Hello Everyone

bird baths quickly become a bird sewer system.
birds carry diseases in their poop that infects and kills fish.
bird poop and goldfish are not compatible. put in a separate bird bath and net the
pond to keep the birds out of it for healthy fish. Ingrid

BUT I want a shallow bird
I've got three small goldfish
TIA,
LeeAnne





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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Okay I just could not help but jump in here. Guess what is new from
MacCourt? They now have a 24 inch deep pre-formed pond and they also sell at
floating bird bath!
www.maccourt.com

"LeeAnne" wrote in message
...
It's that time of year again, when thoughts turn to ponds being unfrozen
and
useable. Well, for me anyway w/a small one here near Boston.

It's been a while since I've posted but you guys/gals have always been a
wealth of info!

I'm thinking of expanding, I've got a shallow bird-pool going on right
now,
about 4 feet long by 3 feet wide. It's only about 10" deep and from there
comes up to a shallow end where the birds bathe. I want to put in a
preformed liner, dig a hole, plop it in, be done BUT I want a shallow bird
bath end ... does such a thing exist in preform? I haven't found one, but
again, you guys/gals are the experts. It's still not going to be very big
or deep - it's in a small garden area. I guess I'm looking for a pre-form
w/a shallow end. :-)

I've got three small goldfish (they must have come on plant I bought last
year since I didn't put them there) and I'd like it to be a bit deeper for
them when I put them out, since they're so used to me now they'll be an
easy
target for something to snack on, they'll probably come right to the
surface
for Mr./Mrs Raccoon where last summer they took off at any sign of
movement.
This was low maintenance last year, I've got no big filtration, just a
fountain w/a small filter attachment and I'd like to keep it that way.
I'll
probably just have to buy a bigger fountain.

Oh yes, and I'll be putting in plenty of plants!

TIA,
LeeAnne

Okay I just could not help but jump in here. Guess what is new from
MacCourt? They now have a 24 inch deep pre-formed pond and they also sell at
floating bird bath!
www.maccourt.com

"LeeAnne" wrote in message
...
It's that time of year again, when thoughts turn to ponds being unfrozen
and
useable. Well, for me anyway w/a small one here near Boston.

It's been a while since I've posted but you guys/gals have always been a
wealth of info!

I'm thinking of expanding, I've got a shallow bird-pool going on right
now,
about 4 feet long by 3 feet wide. It's only about 10" deep and from there
comes up to a shallow end where the birds bathe. I want to put in a
preformed liner, dig a hole, plop it in, be done BUT I want a shallow bird
bath end ... does such a thing exist in preform? I haven't found one, but
again, you guys/gals are the experts. It's still not going to be very big
or deep - it's in a small garden area. I guess I'm looking for a pre-form
w/a shallow end. :-)

I've got three small goldfish (they must have come on plant I bought last
year since I didn't put them there) and I'd like it to be a bit deeper for
them when I put them out, since they're so used to me now they'll be an
easy
target for something to snack on, they'll probably come right to the
surface
for Mr./Mrs Raccoon where last summer they took off at any sign of
movement.
This was low maintenance last year, I've got no big filtration, just a
fountain w/a small filter attachment and I'd like to keep it that way.
I'll
probably just have to buy a bigger fountain.

Oh yes, and I'll be putting in plenty of plants!

TIA,
LeeAnne

HI Ingrid,

They did just fine last year, but I appreciate that information. It's not
that small that the bird poo will overtake the fish. I've also got plants
and a small filtration system to keep the water clean -- and it gets added
to daily, sometimes twice, during the hottest parts of summer since it's in
a very sunny spot and evaporation takes it's toll.

LeeAnne

wrote in message
...
bird baths quickly become a bird sewer system.
birds carry diseases in their poop that infects and kills fish.
bird poop and goldfish are not compatible. put in a separate bird bath
and net the
pond to keep the birds out of it for healthy fish. Ingrid

BUT I want a shallow bird
I've got three small goldfish
TIA,
LeeAnne





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

HI Ingrid,

They did just fine last year, but I appreciate that information. It's not
that small that the bird poo will overtake the fish. I've also got plants
and a small filtration system to keep the water clean -- and it gets added
to daily, sometimes twice, during the hottest parts of summer since it's in
a very sunny spot and evaporation takes it's toll.

LeeAnne

wrote in message
...
bird baths quickly become a bird sewer system.
birds carry diseases in their poop that infects and kills fish.
bird poop and goldfish are not compatible. put in a separate bird bath
and net the
pond to keep the birds out of it for healthy fish. Ingrid

BUT I want a shallow bird
I've got three small goldfish
TIA,
LeeAnne





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Very interesting - I think that it may be too large though if the diameter
of it is almost 20", it would take up a heck of a lot of top space - I'll
have to see if I can find a dealer in my area that carries it so I can get a
look-see at it.

