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Offline Kat

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What tricks do you use for your pond?
« on: April 24, 2008, 01:43:59 PM »
I don't filter my waterlily ponds but I do run a pump in the winter to keep ice away or a hole in the ice in case it gets that cold.  I found these aluminum soaker balls worked great over the intake & doesn't clog often unless there is a lot of junk floating in the water or too many snails.  Overall, very low maintenance.

Also, these work great to fill your ponds up with a gentle flow of water.

What things do you do to make ponding easier?

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Re: What tricks do you use for your pond?
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2008, 01:53:48 PM »
Married a man who likes ponding!   ;D
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Re: What tricks do you use for your pond?
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2008, 07:02:27 PM »
Kat, do you have fish in there?

SS, me too and on top of that, he's a plumber.

I don't know if the DIY stuff makes things any easier but sure does make it cheaper.
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Re: What tricks do you use for your pond?
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2008, 07:41:53 PM »
Hey Double S and Esther, I like those answers!  ;D  My DH loves the fish but he refuses to understand there are rules to maintaining a healthy pond.

I love using the polyester quilting batting for polishing the water.  I just put a planter tray (netted plastic, like strawberry basket) with a bit of the batting and it catches all the gunk the filter misses.  Just make sure water diverted by this contraption goes where it should and change the gunk full batting when ever it's full.  That's my 2 cents. ;)
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Re: What tricks do you use for your pond?
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2008, 08:56:54 PM »
My hubby doesn't like ponding, but he loves me.  o(:-) So he does it. I don't know, maybe he really does enjoy it.

The best thing I ever did to my pond was add a vortex, skimmer, and TT; but it's the TT that I like the best. I kept it running all winter long this year (and believe me, we had a very long winter). I feel that with the TT running all winter, the pond cycles earlier and doesn't go through a pea green algae phase in spring.

So that's my tip- a Trickle Tower.  :)
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Re: What tricks do you use for your pond?
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2008, 09:02:18 PM »
Karen, what is your trickle tower made of?  Mine is a strawberry pot and I would be afraid that the water might freeze on it and crack it.    I don't have any tricks, daily mataince, and paitience.
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Re: What tricks do you use for your pond?
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2008, 05:09:35 AM »
We make our own filter boxes with the pump and filter balls and batting, also vegetable filters.

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Re: What tricks do you use for your pond?
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2008, 05:13:02 AM »
Neat tip Kat- where do you get those aluminum soaker balls?  Forgive my ignorance, but what is their original intended purpose?  They look familiar, but I don't know what they are LOL.
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Re: What tricks do you use for your pond?
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2008, 05:41:08 AM »
I WISH I had a husband that was more interested in gardening either wet or dry ... his involvement is that he says "yes, buy it", LOL.

Esther--I keep about 6 goldfish (about 6" big) in each 300 gallon stock tank pond, & more or less goldfish in all the other ponds depending on the pond size.  If I end up with a bunch of babies, I'll plug in one of the pumps during the summer so the fish have enough oxygen.  Otherwise the pumps aren't needed until the winter.  Water stays clear once all the muck settles to the bottom.

Batting sure comes in handy for water clarity.  That is a great tip!

I've not made a trickle tower before but they look quite effective.

Vickie--your filter sure does look lush!

Joey--they are for your garden hose to soak trees or plants with it.  When the water is running it has a nice gentle flow to it, so I even use it to water potted plants even if the water is turned on full blast.  I haven't found them in stores this year, so I bought some on eBay earlier this week.

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Re: What tricks do you use for your pond?
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2008, 06:20:18 AM »
Quote from: marla on April 24, 2008, 09:02:18 PM
Karen, what is your trickle tower made of?  Mine is a strawberry pot and I would be afraid that the water might freeze on it and crack it.    I don't have any tricks, daily mataince, and paitience.

Marla, my TT is extremely ugly and I have to hide it. Strawberry pot TTs are much nicer looking.
Anyway, I took hardware cloth and rolled it together in a cylinder approx 35" tall and about 12" diameter. The cylinder fits in a larger plastic pot. Put pvc through the bottom middle, & filled with bio balls & plastic scrubbies.
What is that thing that a plastic flower pot sits on, like a tray? Don't know the right word, but I found one of those that fit the top of the TT cylinder. I drilled a bunch of holes in it, including a hole for the pvc water output. That disperses the water evenly all around the top. Then I drilled holes in the bottom of the pot for the water to drain out.

It's probably overkill for the amount of fish I have, but I think it compensates for the extra wildlife that visit (like ducks, birds, etc).
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Re: What tricks do you use for your pond?
« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2008, 12:57:18 PM »
We have a large water fern that blocks out most of the solids before they go to the skimmer.
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Re: What tricks do you use for your pond?
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2008, 06:54:25 PM »
The usual name for the soaker ball is "hose end bubbler"  You can see or purchase one here:  http://shop.incomsupply.com/shop/product.asp?mscssid=DU8P7UTT9TFG9H85UTCFD2TJX9K2EUPB&mbrid=4419&custid=TEMP&dept%5Fid=140801&sku=701082

They can also be had in plastic, like those here: http://doitbest.com/main.aspx?pageid=64&sku=762881&memberid=0129&associate=true
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Re: What tricks do you use for your pond?
« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2008, 07:23:50 PM »
lol double S!  Can I borrow him???

No tricks here :(

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