20-05-2018, 02:30 PM
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Re: Wildlife Pond or Koi Pond.
Originally Posted by pauline3
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Just clicked on your pics,from another thread,Longdogs, only 2 pics came up,the beautiful yellow flower and ,i believe it to be your pond with a beautiful tree and the water lilies, ..what a great time,now is,to enjoy our garden's and ponds.
20-05-2018, 02:31 PM
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Re: Wildlife Pond or Koi Pond.
Originally Posted by pauline3
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Thanks for the info Missy,i understand now,i put barley straw liquid in one pond,to control the string algae, which seems to be working, ..i never get it in the other one,maybe because the sun is very dappled on that spot,..hope your pond sorts itself soon.Thank you Longdogs,for the compliment, i will be very interested to know,if you decide to put a wildlife pond in,keep us posted.
20-05-2018, 02:43 PM
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Re: Wildlife Pond or Koi Pond.
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Herons are a nightmare. 
We used to have heron visitations, but when they realised what a net was they stopped coming.
More recently, unfortunately, all of our fish have died. I discovered it was due to an anchorworm infestation.
20-05-2018, 04:09 PM
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I used to have a koi pond which I built myself, it was a raised one in the shape of..well imagine a slice of cake or pizza, that sort of shape, I used brick and block to build it, and kept about twelve koi at one point with a few goldfish, which bred profusely and I had to get rid before they took over, sadly I lost all of them in the cold winter of 2009/10, so I demolished most of it and now it’s a flower bed, I’d have another one but it’s very hard work , keeping the water clear was an ongoing problem also removing the blanketweed was a chore, a wildlife pond would make more sense as you can more or less leave it alone, missy, have you changed your uv light? as these are supposed to be changed yearly, I used to use pond pads, small square pads impregnated with barley straw extract ( or something ) I put these directly in the filter, might be worth a try if you can still get them...20-05-2018, 04:53 PM
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Re: Wildlife Pond or Koi Pond.
When we completely emptied our pond a couple of weeks ago (to remove all traces of anchorworm and many years of sediment) and refilled it, the water was crystal clear.Then Marge wanted us to get a couple of pre-filled baskets of plants. After (very gently) placing them in the pond, the water turned murky. With the pump and filter going 24/7, it is now clearing, but is distinctly green. Algae, I suppose.
That, too, is beginning to clear, but I shall order a new UV lamp. The one in use at the moment is over a year old and, apparently, they are only effective for six months.
No fish yet, and probably not until next spring. A couple of frogs, though.
20-05-2018, 04:56 PM
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Re: Wildlife Pond or Koi Pond.
Originally Posted by JBR
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Simple solution: a net.We used to have heron visitations, but when they realised what a net was they stopped coming.
More recently, unfortunately, all of our fish have died. I discovered it was due to an anchorworm infestation.
Yes I have put a net over the pond now. I hate the look of it but it does the job.
20-05-2018, 05:08 PM
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Re: Wildlife Pond or Koi Pond.
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Sorry to hear that JBR, I remember you mentioning that you thought they were ill. Yes I have put a net over the pond now. I hate the look of it but it does the job.
in the right light!
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