Well, poo! Here I am, a day late and a dollar short *again*! Well, I can use
the kitty litter in the water gardens, where there are no cantankerous koi.
I'm trying to find the point where I can hybridize the pond between "koi
pond" and "water garden". No dirt. No rocks. No gravel. Now, No kitty
litter. Hmph. What's a body to do? There's a store here in town that deals
with hydroponics. I'll check to see if they have any of the coconut fiber; I
think it's that fluffy stuff I want.

I've already siliconed plastic grass (the long, wavy, ornamental stuff) into
3-holed bricks and sunk them to the bottom (they actually look quite nice.
They don't deteriorate or get out of hand, and when they get dirty, I just
reach in, pull 'em out, and hose 'em off!). I *like* my lilies: I just have
to find some kind of media that the fish won't mess with. They will leave
certain lilies alone, but the dirt has to go.

Open for suggestions!?!
Lee