Damn Varmints ate my Duckweed!

[Bill Stock]

Well I bought my Duckweed and put it in a big wash tub, so I could add some
to the Pond as needed. I was worried last night, as it rained pretty hard
and I filled the tub a little too full. I had visions of all the Duckweed
floating out of the tub.

So I checked it first thing this morning and the water level was lower than
before the rain. I looked closely and noticed that more than half of my
Duckweed is gone! Damn Varmints! It looks like the Coons had a drinking
party last night. Might have been the Rabbits I suppose.

I guess the tub was not a bright idea in any event, as I have no way to keep
the skeeters out.

[Bill Stock]

"Bill Stock" > wrote in message
...
> Well I bought my Duckweed and put it in a big wash tub, so I could add
some
> to the Pond as needed. I was worried last night, as it rained pretty hard
> and I filled the tub a little too full. I had visions of all the Duckweed
> floating out of the tub.
>
> So I checked it first thing this morning and the water level was lower
than
> before the rain. I looked closely and noticed that more than half of my
> Duckweed is gone! Damn Varmints! It looks like the Coons had a drinking
> party last night. Might have been the Rabbits I suppose.
>
> I guess the tub was not a bright idea in any event, as I have no way to
keep
> the skeeters out.

OK, so Coons don't eat Duckweed. I looked again and saw some dried up
Duckweed on the ground around the tub. Silly Coons must have been using the
Wash Tub for washing. :) This explains why the water level dropped, they
overflowed the tub during their bath.

[Ka30P]

Hey Bill,
They might have also been fishing, they are pretty smart and probably have come
across a container pond full of tasty snails and fish.
They will eat anything they have a mind to but you are probably right they were
cavorting in your tub.


kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

[Bill Stock]

"Ka30P" > wrote in message
...
>
> Hey Bill,
> They might have also been fishing, they are pretty smart and probably have
come
> across a container pond full of tasty snails and fish.
> They will eat anything they have a mind to but you are probably right they
were
> cavorting in your tub.

Damn cavorting Coons!

I don't mind having them around, as long as they stay out of the Pond.
Fortunately they haven't realized the electric fence is burned out. It was
cute to watch the three baby Coons mousing last week. They would scurry
through the tall grass trying to flush out the mice.


> kathy :-)
> algae primer
> http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

Depending on the tub's size, maybe you could use screen door material held
down with a bungee cord around the tub? Keep the skeeters out and confuse
the cavorting coons? ~ jan

>On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:06:40 -0400, "Bill Stock" > wrote:

>Well I bought my Duckweed and put it in a big wash tub, so I could add some
>to the Pond as needed. I was worried last night, as it rained pretty hard
>and I filled the tub a little too full. I had visions of all the Duckweed
>floating out of the tub.
>
>So I checked it first thing this morning and the water level was lower than
>before the rain. I looked closely and noticed that more than half of my
>Duckweed is gone! Damn Varmints! It looks like the Coons had a drinking
>party last night. Might have been the Rabbits I suppose.
>
>I guess the tub was not a bright idea in any event, as I have no way to keep
>the skeeters out.
>
>
>
>

(Do you know where your water quality is?)

[Bill Stock]

"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
...
> Depending on the tub's size, maybe you could use screen door material held
> down with a bungee cord around the tub? Keep the skeeters out and confuse
> the cavorting coons? ~ jan

That's a fine idea to keep the mosquitos out. I could make a wooden frame a
little larger than the tub and stretch some screen over it. Then just sit
the frame over the tub and weight it down. Likely not coon proof, but worth
a shot.

Thanks.

[Pavel314]

My circular pond, about 100 feet diameter, is covered with duckweed. I wish
something WOULD eat it.

Paul

[Roy]

I expect Reel McKoi to pop in here and say just how fast her fish can
consume duckweed............

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 18:11:28 -0400, "Pavel314"
> wrote:

>===<>My circular pond, about 100 feet diameter, is covered with duckweed. I wish
>===<>something WOULD eat it.
>===<>
>===<>Paul
>===<>


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[~ janj JJsPond.us]

>My circular pond, about 100 feet diameter, is covered with duckweed. I wish
>something WOULD eat it.
>Paul

Hi Paul, What do you have in the pond fishwise? ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[Reel Mckoi]

"Pavel314" > wrote in message
...
> My circular pond, about 100 feet diameter, is covered with duckweed. I
wish
> something WOULD eat it.
>
> Paul
========================
Koi and goldfish both eat regular duckweed.
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[Roy]

Well my koi do not touch it........so not ALL koi eat it and my
goldfish rarely touch it..........so.......now what?

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 19:42:15 -0500, "Reel Mckoi"
> wrote:

>===<>
>===<>"Pavel314" > wrote in message
...
>===<>> My circular pond, about 100 feet diameter, is covered with duckweed. I
>===<>wish
>===<>> something WOULD eat it.
>===<>>
>===<>> Paul
>===<>========================
>===<>Koi and goldfish both eat regular duckweed.


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[Gale Pearce]

> Well my koi do not touch it........so not ALL koi eat it and my
> goldfish rarely touch it..........so.......now what?
My circular pond, about 100 feet diameter, is covered with duckweed. I
wish something WOULD eat it.

My koi and GF both eat ALL the small, bright green type of duckweed, but do
not touch the larger, darker, thicker type - I have to keep it in my lotus
barrel on my deck and scoop some out for the pond, otherwise the fish eat it
until it's all gone - the baby pond fish in the barrels for mosquito
abatement are too small to eat it like the fish in the pond
JME - Gale :~)

[Wilmdale]

Pavel314 wrote:

>My circular pond, about 100 feet diameter, is covered with duckweed. I wish
>something WOULD eat it.
>
>Paul
>
>
>
>
Koi and gold fish. I have keep my duck weed in the veggie filter as
when it gets into the main pond, it is history.
W. Dale

[Pavel314]

~ janj JJsPond.us wrote:
> >My circular pond, about 100 feet diameter, is covered with duckweed. I wish
> >something WOULD eat it.
> >Paul
>
> Hi Paul, What do you have in the pond fishwise? ~ jan
>
> ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Mainly catfish. We put in some koi but they were quickly eaten by the
great blue herons.

Paul

[Roy]

Now need to stock a few gators and let them eat the
herons...........;-)

On 18 Jul 2005 12:20:45 -0700, "Pavel314" > wrote:

>===<>
>===<>
>===<>~ janj JJsPond.us wrote:
>===<>> >My circular pond, about 100 feet diameter, is covered with duckweed. I wish
>===<>> >something WOULD eat it.
>===<>> >Paul
>===<>>
>===<>> Hi Paul, What do you have in the pond fishwise? ~ jan
>===<>>
>===<>> ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~
>===<>
>===<>Mainly catfish. We put in some koi but they were quickly eaten by the
>===<>great blue herons.
>===<>
>===<>Paul


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