OT: i'm digging a pond, any one else into ponds who can give advice? or trade goods?

[rafael13]

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/pet/184074965.html

 

[rafael13]

oh I'm sorry, I was sure I read koi fish, but they are gold fish

 

[lilleahseafreak]

if they were koi i'd go get them, but for goldies, well davis is far from me.

i did get a 6 inch koi from incredible pets today for $12, (marked as $18 but the guy rung it up worng...i just kept my mouth shut-had the same thing happen before, i had 3 blue chromis, the girl only rung up one) it is yellow/gold with black highlights down his back, black around his eyes, and black nostrils. seeing him in the pond just tickles me pink!!!

i also got this "waterfall foam" from homedepo, the stuff works great for holding the rocks in place, it acts like that insulator foam used for pipes but is black and looks like cooled lava (good thing cause my job turned out messy looking, i just keep telling myself its lava) i mean the stuff is not even cured and the rocks are not budging when wiggled. and it was only like $10-$12 for the can.

i'll get pics as soon as i can as this pond is my dream come true andas been ALOT of hard work and i cannot wait to share!.

i just need to find a way to upload pics better than i have been before as it no longer works for me

grumble grumble gerr!

 

[lilleahseafreak]

can i use this as a pond pump? the guy was gonna use it for a fountain, $50 is the best price i have found. it should be enough (overkill?) for my 3 waterfalls....

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/rvs/182631198.html

 

[tfp]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7767053#post7767053 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReefRian
Are there a lot of Cranes (birds) in your area? These birds love home ponds, expecially the easy to catch fish. If you have these birds around you may want to cover your pond somehow.

excellent advice rian! at 10:30pm tonight, i stepped out in the backyard and saw either a 3ft tall heron or brown crane standing next to my pond! the damn thing took off so quickly and quitely like a ghost :mad2:

i wont be able to tell until tomorrow morning if he got any of my 8yr old fish gave them a little more cover for tonight and used a screen patio door. tomorrow, i'll bust out with some serious netting and maybe some kind of motion sensor.

 

[tfp]

argh! he got my first and only shubukin :mad2:

 

[ReefRian]

Tim,

I'm really sorry to hear that. Be sure to get it covered, if they know there is food there they may come back till there are no more left. It happened to a friend of mine, though he only had cheap fish in his pond.

Rian