Somebody has been in MY pond

Maybe it was someone trying to rob your pond and they fell in causing all the havoc

 

No I don't think so now. The bottom fence eventually blew down and was replaced with a wire fence backed by a hawthorn hedge with wild roses in it. Wild roses are better than barb wire. So if they leap the stream, crawl through the hedge over the wire they then have the pleasure of a feisty German Shepherd. I wish someone would try - it would be the only blood sport I could support.

 

Never be "persuaded" to give up a favourite coat- we've got few enough friends as it is!
Had a visitor to my pond last year- about 3.30am one of our insomniac neighbours disturbed a pair of behooded youths who were systematically removing all our fish. What's more, they were using our security light to assist in their activities. And they used my favourite bucket to carry off their haul!
Hug a hoodie, MY A*SE!!!!!!!!

 

We have our uses us insomniacs

 

If your pond is in a garden with trees chances are in autumn leaves will blow into it, so there for you should clean your pond every year.

Easiest way is pump the water out, if you can save as much as possible, in say a wheele bin (clean it first)
If you do this put the pump on a brick as you don�t want to suck up all the old debris.

When its almost empty then use something like a plastic dustpan (it will take a while)

When empty of all rubbish (you may want to "rinse the pond out") put the old water back and top it up*

The reason you should do it is because most garden ponds are small and old leaves (and tennis balls) will start to rot giving off gas, which when the pond freezes over stops the natural transfer of oxygen.

When you are cleaning a pond only use water, nothing else as any cleaners may leave a residue that will kill any livestock when you fill it up.

You can use a pond vacuum cleaner to remove all the debris, but these are some what expensive and the ones cheap ones that use water pressure do not work very well.

* When you top up your pond a good idea is to use a hose but point it upward, this allows oxygen to get into the water and the chlorine to get out. (Remember tap water is fit for humans not fish)
You can also add a dechorinator if you are filling up with 100% tap water.

 

I am so glad that the pond is Mr sponges department I just had to design it dig it out and plant round and in it but once the fish were in it I wasn't allowed to touch it anymore. I have managed to drop my mobile phone in there though lucky only in the shallow end but up to my armpit it fell through a thin layer of ice so it was really cold the dog wasn't impressed when he walked on the ice days later and he fell through it he scrambled out and ran round the garden tail up like a poker. I managed to run my phone over with the lawnmower too last year the insurance company insisted they had it back so after raking through the grass box bagged it up many pieces plus grass and gave it to them I think I'm in the running for best excuse so far.