Garden ponds
- Thread starter Speedy70
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Maybe once we finish putting the rocks around the edge of the pond and add a few more plants inside and around the pond it'll look a little less weird. 
I keep seeing tons of water plants at Lowe's too...
I'm already paying off one card...not going to get another.
Nickel
curiouser and curiouser
I bought five and five died.BS Gal said:
We had a turtle malfunction and it was leaking water out of the pond all night a few nights ago, so I filled it back up with tap water and added the aging chemicals, so I think that's what did them in. Either that or the cat watching them from the kitchen window, cursing them. 
My pH and nitrite/nitrate levels were fine when I put them in, but the nitrite levels went up a little after they died. It seems to have corrected itself. Trial and error I guess. 
BS Gal
Voted Nicest in 08
I don't even test my water.....I guess I could do some research on that.Nickel said:I bought five and five died.
Cowgirl
Well-Known Member
Nickel said:I bought five and five died.
Hmm...we never did anything to the water...just filled it up with the hose. We had a well though...that might make a difference.
Bay_Kat
Tropical
I love that. I bought my house in January and I really want to do something like that. Unfortunately, the previous owners really neglected the yard and it probably hasn't even been raked in about 5 or 6 years. Needless to say, the grass was smothered and we're trying to grow some grass and once the lawn looks the way I want it, then I'll move on to bigger and better things i.e. a garden and a garden pond.BS Gal said:
Don't get me wrong, although they ignored the yard, the inside of the house is perfect. It's a great place just needs some TLC in the yard.
Cowgirl
Well-Known Member
Ok, well you are all guilty of "making me" put in a little tiny pond. 
I used my old sheep trough (it's only about 50 gallons). I bought the smallest pump at Lowes (only $18) and the spitting turtle that Nickel and BS have....it was only $15. I also bought a water lilly and a Lizard Tail plant....
It's almost done...but not quite. I'll post pics when I finish.
Does anyone have any water lettuce or water hyacinth that they could spare a piece of? I'd really like a floating plant, but they didn't have any at Lowes when I went.
I used my old sheep trough (it's only about 50 gallons). I bought the smallest pump at Lowes (only $18) and the spitting turtle that Nickel and BS have....it was only $15. I also bought a water lilly and a Lizard Tail plant....
It's almost done...but not quite. I'll post pics when I finish.
Does anyone have any water lettuce or water hyacinth that they could spare a piece of? I'd really like a floating plant, but they didn't have any at Lowes when I went.
kwillia
n/a
What are you going to use to keep the algae from building up?Cowgirl said:Ok, well you are all guilty of "making me" put in a little tiny pond.
I used my old sheep trough (it's only about 50 gallons). I bought the smallest pump at Lowes (only $18) and the spitting turtle that Nickel and BS have....it was only $15. I also bought a water lilly and a Lizard Tail plant....
It's almost done...but not quite. I'll post pics when I finish.
Does anyone have any water lettuce or water hyacinth that they could spare a piece of? I'd really like a floating plant, but they didn't have any at Lowes when I went.
BS Gal
Voted Nicest in 08
My water lettuce and water hyacinth are very small; however, if you are coming this way this weekend, there is a pet store in the square in Leonardtown. Right outside their door, they have some in a barrel. I believe I paid $2.99 each for mine, which is very reasonable.Cowgirl said:Ok, well you are all guilty of "making me" put in a little tiny pond.
I used my old sheep trough (it's only about 50 gallons). I bought the smallest pump at Lowes (only $18) and the spitting turtle that Nickel and BS have....it was only $15. I also bought a water lilly and a Lizard Tail plant....
It's almost done...but not quite. I'll post pics when I finish.
Does anyone have any water lettuce or water hyacinth that they could spare a piece of? I'd really like a floating plant, but they didn't have any at Lowes when I went.