 Re: pond problems
no fish in the pond as yet. pond has only been up & running since start of last year. had major disaster. went on hols for 2 wks, pump broke 1st day, neighbour thought we'd switched it off. came home to find disgusting smelly mess absolutely full of midge larvae. started again and pond is crystal clear now. wanted to put some sticklebacks in but can't buy them & don't know if i'm allowed to take them from wild? pond place suggested some red belly things(can't remember) but really wanted sticklebacks. got some frog spawn last year and had loads of frogs. hoping to have them again this year but the birds love using the pond and the waterfall to have a bath in so they'll have a field day with tadpoles! had 2 resident big frogs last year. i know they can shut down & stay at the bottom of a pond for months so i'm hoping mine are still there but haven't seen them yet. had one damselfly last year from start to finish. it was lovely watching it come out of the water and stick on a leaf then emerge as a damselfly.only 1 but i was ecstatic.  |