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finally got the pump going
Due to a lot of boy scout activities and remodeling during
youngest spring break and sprinklers in need of major re-engineering - the pond fell to the bottom of the list. Thankfully it has been way to cold here for spring. Today, after some fits and starts and major cleaning and threats - the waterfall is back on :-)) The fish love the waterfall buffet of insects and tasties that come down off the rocks. Lots of frogs were watching the whole affair, insects swarming around. Today I saw the squirrels, quail and magpies all at the pond at the same time. This is a backyard wildlife pond so all critters are welcome, even the luckless heron who has yet to catch anything or even spook the fish. Not sure if it is the depth, the way it is built, the big growth of camboda on the surface or just an untalented bird. k :-) |
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:34:36 EDT, kathy wrote:
it is built, the big growth of camboda on the surface or just an untalented bird. Camboda? Searched the web for a picture and only came up with stuff about Cambodia. Could it be hornwort? Elodea? I couldn't tell from the distance of the window, but did notice stuff floating. Now you have me curious. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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~ jan wrote:
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:34:36 EDT, kathy wrote: it is built, the big growth of camboda on the surface or just an untalented bird. Camboda? Searched the web for a picture and only came up with stuff about Cambodia. Could it be hornwort? Elodea? I couldn't tell from the distance of the window, but did notice stuff floating. Now you have me curious. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us I think this is it Jan................... http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/a...ba/cabomba.htm -- Pete C London UK |
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~ jan wrote in
: On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:34:36 EDT, kathy wrote: it is built, the big growth of camboda on the surface or just an untalented bird. Camboda? Searched the web for a picture and only came up with stuff about Cambodia. Could it be hornwort? Elodea? I couldn't tell from the distance of the window, but did notice stuff floating. Now you have me curious. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us Cabomba? |
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Cabomba caroliniana is its official name.
Pete found a good picture of it. I found some washed up on the shores of our big river here. Looking at the USDA distribution map, our county seems to be one of two in our state that has it. Considered a Class B noxious weed.... rats! Next time we get in the pond I'll have the guys pull it out. It can't really get anywhere from our pond, we are not on a flood plain, but I did have two ducks in there the other day and they could transfer broken parts - all sorts of things can be transferred from pond to pond via birdy feet. One year I brought home purple loosestrife from the same river, also making unwanted in rounds in our rivers and wetlands. I kept in a protected place, grew it for a while, saw who tough it was and then dried it out before it made any seeds. It stayed in a dry spot and went thru a rotten winter and darned if it didn't come back to life. Franken Plant!! This time made sure it wouldn't come back to life. k :-) |
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On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:32:46 EDT, "Pete C" wrote:
I think this is it Jan................... http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/a...ba/cabomba.htm Okay... so looks a lot like hornwort: http://preview.tinyurl.com/4t9bte What's the difference? ;-) ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:50:20 EDT, kathy wrote:
Cabomba caroliniana is its official name. Is it any less prickly than hornwort? I know I had some of that in the pond, and got rid of it pronto when it kept sticking me and feeling like I was getting bitten by water bugs. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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finally got the pump going
Beautiful day here in Colorado Springs (forecast for 1-2 inches of
snow tomorrow, but hey!) so I pulled out the pump, attached a few connections, put in some strapping for filter media in the stock tanks, filled the priming pot and line, plugged in the pump and listened to the wonderful sound of the water fall! Filling the pond this evening and looking forward to starting on the "upgrade" to the pond soon. SO nice to have the waterfall back! My koi are so happy, I was a couple break the water! LOL W. Dale |
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Very soft, the frogs like to hang out on top
of it and watch for winged tasties. k :-) |
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~ jan wrote:
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:32:46 EDT, "Pete C" wrote: I think this is it Jan................... http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/a...ba/cabomba.htm Okay... so looks a lot like hornwort: http://preview.tinyurl.com/4t9bte What's the difference? ;-) ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us Don't know. Googling plant retailers shows them listed together as oxygenators, so they must differ somehow? -- Pete C London UK |
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Pete C wrote:
Don't know. Googling plant retailers shows them listed together as oxygenators, so they must differ somehow? I must say that in the UK the habit of labelling pond plants just as "oxygenators" drives me slightly nuts as I want the plants but also like to know what I have put in my pond.... Interesting on the cabomba ID - is this the same plant that is also sold for aquariums? I tend to throw it out by the bucket load from my aquariums but have been wondering if I could use it outdoors in my pond as well but have never seen it sold as a "pond" plant over here Gill |
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Gill Passman wrote:
Pete C wrote: Don't know. Googling plant retailers shows them listed together as oxygenators, so they must differ somehow? I must say that in the UK the habit of labelling pond plants just as "oxygenators" drives me slightly nuts as I want the plants but also like to know what I have put in my pond.... Interesting on the cabomba ID - is this the same plant that is also sold for aquariums? I tend to throw it out by the bucket load from my aquariums but have been wondering if I could use it outdoors in my pond as well but have never seen it sold as a "pond" plant over here Gill My only contact with Cabomba has been with aquaria. I had tanks many years ago. I used it in tropical tanks.........don't know how it would survive in cold watr ponds. -- Pete C London UK |
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Yes, the same stuff, more or less, as sold for
aquariums. This version probably isn't as lush. It survives our winters, coldest is usually about 5 degrees F, but has gotten colder. As long as it isn't listed as a noxious plant for the UK. Nobody has started policing ponds here yet... though we have wondered about pond police and illegal water hyacinth down south. k :-) |
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"kathy" wrote in message ... This is a backyard wildlife pond so all critters are welcome, even the luckless heron who has yet to catch anything or even spook the fish. Not sure if it is the depth, the way it is built, the big growth of camboda on the surface or just an untalented bird. ===================== I don't know what kind of plant camboda is but the heron here cleaned out the smallest and 1st pond I put in. Even with all the plants to hide in he got all but one. He (or she) also knocked over all the plants and just trashed the little pond. We're in the process of removing this smallest pond and will fill the hole this spring. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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"Pete C" wrote in message ... My only contact with Cabomba has been with aquaria. I had tanks many years ago. I used it in tropical tanks.........don't know how it would survive in cold watr ponds. ======================== I never could get it to survive in any of my aquariums and just gave up on it. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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