"Koi-lo" wrote in message
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"NetMax" wrote in message
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lol, this should lay to rest any niggley doubts about my being completely
wonkers, - but I still have lucid moments and I'm generally helpful &
harmless ;~).
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LOL! :-D I was starting to wonder. Since you're as much a fish-addict
as I am, how come you don't have at least one pond?

Oh, I would if I could, but I can't. My house is built into the side of a
hill, so the only flat ground I have is weeping tiles on one side (septic
tank), and the bottom of my creek on the other. I've thought of building a
weir into the creek, to make a pond, but during snowmelt, the creek gets
very active, and it would flush all the fish into the river :-(.
Fortunately I have a few friends with ponds, so I can live vicariously
through them. One in particular has a 20,000g pond in their small backyard,
and they annually construct a tent the size of a small house to cover it for
the winter. The 'tent' has always been a different design (polyethylene
sheet and grey PVC piping this year), testing against the elements (snow
load, wind and freezing rain), so they haven't settled on a permanent design
yet. They write articles for fish magazines, so they get stuff to test and
often keep (good gig). To them, I'm not a fish-addict, I'm quite normal
;~).
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
Aquariums: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastada...ium-Page4.html
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
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