What does your pond look like ... Today?

[mrsclem]

I thought you had posted something about that before. Koi are really enjoying the flowers!

 

[addy1]

They are a neat lily, a lot of mine are one color with the white in the pedals.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

 

[addy1]

The lilies put out beautiful blooms while we were gone. Missed the first lotus flower...............
These two are huge, I need to take a ruler down and measure them

The canna in the bog is blooming

Two wanvisa's side by side different coloring

 

[brokensword]

The lilies put out beautiful blooms while we were gone. Missed the first lotus flower...............
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The canna in the bog is bloomingView attachment 140834View attachment 140835
Two wanvisa's side by side different coloring

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love the red wLily!!

 

[brokensword]

BETTER vid footage of the fish and
overview vid of the pond, before I put in the faux GB log;

 

[GBBUDD]

Crazy how many fish you have packed in there i know a lot of them are gold fish but none the less . crazy dizzying . but your water looks great nice and clear

 

[Beenzie]

Nice sunset while putting up my heron netting last night.
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Love the pergola. How big is it? Did you do that yourself or have someone build it for you?

 

[brokensword]

Crazy how many fish you have packed in there i know a lot of them are gold fish but none the less . crazy dizzying . but your water looks great nice and clear

yeah, most are goldfish but I'm moving up the koi number; got 4 more coming tomorrow (though, lost 4 from the previous order, just up and died within a week). I figure since I'm not feeding for growth, I'm not expecting mega sized koi. Even the ones that are now 4 years old are only about 16", so...

It looks a lot more crowded since when I'm anywhere near the pond edge, they of course are begging. I counted on this though, that's why my lilies are basically covering the back half of the pond where I couldn't see much anyhow.

Yep, water is clearer now; it was great while the fish were still waking up but as soon as the weather warmed and they swam about more vigorously, I started to get a lot of fines moving about. Resurrected the prefilters and they've now gotten it back, more or less, to early spring clarity. A month ago, before my UW cam died, it was hard to see to the other side because of all the fines floating about!

Thanks for looking, GB!

 

[brokensword]

Love the pergola. How big is it? Did you do that yourself or have someone build it for you?

Thanks for looking, Beenzie. It's not a pergola, it's a screened in pondhouse. The roof is made of 1x6 treated, in 4'x4' openings. Over top, I have mosquito screening (as well as all the walls are screened).

The whole pondhouse is 20x31'.

And yeah, this is a diy project. Only help I had was on expansion, my son helped me dig and lay in the new liner.

 

[gliebig]

Love the pergola. How big is it? Did you do that yourself or have someone build it for you?

It's 20x20. Special ordered from a website.
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[HARO]

My first water lily! Usually I’m a stickler for botanical names, but all the vendor could tell me about this one was that it would be yellow. If anyone knows more, I’d appreciate an ID.

Yellow. DEFINITELY yellow!
John

 

[twoheadsbrewing]

Water hyacinth in the bog is 12+ inches tall! And the canna and taro continue to grow new leaves and thrive.

 

[Mayank]

First time three lotuses blooming at once. First lotus flower of the season opened on Tuesday. Also three red water lilies in background ❤

 

[brokensword]

Water hyacinth in the bog is 12+ inches tall! And the canna and taro continue to grow new leaves and thrive.

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Careful; my taro can get over 7' by summer's end!