Anacharis is Gone!

Last spring, I bought a TON of anacharis. It flourished, filling up the
bottom of the 15' x 30' x 4' pond. When the ice finally left, the anacharis
was gone! I'm assuming that my fish had a nice winter long snack! The
pond is understocked with fish. I have goldfish and a 4 or 5 smallish Koi.
Anyone have methods of protecting anacharis from the fish in winter?

Thanks!

mark

"Mark Mendell" wrote in message
news:zTDac.28590$vJ1.9260@okepread01...
Last spring, I bought a TON of anacharis. It flourished,
filling up the
bottom of the 15' x 30' x 4' pond. When the ice finally
left, the anacharis
was gone! I'm assuming that my fish had a nice winter
long snack! The
pond is understocked with fish. I have goldfish and a 4
or 5 smallish Koi.
Anyone have methods of protecting anacharis from the fish
in winter?

Thanks!

mark

Maybe the thing to do is store some away from
the fish over winter, but leave most in the
pond for the fish, since they seem to use that
as a food source. My pond goldfish ate most
of the anacharis but there was enough left that it's
coming back, plus the anacharis in the two
minnow-only ponds can supplement the plants
in the goldfish pond as needed.

However, aren't koi mostly incompatible with
plants? I don't have koi, so I don't know the
answer, but I thought it was hard to keep plants
in koi ponds.

Gail

My fish also ate a huge pondfull of
anacharis over a winter.

I've grown it inside in a sunny window
over the winter
and it has taken off.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

My fish also ate a huge pondfull of
anacharis over a winter.

I've grown it inside in a sunny window
over the winter
and it has taken off.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

"Gail Futoran" wrote in message
...
"Mark Mendell" wrote in message
news:zTDac.28590$vJ1.9260@okepread01...
Last spring, I bought a TON of anacharis. It flourished,
filling up the
bottom of the 15' x 30' x 4' pond. When the ice finally
left, the anacharis
was gone! I'm assuming that my fish had a nice winter
long snack! The
pond is understocked with fish. I have goldfish and a 4
or 5 smallish Koi.
Anyone have methods of protecting anacharis from the fish
in winter?

Thanks!

mark

Maybe the thing to do is store some away from
the fish over winter, but leave most in the
pond for the fish, since they seem to use that
as a food source. My pond goldfish ate most
of the anacharis but there was enough left that it's
coming back, plus the anacharis in the two
minnow-only ponds can supplement the plants
in the goldfish pond as needed.

However, aren't koi mostly incompatible with
plants? I don't have koi, so I don't know the
answer, but I thought it was hard to keep plants
in koi ponds.

I am all for save and reuse each year. I am mean hell I saved duckweed and
frogbit in an aquarium. I mean I am El Cheapo no doubt. But anacharis?
Probably easier to just buy a new bunch in the spring. It's super cheap.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
newsumdnV3zOe-
I am all for save and reuse each year. I am mean hell I saved duckweed and
frogbit in an aquarium. I mean I am El Cheapo no doubt. But anacharis?
Probably easier to just buy a new bunch in the spring. It's super cheap.
================================================== =
I keep water lettuce over inside but don't bother with anything else
anymore. Water hyacinths take too much care and sun indoors. I would
rather buy a few new ones in the spring. They cost about $2 each here. The
anacharis lives over in a few fishless barrels outside and is added back to
the ponds about the time the fish spawn. The koi eventually snarff it all
up but it grows rapidly in the fishless pools behind my house. I use any
cheap fertilizer in these pools.
--
Carol....
My Webpages:
http://.www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
newsumdnV3zOe-
I am all for save and reuse each year. I am mean hell I saved duckweed and
frogbit in an aquarium. I mean I am El Cheapo no doubt. But anacharis?
Probably easier to just buy a new bunch in the spring. It's super cheap.
================================================== =
I keep water lettuce over inside but don't bother with anything else
anymore. Water hyacinths take too much care and sun indoors. I would
rather buy a few new ones in the spring. They cost about $2 each here. The
anacharis lives over in a few fishless barrels outside and is added back to
the ponds about the time the fish spawn. The koi eventually snarff it all
up but it grows rapidly in the fishless pools behind my house. I use any
cheap fertilizer in these pools.
--
Carol....
My Webpages:
http://.www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Gail Futoran" wrote in message
...
"Mark Mendell" wrote in message
news:zTDac.28590$vJ1.9260@okepread01...
Last spring, I bought a TON of anacharis. It flourished,
filling up the
bottom of the 15' x 30' x 4' pond. When the ice finally
left, the anacharis
was gone! I'm assuming that my fish had a nice winter
long snack! The
pond is understocked with fish. I have goldfish and a 4
or 5 smallish Koi.
Anyone have methods of protecting anacharis from the fish
in winter?

Thanks!

mark

Maybe the thing to do is store some away from
the fish over winter, but leave most in the
pond for the fish, since they seem to use that
as a food source. My pond goldfish ate most
of the anacharis but there was enough left that it's
coming back, plus the anacharis in the two
minnow-only ponds can supplement the plants
in the goldfish pond as needed.

However, aren't koi mostly incompatible with
plants? I don't have koi, so I don't know the
answer, but I thought it was hard to keep plants
in koi ponds.

I am all for save and reuse each year. I am mean hell I saved duckweed and
frogbit in an aquarium. I mean I am El Cheapo no doubt. But anacharis?
Probably easier to just buy a new bunch in the spring. It's super cheap.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

"Mark Mendell" wrote in message
news:zTDac.28590$vJ1.9260@okepread01...
Last spring, I bought a TON of anacharis. It flourished,
filling up the
bottom of the 15' x 30' x 4' pond. When the ice finally
left, the anacharis
was gone! I'm assuming that my fish had a nice winter
long snack! The
pond is understocked with fish. I have goldfish and a 4
or 5 smallish Koi.
Anyone have methods of protecting anacharis from the fish
in winter?

Thanks!

mark

Maybe the thing to do is store some away from
the fish over winter, but leave most in the
pond for the fish, since they seem to use that
as a food source. My pond goldfish ate most
of the anacharis but there was enough left that it's
coming back, plus the anacharis in the two
minnow-only ponds can supplement the plants
in the goldfish pond as needed.

However, aren't koi mostly incompatible with
plants? I don't have koi, so I don't know the
answer, but I thought it was hard to keep plants
in koi ponds.

Gail

Try putting it under a milk crate or two, at least you'll have some left in
spring.

Joe

On 3/31/04 10:11 AM, "Mark Mendell" wrote:

Last spring, I bought a TON of anacharis. It flourished, filling up the
bottom of the 15' x 30' x 4' pond. When the ice finally left, the anacharis
was gone! I'm assuming that my fish had a nice winter long snack! The
pond is understocked with fish. I have goldfish and a 4 or 5 smallish Koi.
Anyone have methods of protecting anacharis from the fish in winter?



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