Doug Kanter wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...

Question 10 & a bonus: Are ponds worthwhile or are they more bother
than they're worth?
..... involved. If you think you're going to get enough information in a
newsgroup, you may as well forget the idea.

There is/was a great news group for backyard ponds.
rec.ponds
but the trolls have taken it over and just about ruined it.
You still may be able to gather information there especially if you
search old messages.
If you post there be warned and do not ever respond to a troll even
if they have forged ID that resembles a normal poster.
I've had a successful 200 gal pond for 6 years and I got nearly all
my information from that group.
I've also got a home made filter system that works pretty well and
found out what I needed to know about that at rec.ponds
and finally.....

I use mag/drive type pumps.
I have 2 rio 2100s. (600 gal/hour each)
They use less than 40 watts each.
This is much less than $30/month mentioned earlier!
(at an astronomical power rate of 10¢ per KWH this is less
than $6 a month.)

If you are a DIYer and willing to build your own system you can have
a nice pond fairly cheaply. Go browse back a couple years in the
rec.ponds news group.
Good luck.

Dan D. Kentucky USA
http://ky-dan.com