I am thinking of adding some fairly large rocks in a "pile" to provide my
fish with some hide outs.
I have had problems with Great Blue herons and nothing I have done to date
seems to work.
I am reluctant to put the rocks in direct contact with the liner, would it
be Ok to put a layer of padding (probably old carpet) on top of the liner,
under the rocks.

other ideas would be welcome.
ANO

I'd just put an extra piece or two of liner under the rock.


Joe

On 3/26/04 8:06 PM, "A.N.Other" wrote:

I am reluctant to put the rocks in direct contact with the liner, would it
be Ok to put a layer of padding (probably old carpet) on top of the liner,
under the rocks.



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I'd just put an extra piece or two of liner under the rock.


Joe

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I am reluctant to put the rocks in direct contact with the liner, would it
be Ok to put a layer of padding (probably old carpet) on top of the liner,
under the rocks.



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I'd just put an extra piece or two of liner under the rock.


Joe

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I am reluctant to put the rocks in direct contact with the liner, would it
be Ok to put a layer of padding (probably old carpet) on top of the liner,
under the rocks.



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foam padding with piece of liner over the top.
netting keeps herons and other birds OUT.
Ingrid

"A.N.Other" wrote:

I am thinking of adding some fairly large rocks in a "pile" to provide my
fish with some hide outs.
I have had problems with Great Blue herons and nothing I have done to date
seems to work.
I am reluctant to put the rocks in direct contact with the liner, would it
be Ok to put a layer of padding (probably old carpet) on top of the liner,
under the rocks.

other ideas would be welcome.
ANO




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foam padding with piece of liner over the top.
netting keeps herons and other birds OUT.
Ingrid

"A.N.Other" wrote:

I am thinking of adding some fairly large rocks in a "pile" to provide my
fish with some hide outs.
I have had problems with Great Blue herons and nothing I have done to date
seems to work.
I am reluctant to put the rocks in direct contact with the liner, would it
be Ok to put a layer of padding (probably old carpet) on top of the liner,
under the rocks.

other ideas would be welcome.
ANO




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

foam padding with piece of liner over the top.
netting keeps herons and other birds OUT.
Ingrid

"A.N.Other" wrote:

I am thinking of adding some fairly large rocks in a "pile" to provide my
fish with some hide outs.
I have had problems with Great Blue herons and nothing I have done to date
seems to work.
I am reluctant to put the rocks in direct contact with the liner, would it
be Ok to put a layer of padding (probably old carpet) on top of the liner,
under the rocks.

other ideas would be welcome.
ANO




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

"A.N.Other" wrote in message
...
I am thinking of adding some fairly large rocks in a
"pile" to provide my
fish with some hide outs.
I have had problems with Great Blue herons and nothing I
have done to date
seems to work.
I am reluctant to put the rocks in direct contact with the
liner, would it
be Ok to put a layer of padding (probably old carpet) on
top of the liner,
under the rocks.

other ideas would be welcome.
ANO

I use PVC pipe.

Gail

My 'island' sits on top of two double
stacks of builder's brick. There are
four 'caves' for the fish. After years
the bricks are covered in green.
The top of the island is a 'oil filter'
shaped planter that is level with the
water. It is filled with iris and creeping
jenny.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

If you do not net your pond you will lose fish frequently even with good
hiding places. After all, the heron need only be patient because the fish
cannot leave the pond area as they could in the wild.

--
Jim and Sara Humphries, Victoria, BC
"Ka30P" wrote in message
...

My 'island' sits on top of two double
stacks of builder's brick. There are
four 'caves' for the fish. After years
the bricks are covered in green.
The top of the island is a 'oil filter'
shaped planter that is level with the
water. It is filled with iris and creeping
jenny.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

"Jim Humphries" wrote in message
news:Cfr9c.26591$R27.4517@pd7tw2no...
If you do not net your pond you will lose fish frequently even with good
hiding places. After all, the heron need only be patient because the fish
cannot leave the pond area as they could in the wild.

