"M.R. Daniels" wrote in message
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Ok. I can live with them in my big natural pond where the ducks and geese
live, which is about 300 yds away. But my fish pond beside the house, with
all the expensive plants and fantails is another story. Last summer I had
a major invasion. The little buggers just sunbathed all over the waterlily
pads, slithering into the water to munch on a goldfish whenever the urge
struck them. I counted seven, in a 2500 gal pond. They finally finished
off the fish.
I drained the pond, am starting over. I foolishly believe there should be
some miraculous (hopefully ecologically safe) way to keep them away from
this pond. Or maybe I should start an aquarium?
Any ideas?
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I live in a rural area and we have plenty of snakes here. They, along with
herons, snappers and bullfrogs were emptying our 2 ponds of fish rapidly.
Finally, in desperation, we bought those thin black bird nets and netted
everything. No more losses. A few snakes got tangled in the nets and lost
their lives, but with the huge population of them here I doubt it made a
difference in their numbers. For the last few years I've seen fewer snakes.
I have no idea why.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. USA
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