"Theo van Daele" wrote in message
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Ingrid,

FWIW, I agree.

We should never look at our ponds as something "close to nature".

Unless we have a pond like Sam has (meaning multiple thousands of gallons
per fish), our ponds are not and will never be a "nature" thing.

We can all avoid desillusion taking that little fact into account :-)
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I think I disagree, although I have not thought this through. Clearly, a
2000 gallon pond is not a lake, but surely, we can create microcosm of this
great macrocosm that we live in?

BV.