View Full Version : my wildlife pond (still under work)
syddakyd
06-17-2007, 1:32 PM
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/DonaldLawrance/pond1-1.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/DonaldLawrance/pond2-1.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/DonaldLawrance/pond3.jpg
i need to get alot more pond plants plus suitable groundcover surrounding the pond plus i want huge marginals covering up the entire back wall.
it has plants 2 greenfrog tadpoles i bought and one goldfish for mosquito control but im going to put it in a tank and get rosy reds since they are better and native.
also plan on getting a redspotted aka eastern newt.
alot of animals drink from this pond since i gave them easy access.
im going to get that solar power pond pump as well and i just put duckweed in the pond to spread out also
Reefscape
06-17-2007, 1:58 PM
looks great.....i would love to have a pond and watch the diversity of life that surrounds them...
Niko
Mgamer20o0
06-17-2007, 2:17 PM
its coming along really nicely.
syddakyd
06-17-2007, 2:39 PM
thankyou.
do you think its large enough for a newt. one guy here estimated its roughly 500 gallons. obviously you can keep a newt in a 10g tank but what im saying is, is likely to wander off. same thing for the frogs?
Rbishop
06-17-2007, 2:45 PM
Very nice!
syddakyd
06-17-2007, 9:11 PM
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/DonaldLawrance/ponda.jpg
more wood
Yankee Dog
06-18-2007, 7:45 AM
The only thing that is certain to stay in the pond are the fish. The frogs and newt are certain to wander off eventually. But dont worry about that. Mother nature is sure to provide substitutes from time to time.
Yankee Dog
KnaveTO
06-18-2007, 7:52 AM
Nice pond there guy! I know you have provided access for the local wildlife to drink which is great but be warned that any stock you may put in there could become raccoon food if you have them in your area. My ex had a great pond that we were constantly chasing the raccoonns away from, that and stocking half the pond centres around the state with baby fish... lol
i see a goldie,lol nice pond
syddakyd
08-11-2007, 3:29 PM
how it looks now.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/DonaldLawrance/newpondpic1.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/DonaldLawrance/newpondpic3.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/DonaldLawrance/newpondpic2.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/DonaldLawrance/hangingout.jpg
one ryunkin goldfish, 12-15 rosey red minnows, 2 lake chubsuckers, 2 freshwater clams, 1 greenfrog tadpole, 1 greenfrog, 1 water strider, pond snails, plants.
still want a newt.
syddakyd
08-11-2007, 3:31 PM
o yea and a treefrog tadpole that hitch hiked under a lily pad i dug up.
Rbishop
08-11-2007, 3:42 PM
Very nice!
legendaryfrog
08-11-2007, 7:01 PM
cool pond. I like that you have a variety of fish and inverts; its very natural like that.
dixienut
08-11-2007, 7:07 PM
around here any volume of water is sure to have a snapping turtle in it at some point.. i hope for your fishs sake you don't have that experience..
syddakyd
08-13-2007, 12:04 AM
yea there is a water strider here hanging out as well. i like to have a mix of animals there is more to look at. there wont be any turtles i live in a suburban neighborhood and there are no near bodies of water except a stream that is seperated by many houses and roads and a river and also there are 2 small ponds but thats a 3 minute drive