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Duck Pond
From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question.
I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150 and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph, and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond clean? |
"Charles Samardza" wrote:
From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question. I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150 and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph, and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond clean? I don't have a good answer for you Charles. The problem, as you have already found out is that ducks are notoriously dirty. If you're a duck its just "poop, poop, poop" all day. I don't think a pond that small would ever be able to host a pair of ducks without a daily cleaning. Is there a zoo or something similar nearby that might take them? San Diego Joe 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons. Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar. -----= 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! =----- |
"Charles Samardza" wrote:
From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question. I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150 and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph, and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond clean? I don't have a good answer for you Charles. The problem, as you have already found out is that ducks are notoriously dirty. If you're a duck its just "poop, poop, poop" all day. I don't think a pond that small would ever be able to host a pair of ducks without a daily cleaning. Is there a zoo or something similar nearby that might take them? San Diego Joe 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons. Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar. -----= 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! =----- |
Do a Google on Ian of New Zealand, and ducks and you will see what you are
in for. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Charles Samardza" wrote in message om... From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question. I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150 and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph, and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond clean? |
Sorry, the Google groups search in rec.ponds with key words Ian of New
Zealand and ducks. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "RichToyBox" wrote in message news:B9p5d.53091$wV.38273@attbi_s54... Do a Google on Ian of New Zealand, and ducks and you will see what you are in for. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Charles Samardza" wrote in message om... From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question. I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150 and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph, and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond clean? |
Sorry, the Google groups search in rec.ponds with key words Ian of New
Zealand and ducks. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "RichToyBox" wrote in message news:B9p5d.53091$wV.38273@attbi_s54... Do a Google on Ian of New Zealand, and ducks and you will see what you are in for. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Charles Samardza" wrote in message om... From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question. I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150 and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph, and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond clean? |
water in one side, out the other.
otherwise they dont really have to have a pond. Ingrid (Charles Samardza) wrote: From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question. I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150 and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph, and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond clean? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. |
water in one side, out the other.
otherwise they dont really have to have a pond. Ingrid (Charles Samardza) wrote: From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question. I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150 and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph, and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond clean? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. |
Ian, from New Zealand's answer about ducks has to be my all time favorite
answer in rec.ponds so I've saved it: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have a Peking, it's a beautiful white innocent thing that poops in unbelievable quantities. Never mind about a bio-filter, you are going to need a sewerage system suitable for a small town to deal with what this duck is going to do to your pond. would they stay or would they leave? No need to fret on this account - ducks never take the hint. Chuck it in the air and it'll come right back. Sure it will occasionally wander out onto the highway, but motorists would rather run off the road and kill all their passengers than hit a duck that's sitting looking right at them. Look closely at the general design of your average duck, notice that the cranium is small. It is my belief that if you could take all the duck brains in the world and combine them in a sort of super organic computer you would basically have a machine with a loose bowel and a vocabulary limited to: "quack". A duck is a natural born lobotomy. wondering if the cats if the neighborhood would bother them. Hell no, the neighborhood cats will not bother your duck, unless it is a duckling which you have just presented to your young daughter. Actually you will find the neighborhood cats will avoid close encounters with anything that looks like a duck. This is partly because cats dislike stepping in duck doo to get to their prey and partly because the duck thinks any passing cat must be its mother/sister/brother/mate. Even the staunchest Tom cat finds it unnerving to have to deal with this sort of thing and will generally go to extremes to avoid an embarrassing encounter. Would we need to put a fence around it? Sure, fence your duck, but it wont do you any good. You will still hear screeching tires on the road and the neighbors will still phone you up to say your duck is harassing their cat again. If you do get a duck be sure to turn on the lights at night before your walk across the lawn. One of the most unforgettable experiences you can have is tripping over a sleeping duck in the dark. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
Ian, from New Zealand's answer about ducks has to be my all time favorite
answer in rec.ponds so I've saved it: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have a Peking, it's a beautiful white innocent thing that poops in unbelievable quantities. Never mind about a bio-filter, you are going to need a sewerage system suitable for a small town to deal with what this duck is going to do to your pond. would they stay or would they leave? No need to fret on this account - ducks never take the hint. Chuck it in the air and it'll come right back. Sure it will occasionally wander out onto the highway, but motorists would rather run off the road and kill all their passengers than hit a duck that's sitting looking right at them. Look closely at the general design of your average duck, notice that the cranium is small. It is my belief that if you could take all the duck brains in the world and combine them in a sort of super organic computer you would basically have a machine with a loose bowel and a vocabulary limited to: "quack". A duck is a natural born lobotomy. wondering if the cats if the neighborhood would bother them. Hell no, the neighborhood cats will not bother your duck, unless it is a duckling which you have just presented to your young daughter. Actually you will find the neighborhood cats will avoid close encounters with anything that looks like a duck. This is partly because cats dislike stepping in duck doo to get to their prey and partly because the duck thinks any passing cat must be its mother/sister/brother/mate. Even the staunchest Tom cat finds it unnerving to have to deal with this sort of thing and will generally go to extremes to avoid an embarrassing encounter. Would we need to put a fence around it? Sure, fence your duck, but it wont do you any good. You will still hear screeching tires on the road and the neighbors will still phone you up to say your duck is harassing their cat again. If you do get a duck be sure to turn on the lights at night before your walk across the lawn. One of the most unforgettable experiences you can have is tripping over a sleeping duck in the dark. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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