Hardware cloth is normally mesh / screen that has its wire fabric laid
at 90 deg to each other and sold in sizes from /8" sq to 1/2" square.
It is referred to as space cloth in some regions......



On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 05:58:54 GMT, "Angrie.Woman"
wrote:

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==="humBill" wrote in message
odigy.com...
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=== "~ Windsong ~" P@P wrote in message
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=== Yes! I use them to hold, breed and raise goldfish and small koi. I line
=== them with a black drop cloth and drop in a small pump for aeration and
=== filtration. I run a circle of hardware cloth around them and a bird net
=== over the top! The fish grow like crazy.
===
=== Carol.... the frugal ponder...
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=== Carol - I think it was your suggestion that I originally took on my kiddie
=== pool with the black plastic drop cloth. I ringed mine with a layer of
=== bricks, partly for decor and partially to divert water from flowing into
=== the pool. Thus far it has been a still pond, with lotsa 'overflow' plants
=== and a few baby comets and rosey reds. Electric is an issue at the moment
=== but I am curious what sort of 'filtration' you have. Any bio filter?
=== What is hardware cloth?
===
===I'm not Carol, but I used to work in a hardware store - Hardware cloth is
===like chicken wire. There are pictures at the bottom of this page:
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===http://www.hutchison-inc.com/html/fe...ce/utility.php
===
===What part of the country are you in? I think a kiddie pool is too shallow
===for fish ponding in the midwest.
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