On 20 May 2003 16:40:47 -0700, (ann in houston) wrote:

Hi Bonnie,
I don't know what he was going to use. Some kind of styrofoam
floats on a pvc frame. He didn't want the screen to show, because I
complained about it uglying up the view of the pond from the street.
I actually don't want the cover down, covering up the view of the
fish. I want him to build an attractive, tall awning that looks like
it belongs there. He's worried about the cost of that. Maybe if I can
get enough anacharis that the fish won't decimate it, it would help.

Hi Ann,
I can't answer your question - just wanted to say "Hi". One
point though, what is going to keep the screen floating. I
have screen in the veggie filter as a mechanical filter and
it always sinks.


In the past I have used those sheets of green 8 X 11 "Craft Foam" from a local
craft store. The sheets are about .79 each and I make about a 4' X 4' cover by
stapling them together at the corners in a checkerboard pattern so only the
corners touch and it leaves 1/2 the total area as open water. The X's are the
foam and the O's are open. It doesn't look too bad and with liberal doses of
BZT I only get a slight case of green water for about 1-2 weeks.

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The foam comes in several colors of green and since it floats like a lily pad I
figure it doesn't mess with the O2 exchange much.

I also have purchased a 15' x15' x 15' triangle shade screen that will be
attached to the eave of my house at two points with adjustable cables and to a
single steel pole on the other side of the pond. the attachment points will be
about 20' x 20' x20' and I will be able to slide and adjust the cloth to cover
where it is needed. To avoid having a pole in the middle of nowhere, I will
concrete in a PVC pipe just below the grass surface that the steel pole will fit
in like a socket. At the end of the season, pull the pole and store it.



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