The Good Banter Thread

[koiguy1969]

THE ONLY BLUE HERON A PONDER MIGHT ENJOY BY THEIR POND!

 

[addy1]

Addy,
Do you have your elephant ears growing the pond or just the landscape?

They are in the bog and in the pond. None in the landscape

THE ONLY BLUE HERON A PONDER MIGHT ENJOY BY THEIR POND!

no kidding!

 

[sissy]

need to ask a question as of 3 weeks ago I got possession of a safety deposit box that was dads and there is stuff in it from war and a battleship he served called the USS.OGLALA ARG-1 says 1907 to 1046 and has seals pics roster lists and pics of Hawaii and the Phillipeans .I have been slowly going through the stuff I have been looking online ,I saw pics and some info .pretty interesting stuff anyone know anyone that served during this time .There are pics of everyone that was on the ship and there names

 

[addy1]

how neat sissy!

It is pouring buckets here, at a rate of over 4 inches an hour, we left florida late cause of torrential rain, it followed us home.

 

[sissy]

yeh it was pouring here and now the wind is blowing so hard it blew a large 2 inch thick glass top table all the way across the deck .I had to push it against the wall of the house and that thing weighs alot ,so you will be getting that next so batten down the hatches

 

[addy1]

lol yep, we are going back into the high 70's 80's for the next week or so. sunny no rain, will see if that stays true.

 

[addy1]

lol yep, we are going back into the high 70's 80's for the next week or so. sunny no rain, will see if that stays true.

lmao........I had noaa set to show me weather in ..................florida............
we are going to be in the 60's cloudy, more rain........40ish during the night.

 

[taherrmann4]

Won't make it out of the mid 40's today with the 25 mph wind they say it will feel like the 30's. My poor fish look soooo cold... :sad:

 

[addy1]

I think I will groom the plants, lower the lilies, etc etc. Even though they are still blooming think they are on their last flowers.

 

[koiguy1969]

cold wet and gloomy here as well...my fish are in 64*f water,no sun but flourecent lighting. they just had breakfast. so theyre happy.

 

[sissy]

Well in the high 60 's today and 45 for night temps but still windy and no rain suppose to get over 70 by saturday and hope so .I wanted to work on the fence today but this wind is not good for trying that ,hopefully it will calm down so I can get done with it ,only 2 more 4x4's and the boards and I'm done .

 

[taherrmann4]

koiguy,
do you bring in any of your lilies or plants to your indoor pond?

 

[koiguy1969]

tmann...no i dont bring in plants, but have considerred it...but the cost of running grow lights to keep them alive keeps me from doing it. unless the ones that fit flourecent fixtures would work for hyacinths or lettuce. but ive read nor heard any evdence saying they would.

 

[taherrmann4]

I am doing a bit of an experiment with some water lettuce right now. I took some pond water and put it into a pot, took some good looking lettuce from my pond and broght it inside, then put a 23w CFL on it for 12 hrs a day. I will replace the water every 4-5 days with fresh pond water, will let it get to room temp before transferring the lettuce to the new water. So far look better than they did before I brought them in. I have been doing a lot of research on planted tanks and people grow the dwarf lettuce and give it away, they are growing this stuff with regular florescent bulbs some use t8 or t5 bulbs.

 

[sissy]

I grow it but don't use a cfl or a grow bulb I put it by the window in the basement and at the bottom of the tub I put pea gravel and just add fresh water when needed and it is not pond water .Last year they got out of hand and I just filled the basement sink up with water and they took off even stronger than ever .It gets a little chilly down there but my basement is well insulated .I don't fuss over it just let it do what it wants .This year I bought at an auction 2 galvanized tubs to put them in .