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Aquatic and Terrestrial Plant Exchange / Re: Does anyone have a Dauben for sale?

« on: July 11, 2007, 06:27:02 PM »

Thank you Tammie! It's a beautiful, healthy lily!! 

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Pond Chat / Re: Kid Ponder...Missing!! Update - Eureka!!

« on: July 11, 2007, 06:25:49 PM »

So glad you found them! Can't wait for pics of the finished product. 

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Pond Chat / Re: Really ugly tropical waterlily :(

« on: July 11, 2007, 05:43:56 PM »

Yikes. Kinda looks like you hybrid a lily with an onion. 

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Koi Shows / Re: Mid Mich Pond tour (Flint)

« on: July 11, 2007, 05:35:02 PM »

I was thinking of attending this- most of the homes are very close to me. The two in Grand Blanc are right around the corner. But, DH is booked up with clients all day the 14th, and I really don't want to go by myself. 

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Pond Chat / Re: Mysterey Frog or Toad.

« on: July 11, 2007, 03:53:37 PM »

Leopard frogs do not get as large as bullfrogs, but they seem to be MUCH faster. In my experience they also are much easier startled. On the back forty here, the bullfrogs by the large drainage ditch/ waterway will just sit quietly as you walk up, and only jump in if you get too close. The leopard frogs, on the other hand, you rarely even see- all you will hear is a big splash as you get within a few yards of the water.

We have a wireless outdoor surveillance system we purchased at Sam's Club last year (with night vision). When we first installed it, I used to dump leftovers in the yard and point one of the cameras there. It was fun to watch which wildlife critters would show up after dark. (I quit because DH complained I was attracting vermin. Spoil-sport. )
I was thinking this would be a good way to check out your your frog, but the quality of the video feed might be to poor to actually identify what kind of frog he is. Just a thought.

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Pond Chat / Re: Is this a Real lily?

« on: July 10, 2007, 02:30:02 PM »

Giant Victoria Water Platters..... Ohhhhh, I think I'm going to need a bigger pond. 

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Pond Chat / Re: What kind of fish is this....

« on: July 10, 2007, 01:51:55 PM »

Looks more like a goldfish than koi, but hard to tell. Does it have barbs on it's mouth like the koi? I read somewhere koi and goldfish will hybrid, which makes an ugly fish that grows really fast- a hybrid maybe?

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Pond Chat / Re: Kid Ponder...Missing!!

« on: July 10, 2007, 04:19:30 AM »

Hey, I wanted to be like timgod first!! 

I can't find any kiddie pools around here either, and I searched EVERYWHERE!   

Do you have a Tractor Supply Company (TSC) in your area, or a farm store that has livestock tubs and water tanks?

That's my next plan!! 

PS- Don't bother with large rubbermaid type containers- the sides just bulge out and look like they are going to

explode when filled with water... 

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Pond Chat / Re: How many fish?

« on: July 10, 2007, 04:11:50 AM »

Welcome!

Grass shrimp seem like a great pond addition idea. Nice way to supplement the fish's diet! 

Can't wait for pics of the pond! I'm pretty new to the forum also and I have since learned that my pond is

overstocked. I've given away a few large comets and a couple big shubunkins (each about 8 inches+), but I haven't

been able to part with any of my koi.  :'(  But, I'm planning a bigger pond and hoping to accomplish it before my koi

get too much bigger. Maybe if you discover you are going to be overstocked (I was trying to calculate, but I hate

math  ) you could adopt out some of your other fish for the ones you really want. Or, do like the rest of us, and

just build more ponds! 

Also, wakins are goldfish, not koi, and they will not get as big as koi. I have a small one in a tank indoors that I am

waiting to put in the pond until he has grow a bit larger. He's one of my favorites. 

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Pond Chat / Re: Is this a Real lily?

« on: July 10, 2007, 03:54:30 AM »

  I was waiting for the expert's to post if it was real or not- so I could start searching for one. 

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Pond Chat / Re: Added yet another new lily pond over the 4th, and some bloom pics

« on: July 10, 2007, 03:51:52 AM »

Very nice! Can't wait to see pics of it as the lotus and lilies mature!

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Pond Chat / Re: Reflections on the pond

« on: July 10, 2007, 03:30:12 AM »

Beautiful shot! 

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Pond Chat / Re: Can anyone identify this water snake?

« on: July 09, 2007, 01:59:56 PM »

After looking it up, it appears this was an Eastern Milksnake and the larger snakes in the water must have been Northern Water Snakes. ( Reference http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12201-61219--,00.html ) They really did look similar, but the adults were alot darker.

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Pond Chat / Can anyone identify this water snake?

« on: July 09, 2007, 01:42:27 PM »

Over the weekend we went fishing and saw several LARGE snakes swimming in the water (okay, not anacondas, but at least 5 feet long). We found this baby in the grass near the water and snapped some pics before turning him loose. The markings were the same as the adults. All these years in Mi, and I have never seen a water snake before. Hmm.