--
Jim and Sara Humphries, Victoria, BC
"Ka30P" wrote in message
...

My 'island' sits on top of two double
stacks of builder's brick. There are
four 'caves' for the fish. After years
the bricks are covered in green.
The top of the island is a 'oil filter'
shaped planter that is level with the
water. It is filled with iris and creeping
jenny.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A


My pond was netted, but the bloody bird still got to the fish.
i was not around when it happened, but my neighbors who saw it happen said
that the heron just stood on the net and fished through it. They chased it
away a copuple of toimes, but it just flew up to the roof of my hoouse and
waited for them to leave.

My local pond store practically threatened to kill me if I put rocks
on the bottom of my pond saying I would never control the algea, but
several of you are talking about doing just that for hiding places
(which is what I originally thought too) any comments?

"A.N.Other" wrote in message .. .
"Jim Humphries" wrote in message
news:Cfr9c.26591$R27.4517@pd7tw2no...
If you do not net your pond you will lose fish frequently even with good
hiding places. After all, the heron need only be patient because the fish
cannot leave the pond area as they could in the wild.

--
Jim and Sara Humphries, Victoria, BC
"Ka30P" wrote in message
...

My 'island' sits on top of two double
stacks of builder's brick. There are
four 'caves' for the fish. After years
the bricks are covered in green.
The top of the island is a 'oil filter'
shaped planter that is level with the
water. It is filled with iris and creeping
jenny.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A


My pond was netted, but the bloody bird still got to the fish.
i was not around when it happened, but my neighbors who saw it happen said
that the heron just stood on the net and fished through it. They chased it
away a copuple of toimes, but it just flew up to the roof of my hoouse and
waited for them to leave.

My local pond store practically threatened to kill me if I put rocks
on the bottom of my pond saying I would never control the algea, but
several of you are talking about doing just that for hiding places
(which is what I originally thought too) any comments?

"A.N.Other" wrote in message .. .
"Jim Humphries" wrote in message
news:Cfr9c.26591$R27.4517@pd7tw2no...
If you do not net your pond you will lose fish frequently even with good
hiding places. After all, the heron need only be patient because the fish
cannot leave the pond area as they could in the wild.

--
Jim and Sara Humphries, Victoria, BC
"Ka30P" wrote in message
...

My 'island' sits on top of two double
stacks of builder's brick. There are
four 'caves' for the fish. After years
the bricks are covered in green.
The top of the island is a 'oil filter'
shaped planter that is level with the
water. It is filled with iris and creeping
jenny.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A


My pond was netted, but the bloody bird still got to the fish.
i was not around when it happened, but my neighbors who saw it happen said
that the heron just stood on the net and fished through it. They chased it
away a copuple of toimes, but it just flew up to the roof of my hoouse and
waited for them to leave.

Ah, the great debate. Many on this list say no rocks. It's way easier to
keep clean, and I would agree with that. On the other hand, looks kinda
sparse to my eyes. I put rocks in - but fairly large ones - no sand or
gravel type stuff. It's a compromise I can deal with. Never heard it
contributed to an algae problem though.

Just my HO

Joe

On 3/30/04 11:21 AM, "Josh" wrote:

My local pond store practically threatened to kill me if I put rocks
on the bottom of my pond saying I would never control the algea, but
several of you are talking about doing just that for hiding places
(which is what I originally thought too) any comments?



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Ah, the great debate. Many on this list say no rocks. It's way easier to
keep clean, and I would agree with that. On the other hand, looks kinda
sparse to my eyes. I put rocks in - but fairly large ones - no sand or
gravel type stuff. It's a compromise I can deal with. Never heard it
contributed to an algae problem though.

Just my HO

Joe

On 3/30/04 11:21 AM, "Josh" wrote:

My local pond store practically threatened to kill me if I put rocks
on the bottom of my pond saying I would never control the algea, but
several of you are talking about doing just that for hiding places
(which is what I originally thought too) any comments?



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