| Re: Replacing pond liner
Thanks Dampflippers and Nightshade
Rather than use polystyrene beads, I have decided to try a few drops of milk - I think it should be safe for the fish if the amount used is small. I did recently try small bits of tinder but, as you said, they were either blown by the slightest breeze or did not move at all. I shall feel around the surface edge once more when the weather gets a bit warmer. Last time I did that my fingertips dropped off through frostbite! (No, they didn't really.)
The wheelie bin liners would be a good idea. Thanks.
As for water being blown over the edge of the liner, this is unlikely to be the case here as there is a good eight inches of vertical liner above the present (reduced) water level. Nor can it be anything to do with the filter, as this stands externally well above the water level.
I'm not sure, Nightshade, about improvements. The main part of the pond is over two feet deep and there are already shelves around most of the edge. As for length and width, I do not want to disturb the low brick wall which forms the periphery and, anyway, there isn't really much room to make the pond larger.
Ideally, I should like to leave everything just as it is. The size and conditions must be OK as four fish from two or three years ago have multiplied about tenfold, and they look quite happy!
Thanks, both. I am always very grateful for any advice.  |