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[mtpond]

Welcome Ray.

 

[j.w]

Ray
I started out just like you did 12 yrs ago w/ a bunch of Petsmart feeder fish and some giveaways from Freecycle. Those fish are still in my pond and thriving. I did add a few Shubunkins. You have a nice looking pond set up and like the decking all around it. Some added plants would be nice and would help w/shade for the warm Cali weather down there

 

[Ray Sandoval]

Well, I've taken in all the welcomes and advice so far and found a local nursery that had some floating plants. Added those this morning and the fish love them! I also updated the filter box, pump, and got a fountain kit. All that plus a drop in cattail plant from Lowes. Wow! What a difference! Loving my new hobby. I ordered a Burgundy Princess Water Lilly and some submersible Hornwort too that should be here next week. Oh! I'm guesstimating the pond volume around 350-400 gallons.

 

[Nepen]

Looks great! Did you say you have waterfall? are you using it? I didn't see where the waterfall coming.

 

[Ray Sandoval]

Looks great! Did you say you have waterfall? are you using it? I didn't see where the waterfall coming.

Yes, I was going to seal the stream before I use it because it leaks water and the pond volume is half empty within 1 day.

 

[Nepen]

ahh Good luck! Do you know where it leaks?

 

[Ray Sandoval]

Yes there's some cracks near the bottom of the waterfall where I saw water collecting, but it's not a long stream so I'm thinking a sealant makeover on the stream is in order. Anybody have suggestions on a safe media to use?

 

[j.w]

Oh boy are you gonna love it when those Water Hyacinth bloom. Wish I could grow them here but they don't like our cool weather at least at my house anyways. Some can get them to grow but now me

 

[addy1]

Yes there's some cracks near the bottom of the waterfall where I saw water collecting, but it's not a long stream so I'm thinking a sealant makeover on the stream is in order. Anybody have suggestions on a safe media to use?

This is my fav, works great, make sure all is clean and dry, let it cure some.

 

[Ray Sandoval]

Awesome! I will grab some of that and git-r-done...