I hear ya Zydia. But that's the way with anything in life. Sometimes the kids behave and you're proud of them and sometime's you wish they belonged to somebody else. Jobs, cars, spouse, relatives, pets, gardens, appliances ---- my hair, my shape, my memory, ----that's life. sometimes it goes well and other times----------- not so well. I'm glad your pond is behaving right now. Take a picture and paste it on the front window for the next time it doesn't look so well.