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Anacharis is Gone!
Last spring, I bought a TON of anacharis. It flourished, filling up the
bottom of the 15' x 30' x 4' pond. When the ice finally left, the anacharis was gone! I'm assuming that my fish had a nice winter long snack! The pond is understocked with fish. I have goldfish and a 4 or 5 smallish Koi. Anyone have methods of protecting anacharis from the fish in winter? Thanks! mark |
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Anacharis is Gone!
"Mark Mendell" wrote in message
news:zTDac.28590$vJ1.9260@okepread01... Last spring, I bought a TON of anacharis. It flourished, filling up the bottom of the 15' x 30' x 4' pond. When the ice finally left, the anacharis was gone! I'm assuming that my fish had a nice winter long snack! The pond is understocked with fish. I have goldfish and a 4 or 5 smallish Koi. Anyone have methods of protecting anacharis from the fish in winter? Thanks! mark Maybe the thing to do is store some away from the fish over winter, but leave most in the pond for the fish, since they seem to use that as a food source. My pond goldfish ate most of the anacharis but there was enough left that it's coming back, plus the anacharis in the two minnow-only ponds can supplement the plants in the goldfish pond as needed. However, aren't koi mostly incompatible with plants? I don't have koi, so I don't know the answer, but I thought it was hard to keep plants in koi ponds. Gail |
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Anacharis is Gone!
"Mark Mendell" wrote in message
news:zTDac.28590$vJ1.9260@okepread01... Last spring, I bought a TON of anacharis. It flourished, filling up the bottom of the 15' x 30' x 4' pond. When the ice finally left, the anacharis was gone! I'm assuming that my fish had a nice winter long snack! The pond is understocked with fish. I have goldfish and a 4 or 5 smallish Koi. Anyone have methods of protecting anacharis from the fish in winter? Thanks! mark Maybe the thing to do is store some away from the fish over winter, but leave most in the pond for the fish, since they seem to use that as a food source. My pond goldfish ate most of the anacharis but there was enough left that it's coming back, plus the anacharis in the two minnow-only ponds can supplement the plants in the goldfish pond as needed. However, aren't koi mostly incompatible with plants? I don't have koi, so I don't know the answer, but I thought it was hard to keep plants in koi ponds. Gail |
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Anacharis is Gone!
My fish also ate a huge pondfull of anacharis over a winter. I've grown it inside in a sunny window over the winter and it has taken off. kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
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Anacharis is Gone!
My fish also ate a huge pondfull of anacharis over a winter. I've grown it inside in a sunny window over the winter and it has taken off. kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
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Anacharis is Gone!
"Gail Futoran" wrote in message ... "Mark Mendell" wrote in message news:zTDac.28590$vJ1.9260@okepread01... Last spring, I bought a TON of anacharis. It flourished, filling up the bottom of the 15' x 30' x 4' pond. When the ice finally left, the anacharis was gone! I'm assuming that my fish had a nice winter long snack! The pond is understocked with fish. I have goldfish and a 4 or 5 smallish Koi. Anyone have methods of protecting anacharis from the fish in winter? Thanks! mark Maybe the thing to do is store some away from the fish over winter, but leave most in the pond for the fish, since they seem to use that as a food source. My pond goldfish ate most of the anacharis but there was enough left that it's coming back, plus the anacharis in the two minnow-only ponds can supplement the plants in the goldfish pond as needed. However, aren't koi mostly incompatible with plants? I don't have koi, so I don't know the answer, but I thought it was hard to keep plants in koi ponds. I am all for save and reuse each year. I am mean hell I saved duckweed and frogbit in an aquarium. I mean I am El Cheapo no doubt. But anacharis? Probably easier to just buy a new bunch in the spring. It's super cheap. -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
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"Gail Futoran" wrote in message ... "Mark Mendell" wrote in message news:zTDac.28590$vJ1.9260@okepread01... Last spring, I bought a TON of anacharis. It flourished, filling up the bottom of the 15' x 30' x 4' pond. When the ice finally left, the anacharis was gone! I'm assuming that my fish had a nice winter long snack! The pond is understocked with fish. I have goldfish and a 4 or 5 smallish Koi. Anyone have methods of protecting anacharis from the fish in winter? Thanks! mark Maybe the thing to do is store some away from the fish over winter, but leave most in the pond for the fish, since they seem to use that as a food source. My pond goldfish ate most of the anacharis but there was enough left that it's coming back, plus the anacharis in the two minnow-only ponds can supplement the plants in the goldfish pond as needed. However, aren't koi mostly incompatible with plants? I don't have koi, so I don't know the answer, but I thought it was hard to keep plants in koi ponds. I am all for save and reuse each year. I am mean hell I saved duckweed and frogbit in an aquarium. I mean I am El Cheapo no doubt. But anacharis? Probably easier to just buy a new bunch in the spring. It's super cheap. -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
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Anacharis is Gone!
Try putting it under a milk crate or two, at least you'll have some left in
spring. Joe On 3/31/04 10:11 AM, "Mark Mendell" wrote: Last spring, I bought a TON of anacharis. It flourished, filling up the bottom of the 15' x 30' x 4' pond. When the ice finally left, the anacharis was gone! I'm assuming that my fish had a nice winter long snack! The pond is understocked with fish. I have goldfish and a 4 or 5 smallish Koi. Anyone have methods of protecting anacharis from the fish in winter? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Anacharis is Gone!
Try putting it under a milk crate or two, at least you'll have some left in
spring. Joe On 3/31/04 10:11 AM, "Mark Mendell" wrote: Last spring, I bought a TON of anacharis. It flourished, filling up the bottom of the 15' x 30' x 4' pond. When the ice finally left, the anacharis was gone! I'm assuming that my fish had a nice winter long snack! The pond is understocked with fish. I have goldfish and a 4 or 5 smallish Koi. Anyone have methods of protecting anacharis from the fish in winter? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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