Some of my other Fish Hobby

cabinetmkr39

cabinetmkr39

DavidG / CCA Member
Had two of those Herons standing in the pond lastnight, My neighbor scared them off. I've tried everything but a GUN. lol
 
Frank Cowherd

Frank Cowherd

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Great pond, Dave, Beautiful!

Looks like you have fishing line up to prevent the great blues from getting to the pond. That works pretty well and if you have had some of the KOI for 15 years, it must be doing the job. I have deer netting over my pond, high enough to keep it dry. I use to have loses every year due to Great Blues, but none after I put in the deer netting three years ago and the Potomac River is only a hundred feet away so I have tons of Great Blues nearby.

Where did you get teh rocks and how did you get them into place? ANd what kind of filter do you have on the pond?
 
fischfan13

fischfan13

Banned
Absolutely phenomenal pond, David!
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cabinetmkr39

cabinetmkr39

DavidG / CCA Member
Pond

Thank you Frank, Our member and my friend SteveF does this work for a living. He and I and he crew built this pond back in 2004. As you can see he does Great work.
Filters I have 2 Artesian 1/3 hp water pumps with 2 57 watt Aqua Ultraviolet UV's.
Aquadyne 4.4 Bead filter in the basement and
Aqua Ultima II Bio Tube filter 4000 gal.
were using 3 in slotted pipe for the bottom drains
and I'm also running a air system plumbed in the bottom.
When we moved to this house we brought some of our fish with us from our original pond.
 
George

George

CCA Charter Member and person in charge of the we
That is great. Extreme envy on this end. Your pond makes me want to fill mine in.

George
 
SubMariner

SubMariner

Master Jedi & Past VP
Impressive David!!!

I see that RockMan (SteveF) did a great job for you. I now see that you guys are truly talented and it's good to have you both here at Capital Cichlid. The Koi look incredible...gorgeous even. Congratz. :jumpy: :)

Can't wait to come over and hang out by the Pond!

Cool!


RM
 
UNCLERUCKUS

UNCLERUCKUS

"THE ALL POWERFUL Q !!
that's one good looking pond sir! well done! I know what ya mean with the herons. my friend had a disappearing act at his pond until he put up some screen like wire up .when he did that his problem was solved. I hope yours works. I'd have to admit it can be very frustrating.
 
cabinetmkr39

cabinetmkr39

DavidG / CCA Member
Hey Phil, For the winter I shut down the filters and cut back the plants and cover the whole thing with a very large piece of shade cloth. That keeps the leaves and birds out till spring. Fish do fine. I have a air system that keeps holes in the surface ice.
Have not lost a fish to the cold.

Frank the fishing line is working very well, just added to more pieces were I think the herons were getting in. I was using two SCARECROW sprinklers but those birds move so slow they weren't setting them off. Guns and arrows are good options but these birds spook really easy hard to take aim. lol
Oh BTW there also protected big fines I heard.
 
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