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Pond Chat / Re: A study on dragonflies

« on: July 04, 2011, 08:41:16 AM »

Very nice overview of the dragonfly life cycle. Funny, I have not been on this forum in years, but am just now starting to plan a pond and decided to check the forum. Had to leave my old pond behind due to a life change.

I am a huge fan of dragonflies and have spent a lot of time photographing them. The blue dragonfly is called a "Blue Dasher", the one in your photos is a male, the females have no blue on them.

With a little patience you can get them onto your finger by slowly moving your finger under their tail and gently touching the back legs. At first they will fly away, but after a few minutes they get stubborn and will start to step onto your finger. Here's a photo I took of one on my own finger:


And here is how they look very close:


I have a gallery of dragonfly photos here:
http://www.pbase.com/sayer/dragonflies

Have a great ponding day!

Sayer

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Pond Chat / Treating Freshwater Ich or Trichodina - Need lots of salt :(

« on: August 11, 2006, 06:46:56 AM »

Several of our koi are starting to show a reddish color on their sides and around their top fins. There is also some flashing going on. Looking at Koivet.com it appears they have either Ich or Trichodina. The first suggested treatment is salt, but where can I get enough salt for a 6,000 gallon pond? My calculations show that I will need three doses of 125 cups of salt. 

Any suggestions?