"netDenizen" wrote in message
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Re-posted with proper heading per Gill's comment. Do you have suggestions
re kiddy-pool ponds? Thanks.

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

I'd put it in partial shade to shade to keep algea growth down. Also, if yo
ucheck your local wal-mart, look for Krylon Fusion.. if you dig a shallow
hole for your "pondlet" and paint it black with th eKrylon fusion, it'l look
great (I have one like that already.)

As to fish, which fish would you recommend I put in the kiddy-pond: my
zebra danios, platies or goldfish? The goldfish are pretty big, and I'm
worried they'll become cat or racoon snacks.

Again, you can get 26 cent goldfish at wlamart, and they'll do quite well.

If you want to make your pond look cool at night, you can get some of the
rope lights ***WITH NO HOLES!!!!!***, leave both ends OUT of the pond, but
loop the rest around the bottom edge of the pool. At night, your whole pool
will have a glow to it! (I prefer the blue rope light, to give the pond a
bluish glow.)


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