arm, and well, i just had to fess up,lol. I promise it won't happen again, this month! He said he was getting his butt beat by a girl and that i had to help?
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WhiskeyWoman wrote: |
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"Hey, hey, hey...!!!"
VOM... I can't believe you violated the Sacred Bartender Oath!
OMG... I am losing strength as we speak...
(Ron is now battling back and able to resist the Whiskey Force... grrr!) 
But, because your 'sugar' tip was so well-founded, I might find it in my heart to forgive you. I had my first Sour in weeks, yesterday ... and added a splash of Perrier. So... it's now a Whiskey Sweet 'n Sour Fizz!
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VICTIM OF METAL wrote: |
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Do you mean Whiskey Women? If so, i know her weakness! Whiskey sours, that's it! Start making em'...If you wanna win,lol. GOOD LUCK.
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ronhartsell wrote: |
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...sorry VOM...it's our 'friendly' games of Chess...she's had me dead to rights hours ago, but I am surviving (for now)...your thread has come at a perfect time as I have now become obsessed with NOT losing to her...I know it hardly competes with your pond (which is really cool, by the way)...but MY short term obsession none-the-less) 
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VICTIM OF METAL wrote: |
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Does this have something to do with Van Halen?
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ronhartsell wrote: |
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don't get mad at me VOM, for your obsession is a lot more complicated than mine...none the less...my only obsession right now is to NOT lose to The Woman...she's had me beat on both boards for most of the day...I even admitted defeat much earlier (as I thought she was building up for the Death Blows)...however, truth be told, she's finding out that my King can be as slippery as a greased pig (or Burt Reynolds in 'Striptease')...
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Early in the fall my family asked that i build a pond, a goldfish pond! Well i did, but i don't do things small,lol. So two weeks later the hole was dug, liner put in, and filled. Then in went the fish, some rock for edging and landscaping. And to this day i get up around 5:30-7:00 am, turn on the coffee and check on my boyz, that would be the fish. So yes, i'm obsessed with this new project in my backyard.
So what are you obsessed with lately? |
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