Country Escape's 2nd pond - Goldfish only

[j.w]

Sorry about the lost fish CE. Glad you can see clearly in the goldies pond...........now for the koi pond.

 

[CountryEscape]

Well, here are some pics of the water clarity in the goldfish pond! It's fabulous! I can even see the little tiny ones I put in this morning! Love it love it love it!!! Can you see the frog in the first pic? He's there all the time, either on the lily pads or on the hyacinth roots.

 

[j.w]

Nice clear water and yep I see Frogger!

 

[pondlover]

Awesome. CE clear water!!

 

[addy1]

Fantastic ce, glad it is clear, good feeling!

 

[CountryEscape]

Yep, that pond is good to go. Love the bog, positive that is the reason I have such clear water. Now, if I can just get the koi pond to cooperate and clear up before Memorial Day weekend, that would be awesome!

 

[addy1]

lol ce, I know it is why I have clear water, since it is my only filter. Glad it worked out for you

 

[CometKeith]

CE, The fish look great. Glad to hear your goldfish pond is doing well. I don't know why more people don't just keep goldfish. I think there are a lot of advantages to that. Re trap door snails. The raccoons are always stealing them by us. I found one in my lawn about 6 ft from the pond the other day. I know it didn't get there by itself. It felt like something was in it so even though the trapdoor was closed i figured I would try putting it back in and hope for the best. It floated in the water for a while, but the next day i noticed the snail was doing okay and was no longer floating like the day before.

 

[addy1]

CE, The fish look great. Glad to hear your goldfish pond is doing well. I don't know why more people don't just keep goldfish. I think there are a lot of advantages to that. Re trap door snails. The raccoons are always stealing them by us. I found one in my lawn about 6 ft from the pond the other day. I know it didn't get there by itself. It felt like something was in it so even though the trapdoor was closed i figured I would try putting it back in and hope for the best. It floated in the water for a while, but the next day i noticed the snail was doing okay and was no longer floating like the day before.

Love my goldies and shubunkins, no fuss fish ponding. They are really pretty too.

 

[CountryEscape]

Keith, my trapdoors are always "closed" if I net them out, and if they feel heavy, I figure there is someone in there. In my goldfish pond, I saw a bunch of the trapdoors I put in there, it's soooo wonderful to see everything that is in there. My son was over last night, and he is very concerned I have a snapper in my koi pond too, the reason for it being so murky. He suggested turning everything off for a day to see if it got clearer, but I doubt that does anything. My farm pond has no water moving, and it's murky.

 

[CometKeith]

CE It sounds like your goldfish pond is doing well. I hope you have solved the issues you were having with the koi pond. My goldfish are all really active now. I have progressed to feeding them every other day to every day now and today I actually lightly fed them twice. I'm not sure why but the fish rush over to anyone that approaches the pond now hoping for food. They had never been nearly that friendly before. Three of the fish had come over from another pond that had koi. I wonder if those three learned to be friendly from the koi they shared the other pond with. I have had goldfish now for 3 or 4 years and have never seen them be so friendly before.

 

[j.w]

Keith your fish are getting fat and sassy and they love you for it! Seems the more one feeds the more the little pigs want :yellowbounce:

 

[CountryEscape]

I think you're right about the koi teaching the new ones to run for food. My goldies that were in the koi pond, know to come when I approach, the new ones from Pond Kid were more standoffish at first, but now wait patiently in the middle for the food. My fish in the koi pond ALL follow me around the pond. I tend to think that the koi are much friendlier in that respect than goldfish, but the goldfish in with the koi are just as friendly.

 

[CountryEscape]

I'm finally at a point where I can say "I'm done" with what I originally wanted to get completed this summer! Here are the results, tying the two ponds together with the stream, and finishing the center area for a "sitting area". Will put the porch swing in that area and eventually have a fire pit on the outside edge as well.
I'm really happy how everything has turned out. Goldfish pond is crystal clear (I keep hoping to see little fry, as I know the fish have spawned at least twice if not more already) but so far no luck. I think if I sat in one place and stared under the lilies, I might get to see one or two. The koi pond is finally clearing up as well. Been a long road for that pond, but so far no string algae has come back, crossing my fingers and toes!
I'm at the point where I can just sit back and enjoy the rest of the summer, no more work HAS to be done, but I'm sure I'll be doing odds and ends all year long. I have company coming this weekend, then my sister in 2 weeks and mom and her boyfriend the week after that! So, am very happy all is "finished" this year, instead of water in the pond but nothing was finished looking last year this time!
And, once again, thanks to everyone on here for your help! I could not have built either of these ponds without your help!
Oh, and just for giggles, here's my pregnant Boston Terrier! Poor thing sleeps upside down and in the strangest positions lately. She is due this Sunday, so is VERY uncomfortable .... she's going to be happy to get those buggers out of her tummy!

And in this photo, she was sleeping just like this, sitting up, and when I turned on my camera, it made a "turning on" sound and she woke up, and stared at the tv, guess she thought the tv was going to turn on. When it didn't, she slowly lowered her head back to this position. LOL

 

[j.w]

A job well done CE! Now you can relax and enjoy it all. Sit on your swing and have a little drinkie poo and watch your fish and listen to the falls and frogs croak away!
Your poor pup looks like she is in labor sitting up that way. Maybe she is? Might have some babies early tomorrow, who knows. Wonder how many she will have and are you keeping any?