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13-06-2009, 08:53 AM
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Thanks cutecoot  Sounds like you have a good little plan there, be sure to post pics when you get round to it.
Cheers Dan. My parents got it from the NEC in birmingham, there wasnt many stalls selling natives. The stall was for mimmacks aquatics in Essex, i have the web address but not sure if i can post it on here?
Just realised i didnt post the pics in my last post,   |
13-06-2009, 11:25 AM
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I recommend not putting any duckweed or water fern in it (not one frond)! They are pretty but soon you shall have a light-obscuring mat on the pond and you will forever be removing it as it grows quickly and is fiddly to take out. |
13-06-2009, 11:30 AM
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It's filling out nicely now Mark 
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13-06-2009, 11:33 AM
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Dont worry schlocky i already know about duckweed and water fern, thanks anyway |
13-06-2009, 11:34 AM
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Thanks Cazzie, it is slowly getting there |
03-07-2009, 07:26 PM
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Just a quick update. It is all going good, ive got all sorts living in the pond now. I have beetles, not sure which, leech, copepods, daphnia, midge larvae, hoverfly larvae and noticed a gammarus shrimp today
Thats all, Mark |
03-04-2010, 06:57 PM
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how do you stop the mud from murking up the water? |
03-04-2010, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by joey747  how do you stop the mud from murking up the water? |
Dont swim in it  |
04-04-2010, 08:10 PM
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seriously though because rain water washes top soil in surely so how do you keep the water clear. |
04-04-2010, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by joey747 seriously though because rain water washes top soil in surely so how do you keep the water clear. | Why have exposed top soil next to the edge of the pond? Turf around it and leave it unmown, be far more attractive to amphibians with cover present. | | | |
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