Thanks!


"Shay Devening" wrote in message
...
Okay I just could not help but jump in here. Guess what is new from
MacCourt? They now have a 24 inch deep pre-formed pond and they also sell
at
floating bird bath!
www.maccourt.com

"LeeAnne" wrote in message
...
It's that time of year again, when thoughts turn to ponds being unfrozen
and
useable. Well, for me anyway w/a small one here near Boston.

It's been a while since I've posted but you guys/gals have always been a
wealth of info!

I'm thinking of expanding, I've got a shallow bird-pool going on right
now,
about 4 feet long by 3 feet wide. It's only about 10" deep and from
there
comes up to a shallow end where the birds bathe. I want to put in a
preformed liner, dig a hole, plop it in, be done BUT I want a shallow
bird
bath end ... does such a thing exist in preform? I haven't found one,
but
again, you guys/gals are the experts. It's still not going to be very
big
or deep - it's in a small garden area. I guess I'm looking for a
pre-form
w/a shallow end. :-)

I've got three small goldfish (they must have come on plant I bought
last
year since I didn't put them there) and I'd like it to be a bit deeper
for
them when I put them out, since they're so used to me now they'll be an
easy
target for something to snack on, they'll probably come right to the
surface
for Mr./Mrs Raccoon where last summer they took off at any sign of
movement.
This was low maintenance last year, I've got no big filtration, just a
fountain w/a small filter attachment and I'd like to keep it that way.
I'll
probably just have to buy a bigger fountain.

Oh yes, and I'll be putting in plenty of plants!

TIA,
LeeAnne

Very interesting - I think that it may be too large though if the diameter
of it is almost 20", it would take up a heck of a lot of top space - I'll
have to see if I can find a dealer in my area that carries it so I can get a
look-see at it.

Thanks!


"Shay Devening" wrote in message
...
Okay I just could not help but jump in here. Guess what is new from
MacCourt? They now have a 24 inch deep pre-formed pond and they also sell
at
floating bird bath!
www.maccourt.com

"LeeAnne" wrote in message
...
It's that time of year again, when thoughts turn to ponds being unfrozen
and
useable. Well, for me anyway w/a small one here near Boston.

It's been a while since I've posted but you guys/gals have always been a
wealth of info!

I'm thinking of expanding, I've got a shallow bird-pool going on right
now,
about 4 feet long by 3 feet wide. It's only about 10" deep and from
there
comes up to a shallow end where the birds bathe. I want to put in a
preformed liner, dig a hole, plop it in, be done BUT I want a shallow
bird
bath end ... does such a thing exist in preform? I haven't found one,
but
again, you guys/gals are the experts. It's still not going to be very
big
or deep - it's in a small garden area. I guess I'm looking for a
pre-form
w/a shallow end. :-)

I've got three small goldfish (they must have come on plant I bought
last
year since I didn't put them there) and I'd like it to be a bit deeper
for
them when I put them out, since they're so used to me now they'll be an
easy
target for something to snack on, they'll probably come right to the
surface
for Mr./Mrs Raccoon where last summer they took off at any sign of
movement.
This was low maintenance last year, I've got no big filtration, just a
fountain w/a small filter attachment and I'd like to keep it that way.
I'll
probably just have to buy a bigger fountain.

Oh yes, and I'll be putting in plenty of plants!

TIA,
LeeAnne

it doesnt matter how big your system is, how great your filtration. bird ****
contains parasites, bacteria and viruses that can cause disease and kill your fish.

It isnt JUST west nile virus .. for humans, here is a list of birds diseases for
people http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/animals/birds.htm
the list for fish is longer.
http://www.uaex.edu/biosecurity/producer/fish_farms.asp
INgrid

"LeeAnne" wrote:
They did just fine last year, but I appreciate that information. It's not
that small that the bird poo will overtake the fish. I've also got plants
and a small filtration system to keep the water clean -- and it gets added
to daily, sometimes twice, during the hottest parts of summer since it's in
a very sunny spot and evaporation takes it's toll.

LeeAnne


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

it doesnt matter how big your system is, how great your filtration. bird ****
contains parasites, bacteria and viruses that can cause disease and kill your fish.

It isnt JUST west nile virus .. for humans, here is a list of birds diseases for
people http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/animals/birds.htm
the list for fish is longer.
http://www.uaex.edu/biosecurity/producer/fish_farms.asp
INgrid

"LeeAnne" wrote:
They did just fine last year, but I appreciate that information. It's not
that small that the bird poo will overtake the fish. I've also got plants
and a small filtration system to keep the water clean -- and it gets added
to daily, sometimes twice, during the hottest parts of summer since it's in
a very sunny spot and evaporation takes it's toll.

LeeAnne


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.