Water Gardening

I think it is your pump! One hot day last year a friend turned off her pump and went away for a few days. When she returned all her fish had died and she was so upset.I think they need the pump/filter to oxygenate the water. When we first created a water garden with fish we didn't...

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mine died, so i recyled it

Hi Gilly,Yep, I'd have to place a rockery around it with nooks and crannies for the frogs etc and my main garden isn't ready for that yet.I think I'll wait as if I put the wine barrel on my patio with a couple of fish there really isn't much shelter from the sun (Ha Ha Ha the sun!!!!).TO

I read about a snake in a pond in another topic on here (and saw the pic).... I have concluded that I would freak if I found one in my pond!

I put in a decent filter just as you said and the fish and plants are happy. keeps the water clean too.thank you Walnut

Hi Fred;I think your pond looks great! I am by no means knowlegable about this sort of thing but just wanted to put this forward.We have six fish in our back garden and over the course of the winter and spring they were virtually non existant. For quiet awhile I thought they had been eaten,...

mmmmm.....Mulder........ he can come and solve my mysteries anyday!!! :D :D

Great pic though!

Ooh I'd love a pond!! Well done on getting it in and level....sounds like quite a job!! Can't wait to see piccies as it develops

could an animal have got them?

Many thanks Paladin I will get to it straight away

Thankyou all for your response. After looking into it i did find that there were far too many variables involved with growing a plant linked up to a variable water supply. The concept has been developed as an online resource where users can download a dynamic wallpaper from their water company's...

Thank you WG, thats something about the size of pump/flow I wouldn't have thought of.

I just bought some Stratiotes aloides (water soldiers) for my teeny tiny pond. I shall make sure I keep an eye on them having read this little lot!

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Thanks Claire. I will look out for them in the shops. It is more the individual plants than pond designs, construction that I need so I will see which is best.

This was mine last year - am about to empty and refill it! Im afraid I dont encourage frogs cos I have a prob with them :( but it works quite well! Have to buy a new pump for it this year though. I bought the large pot very cheaply and varnished it inside and out, drilled a hole for the...

Update:The goldfish were starting to take too much interest in the frogspawn so a small corner of the pond has been sectioned off with curtain net draped over a cane and weighted on the bottom with some stones. A few taddies have hatched outI'm well pleased with the home made filtration...

Thanks Frogesque, that'll be very helpful - it's brilliant to have specific plants to look for when you're as indecisive in garden centres as I am! Alpine strawberries sound lovely and hostas sound great - especially if they divert the slugs away from the veg patch, double bonus :D