Posted on 06/16/2005 7:26:20 PM PDT by faithincowboys
Never did wander through other forums much myself after finding FR.
Our pond is fast becoming a money pit. Some day we want some koi, otherwise known as raccoon bait. :-) The birds really enjoy it; they drink from it and sometimes bathe in it. Fun to watch.
This is my third summer here, and the first year I've had hummers. They're mostly rufous hummers, the small rust colored ones.
Two of them nearly took my head off this morning chasing each other. Dingbats.
CUTE!
I get the green hummers.
(Pinging Lady J because I know she knows about this...)
I know about that Money-Pit stuff, though.
Sorry for you.
Word of mouth is usually the best way to get a good contract job done. Licenses and home shows don't mean quality.
I hope it all works out better for you. (Man...I hate shoddy jobs!)
Just a suggestion....
I've used feeder goldfish in my pond...
They're dirt cheap, grow real fast and if they are lunch for herons or racoons, you don't wanna slit your wrists.
And sides, they all look the same under the water :)
The pond will be great when we get it working right. Much bigger than I would have done (husband got carried away), but it's nice.
We had a corner of the yard that was sloped, so we have water coming down from the top and splitting into two waterfall streams with an island in the middle. I'll post a pic when we get the water started up again.
Might as well have bought a boat if we wanted to throw money in water. :-)
Beautiful!
That's a good idea. We planned on starting with goldfish, so if they died it wouldn't be that heartbreaking.
My husband has his heart set on koi, and the pond is his baby, so I stand by and let him play. Keeps him off the streets. :-)
Honestly (and this may be my eyes)
Koi and goldfish look the same to me :)
But yeah, let him play.
Goldfish and koi are the same: carp. They will grow only as large as their container will allow, so if you have a lot of them, they will not outgrow the pond, or container.
The Japanese name of "koi" mostly denotes the brightly colored ones.
The only difference I see in the store is the price ;)
That's about it! Where I come from carp is considered "trash fish" but I have known people who can it for food. (BLECH!)
Each to his own, I guess...
Also, we built our own pond, dug it, cemented it and dug a shallow well to fill and filter it. Only power used is the well pump.
Unfortunately, after 20 years and growing some good size koi, hawks found the pond and raised their family on fish. Now we have scrawny 10 for a dollar gold fish and foul mouths.
Hmmmm.
*I* will talk to you later, and I am taking that kindly
Thank you.
S.
It won't let me see.
:(
Well, dang, Lady J!
You just need to change your focus!
You are not doing fish... you are a Predator Bird Sanctuary!
:-)
Sorry about that.
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