Subject: Re: water hyacinth
From: hillersb@aol.com (Hiller SB)
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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 03:27:19 -0500
Message-ID: <MOD$971213.7254@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$971212.22911@rec.gardens.ecosystems>


In article <MOD$971212.22911@rec.gardens.ecosystems>, Matt Trahan
writes:

>I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be incredibly
>rude, just trying to comment
>on how incorrect you are. Using the right
>ratios, Water gardening is one
>of the easiest forms of gardening there is!
I agree! I know I'm incorrect and I asked for comments on how messed up I am!

>The correct answer is usually "just leave it alone and stop messing it
>up" to 3/4 of the common ornamental pond questions.
I agree again! Mom started leaving the pond alone. Algae everywhere, fish still
proliferating even though each morning there is about 2 inches of ice on top.
No hyacinths but I dunno if they're all that hardy anway. Lately it's been
anywhere from 17 to 30 degrees each night.

>We have a small pond, only
>1000 gallons, about 10 foot round and 2 foot
>deep in the center. Lots of
>underwater 'oxygenating' plants (weeds),
>some waterlilies, bog plants, and
>small koi, goldfish, and rosie red
>minnows.
>No 'constructed' mechanical or
>biological filters, the underwater weeds
>complete the nessecary cycles with
>the fish. >If you want more fish than is recommended for a given volume of
>water,
>you will need to add a biofilter and incorperate a mechanical
>filter
>into it.

>What was the original reason your mom was adding the
>'conditioner'?
She thought it was the right thing to do. I think she wanted something closer
to a swimming pool but I most certainly do not with the pond I'm trying to
construct (in between rainstorms and Santa Anas....Portland Cement and 80 mph
winds do not mix!!!)

Vince