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Pond Chat / My first bloom (for real this time)

« on: July 09, 2007, 01:35:56 PM »

My Red flare bloomed on the night of July 4th, but I haven't had time to post pics til now. It was dusk so the pics didn't turn out so great with my cheap cam, but here she is. It was actually much more red, for some reason the pics look dark pink.

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Pond Chat / Re: Couple of shots from today of the pond Featuring

« on: July 08, 2007, 05:26:28 AM »

Very Nice Kim! 

Next year I'm going to try growing Lotus, so I'll be bugging you for advice next spring. 

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Pond Chat / Re: Look what was flying around the ponds today as I was fertilizing the lilies

« on: July 08, 2007, 05:22:11 AM »

  I almost forgot, BEAUTIFUL pic!!

(I AM going to get a nice camera one day!  )

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Pond Chat / Re: Look what was flying around the ponds today as I was fertilizing the lilies

« on: July 08, 2007, 05:19:49 AM »

I remember when I was a young kid,  early 1950's, my grandmother always called them snake doctors. It wasn't untill I started school that I was taught the correct name.  Anyone else ever heard them called that name before?

Yes! I remember my grandmother calling them snake doctors. She was the youngest of thirteen, from the backwoods of Shelby County, Ala. She also called them "pee-in-your-eyes"; I still wonder where both names came from.
 

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: Dark blue Columbine Seeds Anyone? Last Call

« on: July 06, 2007, 04:20:35 AM »

My seeds arrived yesterday. Thank you so much LeeAnne! I'm going to do an internet search for planting instructions. 

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Wakin, Shubunkins and Goldfish... / Re: Other fish in small pools/ponds?

« on: July 05, 2007, 02:50:20 PM »

Yes, I did mean for the summer. They are warm water fish and would def have to be brought in for the winter here. I wanted to put some in my lily pools, not in the pond with my koi and goldies.
 

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Pond Chat / Re: A Visit with LeeAnne

« on: July 05, 2007, 01:19:50 PM »

LeeAnne, your place is simply beautiful. So tastefully done and well groomed! 

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Pond Chat / Re: Tim, Kat, some of you lily Guru's can u answer this?

« on: July 04, 2007, 04:59:42 AM »

I'm glad you asked this too; I had been wondering about depth. I also had a question about raising water temp for tropicals. Can you put an aquarium heater (with thermostat around 80* F) into a lilly pool to encourage them? It's been getting down to the 50's at night here frequently and it def seems to be slowing down my trops growth rate. Day temps have been averaging around 80*.

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Pond Chat / Took a drive to The Pond Shop.

« on: July 04, 2007, 04:12:35 AM »

The DH, DKs and I took a drive on Sunday to The Pond Shop, in Milford, MI. I wanted to show DH a few ideas for building some new pond areas with landscaping. The place was okay, although nothing to write home about. The landscaping outside was nice, but the staff seemed clueless, IMHO (and I thought I was clueless). I asked one staff if they had any wakins; she said "no, but you should only put goldfish or koi in your pond anyway". I just smiled at her and said "okaaaay". Obviously the girl had no idea what a wakin was, and she seemed so confident of her silly self that I didn't want to burst her "I know everything" bubble. Another staff tried to convince me floating plants such as water lettuce "absolutely worked just as well as anacharis as an oxygenator". (I'm sure this was because they were out of anacharis and had plenty of water lettuce.) Not to mention prices were very expensive.
 Anyway, all in all, it was a beautiful day for a road trip and we had a good time. Here's just a couple pics of some of the ponds there. My camera really does not do justice to the shots.

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Pond Chat / Re: There's a snapping turtle in my pond

« on: July 04, 2007, 03:36:53 AM »

  I'm so sorry about your butterfly. I sure hope you can find and relocated the turtle asap. (Tempting as it may be to make him into soup right now.) Good luck.

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Pond Chat / Re: lily,lotus and flower pics....LOTS of them....

« on: July 03, 2007, 07:19:20 PM »

Very pretty flowers, I had no idea Lotus blooms were that big!

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Pond Chat / My first bloom (well, almost! :)

« on: July 03, 2007, 03:48:06 PM »

I'm so excited!  The Red Flare that Bonnie (bunny56lbc) sent me has a big bud that popped up out of the water today! I wonder how long before it opens? I think I read somewhere it's a night bloomer?

 

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Pond Chat / Re: Pics of the granddaughters *Rats! Meant to put this in chit chat!*

« on: July 03, 2007, 11:51:35 AM »

Yes, I remember those summers. I miss them too! Beautiful grandchildren, you must be so proud.

Really though, grandkids- Did you have your daughter when you were 10?? 

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Pond Chat / Re: Miter saw

« on: July 02, 2007, 05:47:23 PM »

Very crafty Bonnie!

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Wakin, Shubunkins and Goldfish... / Re: My Baby Wakin's

« on: July 02, 2007, 03:08:36 PM »

Kim,

 How are the babies/ Any new pics? 

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Wakin, Shubunkins and Goldfish... / Other fish in small pools/ponds?

« on: July 02, 2007, 03:06:45 PM »

Has anyone kept small tropical fish such as guppies in small outdoor ponds or lilly pools? How about plecs?