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ReelMckoi · 16-11-2011, 02:02 AM posted to rec.ponds

"Doug" wrote in message
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On 11-Nov-2011, "ReelMckoi" wrote:
It sounds like you have a raccoon problem. They're very destructive and
come around late at night. Large herons will also turn over pots. A
neighbors dog got into my smaller pond one time and made a real mess. I
don't think there was one plant that wasn't overturned or broken.

How horrible! Its news to me that ponds are liable to attack. I have had
two
small fishless ponds for some years, which contained newts and frogs, and
they were never attacked but since I have had the fish the attacks have
begun. A neighbours dog showed a great deal of interest in the fish but I
intervened quickly to prevent any damage. Most of the time though my fish
hide from view and are very timid.

Doug.

Posted from London, England, where foxes and cats are prevalent in gardens
at night.

We found to our sorrow that here in the USA a lot of predators attacked our
ponds. Kingfisher birds, the mentioned herons, bullfrogs, water snakes and
turtles, raccoons, the occasional cat, dogs... if ponds are not protected in
some way the fish will be lost. I used nets when I had fish. Now the ponds
are just whatever nature brings, mainly newts, water turtles and
frogs/pollywogs.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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