Duckweed

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:04:12 -0400, Galen Hekhuis
wrote:

I've got an unlined pond about 30 feet in diameter now, and about 3 feet
deep (it used to be about 50 feet in diameter, and about 5 feet deep, but
we haven't had hardly any rain at all this spring). I have a bubble type
aerator in it (thanks to Roy's advice, but he says he has me in his kill
file for some reason, so someone will have to tell him I guess) and not
much else (it used to be a garbage pit, I had a bulldozer clean it out, so
it's like starting from scratch). I don't plan to have any fish, although
if I can catch some of those mosquito eating fish (I forget the name) that
live in the back pond I'll be "stocking" the pond by the house with some of
those.

So how do folks feel about duckweed, should it stay or should it go?

Well..... with just a few goldfish they keep my lily pond duckweed free, I
raise it in a fishless container and add it periodically. So without
goldfish or koi you may have an over abundance of duckweed at which time
you may want to add a couple. ~ jan

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