LOVE the moose ... beautiful animals!!!
Sissy, regular here is 3.70-3.80 gallon (and my pig complains if we dont use midgrade)
Sissy, regular here is 3.70-3.80 gallon (and my pig complains if we dont use midgrade)
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Hey Mitch, have the leaves up there turned this week yet? Moose no leave cause they must feel safe! What are you going to do if they stay all Winter!
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Our leaves are starting to turn, seeing reds, yellows
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Hi Colleen,
About 30% of the valley has turned yellow now.
I often come across areas in our forest where different animals have spent the night - elk, deer, moose. Winter time too. Usually at least 100 yards into the forest though.
The snow is melted where they were laying.
I've just not seen a moose and calf stick around for so long.
Maybe I'll get a trail cam and put it up somewhere in our yard, pointed at the pond.
About 30% of the valley has turned yellow now.
I often come across areas in our forest where different animals have spent the night - elk, deer, moose. Winter time too. Usually at least 100 yards into the forest though.
The snow is melted where they were laying.
I've just not seen a moose and calf stick around for so long.
Maybe I'll get a trail cam and put it up somewhere in our yard, pointed at the pond.
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That camera sounds like a good idea, that way you will see all the wild animals running amuck in your pond, and maybe even Big Foot! Ha ha ha
Our leaves are slowly turning color now too, not too much, just a little touch here and there. We have not had any frost yet.... knock on wood! And hope we don't any soon either!
Our leaves are slowly turning color now too, not too much, just a little touch here and there. We have not had any frost yet.... knock on wood! And hope we don't any soon either!
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This was about 1/2 hour ago. Too bad the "visitor to the pond" photo contest is done! :biggrin:
Wow, just wow!
Wow, just wow!
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WOW! Big Cow and calf! Hope the pond liner will be OK... You sure live out in the middle of no where, looks like wild beast country!
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Yep they are beauties and I would be kinda worried about the liner also. No problems yet tho huh?
The beginning of this month I had a moose in my yard. A lot of people think they are ugly but I think they are beautiful animals. Just heard a pack of wovles took down a bull moose in my area. We got rid of wolves for a reason and now there back.
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Dang, those are some awesome pics, Mitch. I especially love the one where they are both looking over their left shoulder. And, I would say you need to submit those pics to the liner company! They may just pay you for advertising the strength of the liner ... that is as long as no punctures are put in it from their hooves. I'm thinking moose would be like horses, wider hooves, not as sharp as say antelope or smaller animals. Heavier, yes, but wider placement of the weight might keep them from piercing the liner. Good luck!
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I keep checking where they stand, but the liner has been fine. I can see the outline of the hoof in the algae film, never any scuff marks.
That area of the plant shelf was going to be a gravel filled area for lots of plants as the pond matures, but it loks like the moose would trample them. The plants that are there are in plastic pots and they broke one.
The hoof prints I've seen are big and rounded.
That area of the plant shelf was going to be a gravel filled area for lots of plants as the pond matures, but it loks like the moose would trample them. The plants that are there are in plastic pots and they broke one.
The hoof prints I've seen are big and rounded.
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CE, the picture that you like was probably the moose hearing me coming back from town picking up the mail and opening our squeaky front gate.
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My Pond, you gotta love the wolves, they necessary to keeping the wild herbavore populations healthy, and I love the sound of there howl! Better to have a few wolves that lay low, then a wild pack of coyotes that are running rampant in our town!
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I'm going to try this product for the pond this winter:
It's called a pond breather, it comes with a 145 GPH pump tht's suspended in the white ball about 3 feet below the water level and has a heater strip that keeps the circulation tube ice free. The pond water is kept aerated during the winter by the pump circulating water up through the center pipe where it is exposed to the outside air. It uses 40 watts.
http://www.amazon.com/8PB-Breather-Heated-Aerator-Watts/dp/B000HHM9U0
I also am looking for a better water thermometer, I tried vacuum sealing a wireless sensor from an indoor/outdoor thermometer, but it seems like the signals that it sends out are not strong enough to transmit through water.
This didn't work:
...so I guess I'll have to get another wired one.
It's called a pond breather, it comes with a 145 GPH pump tht's suspended in the white ball about 3 feet below the water level and has a heater strip that keeps the circulation tube ice free. The pond water is kept aerated during the winter by the pump circulating water up through the center pipe where it is exposed to the outside air. It uses 40 watts.
http://www.amazon.com/8PB-Breather-Heated-Aerator-Watts/dp/B000HHM9U0
I also am looking for a better water thermometer, I tried vacuum sealing a wireless sensor from an indoor/outdoor thermometer, but it seems like the signals that it sends out are not strong enough to transmit through water.
This didn't work:
...so I guess I'll have to get another wired one.
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Interesting heater, I'll want to hear how it did for you this winter.
As far as the wireless transmitter, I have a set, and if my receiver is not VERY close to the transmitter outside, it doesn't read the info. I though the battery was dead on the transmitter, but when I moved receiver to the inside of the same wall it was on, it picked up the info. A second receiver is about 30' away through another wall, and receiver picks up both. Had a floating thermometer on both ponds, one receiver in the house, but receiver typically only picked up the info from the closest koi pond's thermometer, and then not all the time. Goldfish pond is only about 20' farther, but plants in between it and house I guess causes signal to be disturbed. In the equipment's defense, I always buy stuff on sale and cheap ... so maybe if I went with more or most expensive, they would work better. :blueflower:
As far as the wireless transmitter, I have a set, and if my receiver is not VERY close to the transmitter outside, it doesn't read the info. I though the battery was dead on the transmitter, but when I moved receiver to the inside of the same wall it was on, it picked up the info. A second receiver is about 30' away through another wall, and receiver picks up both. Had a floating thermometer on both ponds, one receiver in the house, but receiver typically only picked up the info from the closest koi pond's thermometer, and then not all the time. Goldfish pond is only about 20' farther, but plants in between it and house I guess causes signal to be disturbed. In the equipment's defense, I always buy stuff on sale and cheap ... so maybe if I went with more or most expensive, they would work better. :blueflower: