sarracenia_X's half-barrel pond

[sarracenia_X]

i have had this pond for seveal weeks now, it has several plants and some fish.

some of you have already seen it in a pic on my bog garden thread, or heard me mention it in the chatbox, now i think it deserves its own thread.



well, here are the pics!

from when i first set it up

just water hyacinth, water lettuce, azolla, and duckweed in it when these pics were taken.

ill get some more recent pics up in a bit.

 

[Nepenthesis]

Oniceman!

 

[sarracenia_X]

on ice, or oh, nice?

 

[Nepenthesis]

on ice, or oh, nice?

It's my special saying with double meaning. Means cool and oh nice. On ice, cool. Oh nice, cool.

 

[sarracenia_X]

nice! lol

 

[Nepenthesis]

nice! lol

Thanks!

 

[sarracenia_X]

here are some of the more recent photos of the pond


you may notice that it now has, in addition to those other plants i mentioned above, waterwheels (aldrovanda), 3 clumps of anarchis, a banana plant, AND FISH!

the water lettuce doesnt like the heat...

 

[chibae]

very nice mini-pond

 

[mylesG]

how many gallons of water does that hold? very cool

 

[sarracenia_X]

20, I think

 

[cpbobby]

looks nice

 

[That One Guy]

You should add some aquatic utrics to that thing. Very cool

 

[sarracenia_X]

i already have an aquatic carnivore, Aldrovanda!

but i think i will get some Urticularia as well!

 

[fdfederation]

Nice. Is the water stagnant?

 

[sarracenia_X]

yes, it is always stagnant

circulation is an option, not a requirement

most people circulate their ponds to deter moskeeter larvae, but my pond is populated with about 7-9 mosquitofish, and 3 sprigs of waterwheel (Aldrovanda), so that takes care of that problem!

 

[mannyherrera]

Where are the pants?

 

[sarracenia_X]

Water hyacinth, water lettuce, Azolla, duckweed, Aldrovanda, anarchis, and banana plant.

 

[mannyherrera]

Nice assortment. I was making light of your typo in the opening comment.

 

[sarracenia_X]

oh . . . .





ill have to fix that!

 

[Millipede]

cool pond i had something like that going for a while. i kept my U. Macrorhiza in it. they got huge too