Water Gardening

Yeah mine are similar @roders . The only time I get to see mine.

Looks lovely. Seeing this thread had given me the final push to re-home our Koi and fill in the pond. I inherited it from the previous owner but just do not have the time or money to do it justice!

Lovely.

Hope you post some pictures soon.

@Sian in Belgium Wow, your pond is absolutely beautiful, and look at all those lilies!

Water mint, water forget me not, small lily, flag iris, flowering rush and oxygenating ranunculus. I'm so excited, hopefully get it planted up over the weekend and can post some pics.I also want to get some angels fishing rods to plant in the border next to the pond

Hi,Whatever switch sensor you use be aware that your pump takes 650w or more at 240v.Seems many such switches only have a much lower current handling so will need a 'slave' relay rated at 5 to 10 amps .Perhaps the flow switches below could be used ? though again you will need a slave...

Welcome to GC, a nature or wildlife pond should never have fish in it, they will eat spawn, tadpoles and newt eggs. You need to remove all of them if you can.

Does anyone know variety of water lily? Have 4 in a small wildlife pond.

A little spout would be ideal, I don't really like solar to be honest, I've seen a jebao pump 450 lph with a flow regulator I'm thinking maybe that would be ok?

I would remove all the bricks clear out and fit a new liner. The liner would be tucked under the bricks. Then clean bricks and lay on a sand cement base. It would look very nice as I'm sure this one did a few years ago. A Butyl Liner will last very many years and are very tough.

I use one of those pound shop metal stakes that have a bend for a hanging lantern. About a metre tall. Can wedge spray end in the hook for the lantern.

mosquito larvae wriggle a bit.

Glad to hear it @Royboy I've had a lifetime of not being able to afford repairmen for lots of things. I used to repair my own clothes washer and dryer and although I don't think I'd do that now, what with being a bit older, I did fix the water pump in my dishwasher a couple of weeks ago and...

This is an excellent tip I didn't think about will definitely be doing in the future thank you

Think the blagdon would fit the bill then.

Thanks everyone. Going to get some shade loving plants in there around a seat for the shade I think.

A young frog just wanting a little warmth!I had a little surprise when I went to let the dog out for her last loo-break before bed last night.... a frog was trying to get inside!!We wandered up to the pond, torch in hand, during the loo-break. Lots of disturbance, and disappearing limbs into...

Thank you again. That'll give me plenty to think about.

That’s a very good point actually I think you are right if it was on all the time you wouldn’t notice it as much