One of my favorite for this Irish Lass! Hope everyone had a grand time! We didn't do anything special but we manage to have a good time doing nothing all the time anyways :twisted: I'm part Irish, had red hair and freckles all my life then hair started to turn more brown way later in life for some ...

Hi my name is Paige- l I'm thinking of starting a pond so I'm here to ask questions! Thanks for allowing me to join. hello and welcome. Hope you get some great advice from the experts here. Most of the problems with new ponds have to do with understanding the nitrogen cycle, which every ponder gets...

that might be telling you your water has some higher nutrient numbers; it would be interesting to check your water from the well. I'm wondering if you have more than usual phosphates, possibly iron (that might turn it a red color from the iron bacteria; ask me how I know!). Ever tested? Yep tested ...

i'm not sure what liner I have as it's more like a hard plastic. Probably not a liner thinking about it. A precast pond kind of thing. I know it was easy to put in but the sides that show need to be fixed i guess. Do you have any ideas how to do that? You have preformed pond if it's hard plastic. K...

Wow all looks so nice and organized and look at all those plants coming up. Good you got a net up to stop invaders and I love all those rocks Will be neat to see everything all up and growing and filling in nicely We may need you to take on the job of plant caretaker at the castle now 8-) Whatcha m...

colder here today too. But it's still early and like the pond, in the north we need patience. :evil:

KellyZ22 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:55 pm Thank you and I am glad I found you all

Not easy to find but me too! Facebook sure has a lot of followers that use a lot of unnecessary stuff on their ponds. Glad there's some sensibility here! Welcome.

I don't have any live plants in eh pond just some on the edges. Iris and horsetail mainly but looking to find some creping genny as the color is nice and it doesn't look hard to grow. @j.w how long have you had the cat tails and do they spread very fast? I have the yellow ones like you. Creeping Je...

Yes, I've seen @j.w answer all sorts of questions and must be the brains behind this outfit! You won't go wrong listening to her! Welcome to the forum.

goldfish are pretty hardy creatures and can survive cold better than koi so definitely get those. Lots of nice color on subunkins.

I get murky water in the spring too but it goes away after the plants start growing. Always an interesting but frustrating time when I want to see the fish like I usually see them. But I agree you need patience!

Ended up getting RPE from BTL liners at 30x35. I had traced all the ledges and shelves sizes and came out w the close dimensions. I bumped those up a few times and think I should have like 5-7 feet extra at least on each side to utilize in doing folds if needed. Should have lots of practice heat we...