Pic of my small pond - Aquarium Advice

fluffyntex · 05-30-2008, 02:21 PM

My son and I put in the small pond last month, Last week I added a Lily and we put some rock around it. Planted Cannas along 2 sides for shade and scattered some old sun baked pieces of mesquite around it. This morning I go out and there are NO lily pads floating. I go out for a closer look and all of the pads are shredded and floating around the edges of the pond. Seems my Dachshund had fun shredding them. So, I moved the Dachshund to the side yard much to her dismay hehe. The Lily pads will grow back as the plant itself is unharmed. Just gonna take a few weeks.

I will post pics again when they are back and by that time the cannas should be up pretty tall. I put 6 guppies in the pond last week to keep mosquitos out for the time being, until I can find some goldfish. My local lfs didn't have any. While I was picking the shredded leaves out tho I did see several baby guppies. I also tossed in a handful of pond snails.
Can't wait to get the large pond in. I found a large Octagon shaped Hot tub someone dumped and we are going to bury it and make it into a pond. It still has all the filter hoses attached all I have to do it hook it up to my pump. I am estimating it to be about 400 gallons.

fluffyntex · 06-12-2008, 05:10 PM

Added 4 small comets to the pond yesterday. The Lily Pads have grown back real nice and I added some Duckweed.

**Zagz** · 06-12-2008, 09:31 PM

It looks really good, any updated pics?

fluffyntex · 06-16-2008, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Zagz

It looks really good, any updated pics?

Thanks for asking Zagz.
Here is a pic I snapped this morning.

**Zagz** · 06-16-2008, 11:56 PM

Oh I love that picture! It is turning out really well. I want to build a pond myself either this year or next summer, will have to wait and see how much else of my to do list gets done.

**roka64** · 06-17-2008, 12:14 PM

I really like it! Nice job.

fluffyntex · 06-19-2008, 03:59 AM

Thanks! I am hoping to find some more rocks, My son and I found those on a caliche road in the field behind our house. There were several large purple rocks buried with just a little showing at the top and when we started digging them up they started chipping up in slices. I really like them. We found the little molded pond in the field also and the mesquite. Not bad for a free pond hehe. Can't wait to get started on the big one. It is a large 6 person hot tub (also free) Octagon shaped.

fluffyntex · 08-03-2008, 01:40 AM

Latest update....

mike47517 · 09-25-2008, 08:14 PM

cool looks good.

Musket · 09-28-2008, 01:12 PM

hows it going with the hot tub pond?

05-30-2008, 02:21 PM	#1
fluffyntex Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Odessa Texas Posts: 277	Pic of my small pond My son and I put in the small pond last month, Last week I added a Lily and we put some rock around it. Planted Cannas along 2 sides for shade and scattered some old sun baked pieces of mesquite around it. This morning I go out and there are NO lily pads floating. I go out for a closer look and all of the pads are shredded and floating around the edges of the pond. Seems my Dachshund had fun shredding them. So, I moved the Dachshund to the side yard much to her dismay hehe. The Lily pads will grow back as the plant itself is unharmed. Just gonna take a few weeks. I will post pics again when they are back and by that time the cannas should be up pretty tall. I put 6 guppies in the pond last week to keep mosquitos out for the time being, until I can find some goldfish. My local lfs didn't have any. While I was picking the shredded leaves out tho I did see several baby guppies. I also tossed in a handful of pond snails. Can't wait to get the large pond in. I found a large Octagon shaped Hot tub someone dumped and we are going to bury it and make it into a pond. It still has all the filter hoses attached all I have to do it hook it up to my pump. I am estimating it to be about 400 gallons. __________________ Hello, My name is Gayla and I have MTS.

06-12-2008, 05:10 PM	#2
fluffyntex Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Odessa Texas Posts: 277	Added 4 small comets to the pond yesterday. The Lily Pads have grown back real nice and I added some Duckweed. __________________ Hello, My name is Gayla and I have MTS.

06-19-2008, 03:59 AM	#7
fluffyntex Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Odessa Texas Posts: 277	Thanks! I am hoping to find some more rocks, My son and I found those on a caliche road in the field behind our house. There were several large purple rocks buried with just a little showing at the top and when we started digging them up they started chipping up in slices. I really like them. We found the little molded pond in the field also and the mesquite. Not bad for a free pond hehe. Can't wait to get started on the big one. It is a large 6 person hot tub (also free) Octagon shaped. __________________ Hello, My name is Gayla and I have MTS.

08-03-2008, 01:40 AM	#8
fluffyntex Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Odessa Texas Posts: 277	Latest update.... __________________ Hello, My name is Gayla and I have MTS.

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09-28-2008, 01:12 PM	#10
Musket Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 546	hows it going with the hot tub pond?