Mo’ fish
Posted by Anja on September 29, 2007 at 20:15 | Last modified: July 10, 2012 03:16We added two more comets to bring the number back up to three: Agent Orange, who has beautiful black markings on his fins, and Plan B, the orange and white one.
First planting
Posted by Anja on September 25, 2007 at 16:11 | Last modified: July 10, 2012 03:14We added some dwarf cattails and zebra reeds.
Fish
Posted by Anja on September 24, 2007 at 19:07 | Last modified: July 10, 2012 03:10We seeded with starter bacteria, bought three comets from the feeder bin: Curly (white), Larry (orange) and Moe (black). Unfortunately Larry didn’t survive the day and Curly followed him within 72 hours. We learned that feeder bin fish aren’t necessarily the healthiest ones around.
Posted by Anja on September 11, 2007 at 16:05 | Last modified: July 10, 2012 03:07
I hid the liner on the other side and re-located the ousted daylilies.
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Time for some prettyfication
Posted by Anja on September 10, 2007 at 17:55 | Last modified: July 10, 2012 03:05The main work is done. Remaining tasks included cutting excess liner (conservatively!) and hiding the rest ( left side is done), and camouflaging the waterfall tub.
If you look at theright rim, you’ll see a gravelly gap between some rocks, where we made a ‘beach’ to break up the sheer sides. Frogs and insects love the sun spot, birds take their baths there, and it’s a potential escape route for any unwary furries that might fall in the pond.
We proudly bought our first pond plant, a water hyacinth, and it seems the froggies approve that decision.
Must not forget to actually add the overflow pit:
The day the water flowed
Posted by Anja on September 1, 2007 at 16:52 | Last modified: July 10, 2012 02:55We connected the pump, installed the net and brushes in the skimmer (lower right) and mats and bio balls in the filter (upper left), filled’er up and sat back to enjoy the show.
I think we still tweaked the position of the rocks a few times after this picture, but at the end of the day, we were pretty darn proud of ourselves:
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