Another pond of sorts...
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Love water hyacinths but they are illegal in Texas.
They grow like crazy up here, so can only imagine what they would do some place warmer. If we have any room left in the plant pond, I want to bring some in to get a jump start on next year. I bought 250 of this spring, and the pond was naked. Until we get some trees planted, we have no shade on the pond, the water hyacinths are a huge help.
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lil purple flower looks like blue forgetme not , as best as I can see it. It is hardy, does fine here
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looks like the stuff CE sent me, it is hardy here. See if she chimes in.
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hardy to zone 5
not hardy at all, only put out after all frost chances gone
per the net grows in northeast us to mexico, therefore hardy, some consider it an aggressive weed.
I dont think it is in the FMN family, but there are 100s of varieties, so could be. Will try to get a better pic of it later. It is really short. Maybe only an inch tall in total.
A local friend has some of this too, and says she has to buy it new every year. I know it is invasive as hell. Two LITTLE plants covered a good bit of water considering how late in the season we got it. I was just gonna grab a couple of starters and stick them into 2 four inch pots.
Glad to know the curlie mint is hardy, that can stay out... as can that mare's tail, except for a bit to start a couple more... and lemon grass thingy to come in... thank you
I had promised in an earlier post here some pictures of our indoor pond. Sorry it took so long. :-(
But here they are.
Pic 1: Our indoor pond is in our basement playroom of our split level home. The entry way is just above the pond with a railing. The steps going up to the entry way are to the right of the pond. The ponds' drywall's "gravel" bottom was done by my wife.
Pic 2: Looking down over the railing into the pond. The edge was done with plastic wood decking, similar to Trex. The PVC pipe with netting was done to keep fish off the carpet. They young koi babies would often jump out of the pond, especially in the first month or so of being moved inside.
We only bring in the babies. The largest koi brought in is about 3".
Pic 3: The last bloom of our tropical lily. The blooms were pink all summer outside but this last one was almost white with just a hint of pink on the tips. Maybe the cold snap we had washed out the colors for some reason?
Pic 4: We only have 4 koi this year inside. This was the last of them we had to catch. Very dark as you can see and we had a hard time catching him until the water temp dropped to about 55F. That slows them down a tad. Caught him at night. Usually easier to catch them at night. All four this year look to have some good color. Will be interesting to see them grow this winter inside.
Craig
But here they are.
Pic 1: Our indoor pond is in our basement playroom of our split level home. The entry way is just above the pond with a railing. The steps going up to the entry way are to the right of the pond. The ponds' drywall's "gravel" bottom was done by my wife.
Pic 2: Looking down over the railing into the pond. The edge was done with plastic wood decking, similar to Trex. The PVC pipe with netting was done to keep fish off the carpet. They young koi babies would often jump out of the pond, especially in the first month or so of being moved inside.
We only bring in the babies. The largest koi brought in is about 3".
Pic 3: The last bloom of our tropical lily. The blooms were pink all summer outside but this last one was almost white with just a hint of pink on the tips. Maybe the cold snap we had washed out the colors for some reason?
Pic 4: We only have 4 koi this year inside. This was the last of them we had to catch. Very dark as you can see and we had a hard time catching him until the water temp dropped to about 55F. That slows them down a tad. Caught him at night. Usually easier to catch them at night. All four this year look to have some good color. Will be interesting to see them grow this winter inside.
Craig
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This is our own QT tank its called a Shoreham is the Rolls Royce of QT tanks here in the UK , it has its own filter with Jap Matting.
A UV-C which is a kockny koi 15watt UV-C
Bottom drain and a wet dry pump a Blagdon Amphibious P 2000
Ours was second hand used once ( the chap lost interest after all his koi died (wrong sized filter) didnt do his homework properly .
Brand new they cost £550.00 uk we bought it for a song at £260.00 uk
As of yet we havent used it so not sure of its volume but we think it holds around 500 gallons imperial but may acctually be wrong on that gallonage but will be metering the water in to see just how much it holds .
The one in the Photo isnt acctually ours it just shows you a shoeham setup, ours is kept spotlessly clean lol klick on it to get an idea of its true size .
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rgrds
Dave