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Pond Chat / Re: New Lily Pond and Almost-New Koi Pond Pics

« on: July 01, 2009, 05:28:10 AM »

Your pond is beautiful!

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Pond Chat / Re: How to glue liner to filter box???

« on: July 01, 2009, 05:23:40 AM »

My pond is a 800 gl. goldie pond. I have filter pads under the lava rocks that I clean every week. I then use a shop vac and suck out the remaining gunk from the bottom of the box. I keep plants on top of the lava rock too.There is no manual. Just a piece of paper with diagrams that shows how to hook the hose from the pump and snap the weir on. the front of the box is not smooth. It has places for the weir to snap on. I think I will try to grind them off and drill some holes and attach the liner that way with the glue you mentioned and some stainless clamps. The weir sticks straight out about a foot. There is no way to disguise it and make a water fall look decent. Think this will work? Thanks so much for taking the time to help me.

Here are a few more pix to show what I'm working with.

This shows how the weir looked when attached. It stuck staight out. Ulgy!!

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Pond Chat / Re: How to glue liner to filter box???

« on: June 30, 2009, 05:00:13 AM »

Thanks. I don't want to use the gray tray anymore. I'm ready for a real waterfall. I disliked the plastic weir from day one. What kind and size of clamps and screws should I use? The weir just snapped on, didn't have any clamps or screws. Should I use some big washers with the screws to protect the liner from tearing? I can drill some holes in the filter box. Thank you so much for the info.

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Pond Chat / Re: How to glue liner to filter box???

« on: June 29, 2009, 12:35:24 PM »

Thanks for replying! Here are some pix. Please excuse the mess. I left everything unfinished and let it run a while just in case. Glad I did. Now I'm going to have to start over because the water running under the liner washed away some dirt and changed the flow. I have more liner if I need a bigger piece. I was just trying to use that small piece to be conservative. I'm glad to take any advice so please don't be nice if I have totally screwed up.

All that silicone is my dh's attempt at fixing it because I had foot surgery the same day it starting leaking. At least he tried.

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Pond Chat / How to glue liner to filter box???

« on: June 29, 2009, 05:21:22 AM »

I finally got rid of my preformed waterfall and made a real one. I have a black plastic filter box and can't make the pond liner stick to it. What kind of glue can I use that will stick and not harm the liner? I used glue to repair tires to stick the liner together and it worked fine for the liner but not for the plastic box. I sealed the edges with silicone but it started leaking afte a couple weeks. Thanks for any info.

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Aquatic and Terrestrial Plant Exchange / Re: Need Azolla or other small floating plant

« on: May 17, 2009, 03:09:54 PM »

Thanks! I made a deal.

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Aquatic and Terrestrial Plant Exchange / Need Azolla or other small floating plant

« on: May 17, 2009, 12:12:17 PM »

I would like to trade for small floating plants( prefer azolla-fairy moss) that will work well in a whiskey barrel with a lily growing in it.
I have blue water iris, drawf varigated sweet flag, creeping jenny, lily yellow Joey Tomicik(sp?), several kinds of sedums and lots of other land plants to trade.

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Pond Chat / Re: A question for Joyce?

« on: May 03, 2009, 06:17:08 PM »

Sonny, where did you get the liner for your wiskey barrel? I've been looking for one for 2 years.

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Chit Chat / Re: Ice Storm pics

« on: February 08, 2009, 10:17:11 AM »

Great Pix!

We knew it was going to be bad when the guy from the weather channel came and started airing from here a day before the storm. We are still without power. They are saying it could be 2 weeks or more. We stayed in our sons garage with wood burning stove for 10 days. We got a bigger generator and gas heater and came home Fri. night. OMG it's so good to be home. We couldn't get gas or groceries for 3-4 days. There was not a single place with power in this area for 2 days. They were just trying to get the hospitals and nursing homes etc. back on. Finally a few gas stations and groceries got turned back on. The roads were blocked by power lines and trees. We are still driving over dead power lines to get out. FEMA, Red Cross and the National Guard are here helping. We were ok because we had camping stoves, lanterns and fire wood. We had lots of good food from our freezers and lots of company because we were warm. We played cards every night. It was kinda fun for a couple days but got old fast.

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Pond Chat / Re: My first tropical lily bloom Thanks to watersprite

« on: August 02, 2008, 01:00:52 PM »

Your doing a good job.

I already have decided which one I'll get next.

It has another bloom almost to the top of the water and it looks a little larger. I may have to play hookie from work this week to see it.

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Pond Chat / Re: 20 reasons to go outside in 100+ degrees

« on: August 02, 2008, 09:56:11 AM »

Gorgeous! Love them all but Midnight and King of Siam are my favs.

