~ janj
April 15th 06, 01:44 AM
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:04:12 -0400, Galen Hekhuis >
wrote:
>I've got an unlined pond about 30 feet in diameter now, and about 3 feet
>deep (it used to be about 50 feet in diameter, and about 5 feet deep, but
>we haven't had hardly any rain at all this spring). I have a bubble type
>aerator in it (thanks to Roy's advice, but he says he has me in his kill
>file for some reason, so someone will have to tell him I guess) and not
>much else (it used to be a garbage pit, I had a bulldozer clean it out, so
>it's like starting from scratch). I don't plan to have any fish, although
>if I can catch some of those mosquito eating fish (I forget the name) that
>live in the back pond I'll be "stocking" the pond by the house with some of
>those.
>
>So how do folks feel about duckweed, should it stay or should it go?
Well..... with just a few goldfish they keep my lily pond duckweed free, I
raise it in a fishless container and add it periodically. So without
goldfish or koi you may have an over abundance of duckweed at which time
you may want to add a couple. ;) ~ jan
-----------------
(Do you know where your water quality is?)
wrote:
>I've got an unlined pond about 30 feet in diameter now, and about 3 feet
>deep (it used to be about 50 feet in diameter, and about 5 feet deep, but
>we haven't had hardly any rain at all this spring). I have a bubble type
>aerator in it (thanks to Roy's advice, but he says he has me in his kill
>file for some reason, so someone will have to tell him I guess) and not
>much else (it used to be a garbage pit, I had a bulldozer clean it out, so
>it's like starting from scratch). I don't plan to have any fish, although
>if I can catch some of those mosquito eating fish (I forget the name) that
>live in the back pond I'll be "stocking" the pond by the house with some of
>those.
>
>So how do folks feel about duckweed, should it stay or should it go?
Well..... with just a few goldfish they keep my lily pond duckweed free, I
raise it in a fishless container and add it periodically. So without
goldfish or koi you may have an over abundance of duckweed at which time
you may want to add a couple. ;) ~ jan
-----------------
(Do you know where your water quality is?)