1 yes, feed the heron and go for a natural pond - if you have fish, you'll have nothing else of interest.
2 don't know - isn't important if you don't have fish!
3 yes
4 no, they're quite likely to get tangled up and blue
5 I've heard rumours of environmentally friendly preservatives but have no experience (and not much faith).
Good luck, Paul
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Originally Posted by iona 1) I have bought some netting - when do I need to put this on to prevent heron feeding on fish? Would it be better just to let nature take its course and have a fishfree pond?
2) do I leave the pump going through winter, what aboout the separate filter?
3) I have been told that a football is good for preventing icestress on fish, is this true?
4) Pond is used by many birds, particularly large flock of sparrows and pigeons, have dragonflies and waterskaters what happens to these when/if I net it, will they know not to go on the nets?
5) Most important at present, I have decking up to the ponds edge, I need to paint/waterproof this but don't want to contaminate the pond, any ideas.
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