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Pond Chat / My first tropical lily bloom Thanks to watersprite

« on: August 02, 2008, 09:42:54 AM »

I am so excited! I can't beleive that 3 tiny leaves and hardly any root has already grew big enough to bloom. I held my umbrella over the lily because the sun was so bright so ignore the colorful water. I need a black umbrella ;DThank You water sprite!

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Pond Chat / Re: Major yard and pond damage

« on: June 29, 2008, 05:45:12 AM »

So sorry about your yard and plants. We had a huge oak fall a couple years ago. It destroyed my pond. A limb about 12" went through the liner and crushed the pump too. Our insurance did pay for replacement of the liner, pump, and tree removal. The tree was on the very corner of the house but only tore the gutter off. Maybe yours will pay since it's a threat to your house. Hope so.

There's a pond under this tree.

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Pond Chat / Re: I have 38....

« on: June 17, 2008, 02:38:08 PM »

Beautiful! And I was thrilled with 6 this weekend.

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Pond Chat / Re: Can anyone ID this lily?

« on: June 16, 2008, 02:59:45 PM »

Thanks for looking ya'll!

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Pond Chat / Can anyone ID this lily?

« on: June 15, 2008, 09:01:21 AM »

I've had this lily in my pond for 6-7 years and it never bloomed.I had decided I would get rid of it and use the space for something that would bloom for me. Last year when repotting and fertilizing I noticed a bloom starting so i decided to keep it one more year. It only had a couple blooms last year. This year it has taken off. Has 3-4 blooms almost constantly. Is it just an unknown pink? It is so pretty.

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Aquatic and Terrestrial Plant Exchange / Re: Azolla for postage

« on: June 09, 2008, 03:24:34 AM »

Bonnie, A sandwich baggie will be plenty. Thank you!

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Aquatic and Terrestrial Plant Exchange / Re: Azolla for postage

« on: June 08, 2008, 06:50:45 PM »

If you have any left I would like to try it again. I love it and my fish do too.

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Pond Chat / Re: Dragon fly circus

« on: June 05, 2008, 06:28:37 PM »

Beautiful! What ever they are. Thanks for sharing your part of the world.

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Pond Chat / Re: Huge snapper in pond

« on: June 05, 2008, 05:58:14 PM »

Rick, Yes we did the stick bite test.

Several times.

And the shovel too.

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Pond Chat / Huge snapper in pond

« on: June 05, 2008, 04:42:15 PM »

My Granddaughter and I went out to feed the fish this afternoon and found this guy in the pond. I think it had only got in the pond today. He wouldn't fit in a five gallon bucket. All the big fish are accounted for. There may be a couple small fish missing. My son came and removed it. He now lives in a creek about a mile down the road.

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: Hail

« on: June 04, 2008, 03:16:29 AM »

Wow! What a mess. So sorry you lost your plants.

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: Iris pix

« on: June 04, 2008, 03:13:46 AM »

Thanks everyone! I love them too. Wish I could remember their names.

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Aquatic and Terrestrial Plant Exchange / Re: If you never had/grown a tropical lily read this!

« on: June 03, 2008, 05:02:41 PM »

Thank you so much.

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Beware, after you've had a tropical, you'll want more every year!

That's what I'm afraid of!

I'll let you know when they arrive and hopefully post pic of my beautiful blooms.

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Aquatic and Terrestrial Plant Exchange / Re: Desperate for good sized lilies

« on: June 02, 2008, 03:43:52 PM »

Hi! Don't know if you remember me or not but we traded a few years ago. I have a few lilies you can have but they aren't huge, just decent starts. I'm not sure if they are unknown pink or white(Gonnere). Also have a very small Joey(yellow I think thats what I sent you before). Let me know.

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Aquatic and Terrestrial Plant Exchange / Re: If you never had/grown a tropical lily read this!

« on: June 01, 2008, 05:55:59 PM »

I've grown hardy lilies for years but haven't ever tried a tropical. If one is still available I'd love to give it a try.

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: Hey Mikey!

« on: June 01, 2008, 05:49:21 PM »

Wow! Your garden is gorgeous. It's always amazing to me the difference in the growing season in the US. I'm not that far from Texas(W KY). Our garden is just coming up and the tomatoes just have a few blooms.

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Terrestrial Gardening / Iris pix

« on: June 01, 2008, 01:56:17 PM »

I moved my iris last year and didn't expect many blooms this spring. The ones that bloomed were beautiful. We had a lot of wind while they were blooming so some of them are kinda ragged looking.