Water Gardening

I'm not well up on filters these days, mine is just a box full of various filter mediums all just working on gravity.I have had my filter box over flow so I just fitted an over flow pipe to the top of the box and ran that back into the pond, I now know the filter needs cleaning when the...

Yeah the Monkeys used to have a song about that.

What's a W/I pond ?

That's what we are here for . And, you did all the hard work of actually bringing all the help and advice together and building the pond, so give yourself credit for what you've achieved

I noticed a few tiny frogs trying to get out of the tank they are in this morning. They are in a tank as otherwise the fish in my pond would have eaten them.I draped a lump of elodea, over the side of the tank, so they can climb out on that, or hide under it if they want to.

Looks a good flow there Just make that outlet hose run on a more even downwards path, it looks rather horizontal , almost a bit upwards as it come out of the box, just helps reduce any back pressure, might reduce the drip.

Mine is only 20inches deep at the deepest point and the fish have overwintered without much trouble for the last30odd years.

Yeh, garden hose clears it 90%. Beasties crawl out when its dumped at the side then into the compost bin,sorted.

When I did something similar many years ago I used broken up paving to give me a basic base and you can see how it's going to look and move it about, when you're done you can cement pieces to give you a raised edge and cover the liner if that's what you're going to use, when it was done and...

Many thanks for your help and advice

No - never seen anything like that!I was starting to doubt the overwintering in ponds v shelter, so I googled a little... Frog House DIY Plans - The RSPBWhilst doing this, I looked up the garden to the pond - where a pair of mallards were feeding ... There was then a stand-off with a heron ,...

I think that's why it' was banned from sale in 2014.

When we lived in Pebbles, Bexhill the terrain was very steep and we made a couple of wildlife ponds with a stream in between in the front garden that was bigger than the back one so could take it easily....I would use some rocks around yours to give it some different levels where you could also...

Thankyou for your replys With any garden that you want a wildlife pond in you have to decide on the size of pond. We have taken advice about depth of pond due to various reasons. How many critters you can have etc Preformed ponds has shelves but some are tiny small and large with the area we...

I had a raised pond built by my garage it started small but the fish grew so I had to make it a lot bigger, it was 12’ long 3’ wide and 4’ deep. It was easier to maintain and the kids could see the fish better, I still had herons but never needed a net we even gained 2 bream from somewhere, I...

I have a preformed pond and used rocks at one end to create a rocky ramp for anyone who falls in to clamber out. There are small gaps between the rocks that could create sheltering spots for any pond inhabitants who wish to use them. Can't comment on pumps as don't have one.

thanks for your replys the pond is at the end of the garden beside the shed it does get sun and shade , we would like fish etc in pond but none at the moment , i was advised by a family member to put in barley straw extract weekly, the plants have been in approx 2 months why would the issue be...

yes, I've been looking at these; just wasn't sure about size. Using 3 outlets and getting a reasonable flow is something to consider, but as I only want some bubbles it might work.

We've got a wire fence around the edge of our koi pond. The heron needs to be able to land on something to attack the fish. The heron can't stand around the edge with our wire fencing so we have never had any heron issues, however, a lot of other neighbours have had heron issues.

That problem had occurred to me. What I'm thinking of doing is getting the pump this weekend and setting it all up so I can see how much splash I'm going to get, then find a solution from there. Your loo cistern idea looks like something to consider if I do have a problem.