Angie wrote Do I have to choose between dragonflies and fishies? There's not
a whole =
thick layer of leaves in the bottom, just "some" scattered around the =
bottom. Will that be an instant death for my fishies?

Don't worry about a few extra leaves, the fish will be fine :-)

Dragonfly nymphs and fish do fine together, one will eat the other depending on
the size. You do get a lot more interesting critters the less fish you have. My
SIL has few fish in 4,000 gallons and all sorts of critters swimming around.
The cattails in my fishless frog bog are covered with the nymph cases of dragon
and damselflies.
(This is an arguement for MORE ponds!)

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