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Message: [QUOTE="Shoestring Ponder, post: 121432, member: 2799"] The big guy is Rusty...he misses his pool and has decided the new kiddy pool is not the same for swimming in as the one that is now a pond! :sad: Poor guy, he looks so underappreciated and under loved! :heartpump: :laugh: I should really put this under DIY, but these floats also lend themselves to the subject at hand....algae and shade for the fish. We had an extremely hot April and my pond is green. I do not have the means to purchase a UV system and I want this pond to be a natural as can be. I float these plants to help suck up the nutrients that are causing the algae bloom in addition to providing shade for my fish until the hyacinth multiply enough to help w the water. I have a couple of floating planters that I put in one of those solar lights and at night it is really pretty. I know my pond does not measure up to the beautiful ones most ponders have, but circumstances necessitated this conversion. I also feel this end of the pond spectrum gives others ideas, shoestring ideas at that. My fish are doing well and the Bullfrog and Green Frog seem to be happy. I have waterbugs, swimmers and some snails as well as floating barley bails working on the algae. With it being a bit chilly this morning, I also have fish spawning and I am sure the temps of the water are warmer than the air, but they should be going down as well w it being 42* here this morning. :goldfish: [/QUOTE]