"netDenizen" wrote in message
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Koi-Lo wrote:

"netDenizen" wrote in message
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Koi-Lo wrote:
A black plastic dropcloth (also comes clear) is used to cover furniture
when one paints the ceiling or walls in a room. They can be found for
under $5 in most Wal*Mart type stores including Home Depot's and Lowe's
(more expensive there). They are non-toxic and last for up to 5 years.

Thanks for that!

Here in northern Ontario the snow is still melting, but I'd like to try a
kiddy-pool pond this summer. Would you recommend placing it in the shade
to keep it cool, or in the sun for plant growth?

I started in 1995 with a $10 kiddy pool. Mine was in the sun, dug into the
ground and had some pond plants to shade the water a bit. I also had
hornwart and elodia in this 1st pond. The goldfish thrived!!!! See my
webiste for what these pools look like when in the earth.

I'd like to put
some of my water lettuce and other plants in it, maybe some hornwort -
might they be ok?

YES!!! Most definitely. A mini water lily would also look good and bloom.

As to fish, which fish would you recommend I put in the kiddy-pond: my
zebra danios, platies or goldfish?

Forget tropical fish and stick with goldfish. Koi get to large for these
small 150g pools.

The goldfish are pretty big, and I'm
worried they'll become cat or racoon snacks.

That can happen unless you net it. Snakes, snapper turtles, bullfrogs,
herons and king fishers also eat pond fish. All but one of my ponds and
pools are netted.

Deliberately cross-posted to rec.ponds.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
*Note: There are two Koi-Lo's on the Aquaria Groups.*
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