questions about a body of standing water, either natural or artificial, that is usually smaller than a lake. Usually ponds contain shallow water with marsh and aquatic plants and animals.
Questions tagged [pond]
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Can we import flora and fauna to a pond we have dug out ourselves?
We live in an area with lots of forest and wetland with ponds. The biodiversity in these ponds is extensive and interesting with inhabitants like Spring Perper frogs and flowering plants
We have dug out a little pond (20 x 40 ft) on our land in…
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Can I use this run off for a pond
At the bottom of a bank, I have a large flat area that we are going to build a small house ( 40 m2 ). The green peg is the right front corner though we are going to shift that another metre to the left to where the brick has been placed.
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Koi Pond Needs Emptied due to safety issues
We have a fairly large koi pond that needs converted to something more safe for 2 year old. It has a top and side fountain that run into it. We've wondered about removing the koi and placing a larger sized river rock in the water to where they can…
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How to grow aquatic floating bladderworts from seed?
Along with my previous question about Sarracenia, I'm also thinking of growing floating Utricularia (bladderworts) in the pond. Still not quite decided on the species (there are invasive issues to consider), but I am looking at suppliers. If I chose…
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How to halt the growth but leave the tree?
I have a twisted /contorted / japanese/ willow tree (it is I'd say about 20ft high at the moment )next to my small garden pond. My son planted it (from a cutting) over the resting place of a deceased pet 14 or so years ago. It has grown very fast…
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Does a pond really need direct sun?
I'm considering putting in a pond on the shady south (non-equator-facing) of my single-story house. Various advice that I have seen online says that a pond needs at least half a day of full sun, and if it has fish, then full sun.
However, the house…
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Willowbranch in small pond: it grows, but what now?
I have a (very) small pond (well, it's a .5x.5 bin with foil) with some still standing water inside. It's mainly inhabited by frogs, insects and visited by the local cats and contains a lot of duckweed. (it's more a 'frog ditch' than a pond...)
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Small pond with frogs is covered with duckweed. Is this OK?
My fiancée and I bought our first house last December and the previous owners did a fantastic job with the garden. Beautiful plants, shrubs etc, and a small pond (estimate about 2m x 1m and 2m deep). Up until a few weeks ago the water was fairly…
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Growing *Sarracenia* in a pond in the Southern Plains
We have moved to Wichita Falls, Texas. This is Hardiness Zone 7b. We're at the southern end of the Southern Plains, near the Oklahoma border - 2hrs from Oklahoma City, Lubbock, and Fort Worth.
The garden has a pond and a reasonable amount of shade.…
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Exceeding a Pond Filter's Flow Rate?
I have a 990l pond, and a Rockways 3-step formed waterfall that recommends a 4,000l/hour flow rate.
I need my pump to output 4,000l/hour. Do I need a filter that specifically supports such a flow rate? The pond is small, so do I need a 'big' filter…
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pondplants with a lack of nutrients?
I have a gardenpond (roughly 16000 litres) which is crystal clear. The pond contains no fish, only amphibians and insect life and a lot of plants. some plants, like the pondweed are real hardhitters on oxygen production and using nutritions to grow.…
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How to Build a Nature Pond with Stone & Bentonite Clay
I'm in the process of designing a nature pond to raise some small fish and attract amphibians. Its requirements are the following:
Contain a round central chamber 2 ft across (diameter) and 4 ft deep
Have an irregular shallows extended from the…
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Practical to feed a pond from an existing stream on the property?
Our garden has a stream on one border of it, and I'm considering adding a pond. I'm curious if it'd be practical to pump water from the stream into the pond, and then have an overflow that fed down a small run back into the stream?
I know very…
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How to know if my pond is leaking?
Dealing with a manmade pond and a lot (real estate) next to it that's owned be someone else. The pond is about 85 feet across with a dam on one side. The dam is close to the other lot and water is at accumulating just outside the base of the base of…
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Are red cedar posts a viable option for freshwater dock pilings?
We are installing a platform/dock on a newly built freshwater pond. The property has a great amount of red cedar available for our use. How long could we expect red cedar posts to last if used as pilings? How much longer would black locust last?
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