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      CommentAuthoredleigh7
    • CommentTimeJul 16th 2007
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    Here is a photo of my pond....it has been in for about 10 months. I still have a bit more work to do to make it look more natural...but time will help me with that. Hope everyone enjoys!!

    Ed:face-smile:
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    Ed Tropical Collector
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    It's beautiful, any fish?
    DarrelLife’s all about the journey, not the destination! Tweed Heads / Tyalgum NSW AU
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      CommentAuthoredleigh7
    • CommentTimeJul 16th 2007
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    Yeh mate...I've some mosquito fish (that covers about 73 different species of fish lol) and some Barbs...they are native to America and are surface feeding fish apparently. We also have a catfish..but i might as well have bought the invisible man!! We've seen it about twice (we think) at night since we put it in!!

    Ed:face-smile:Ed Tropical Collector
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    Thats great!
    Maybe the cat has noticed its namesake.:face-devil-grin:
    DarrelLife’s all about the journey, not the destination! Tweed Heads / Tyalgum NSW AU
    • CommentAuthorGardenKing
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2008
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    ponds lookin great, any more pics?:face-smile:
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      CommentAuthoredleigh7
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2008
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    Yeah, I have some at home, so I will try and post an update. Now it looks like its overgrown...Ed Tropical Collector
    • CommentAuthorstrawberry
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2008
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    Great pond edleigh, watch the floating surface weed plants they quickly take over. Still, they are probably good green fertiliser for the garden I guess. You'll be amazed how quickly other lifeforms move in too to take advantage of the mini ecosystem you have created. I am still to work out frog-friendly fish as the aquatic nusery guy sold me seemingly innocent small fish that grew into giants that ate everything in sight! Poetic justice is that probably kookaburras got them so now it is frog heaven!
    • CommentAuthorbiologist
    • CommentTimeMar 31st 2008
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    Is your catfish a native sharkfin catfish edleigh?
    I used to have one in a massive pond with a few dozen koi.
    I had to drain the pond, all 15,000 litres, to catch the
    mongrel as it started taking huge bites out of the koi. Ended
    up selling it back to the shop I bought it from from twice
    what I paid for it. It had grown massively on a diet high in
    koi and was nearly three feet long when I caught it.
    :face-surprise:
    Considering the number of koi it ate I didn't really make a profit.
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      CommentAuthoredleigh7
    • CommentTimeMar 31st 2008
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    Thanks for the comments and bringing back to my attention. I REALLY am gonna try and take another pic, soon. The cat fish is an eel tailed catfish, which I think is native. Since then we have bought another one. I wish the catfish of something will eat those mosquito fish as they have multiplied in the hundreds. :face-surprise:
    I have been trying to net them out, and only have about 20 to go, but I don't want to drain the pond at all, as I have just got it right!! I might have to think of a fishtrap, of sorts. I promise I will try to get a new photo as it is nearly unrecognisible. The Heliconia to the left of the pond is 2 stories tall now:face-surprise: and the red plant in the pond (Thailides or something) is above the patio roof and you can't see the pandanus in the background anymore. Anyway a photo is worth a thousand words so I will shut up now and start clicking this arvo!!Ed Tropical Collector
    • CommentAuthorbiologist
    • CommentTimeMar 31st 2008
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    An eel tailed catfish! Cool! A much better choice than mine.

    I noted they are pretty good escape artists but in a pond I guess they'll be happy enough to
    stay put.

    "Not suitable for community tanks, but a pair of smaller fish may be kept quite
    successfully in one larger tank. Can be a bit of an escape artist, so tanks should have close
    fitting, heavy, lids - catfish can fit through a remarkably small hole, so be warned!"
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      CommentAuthoredleigh7
    • CommentTimeApr 1st 2008
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    Here is my pond now!!!:face-angel:
    You will have to look on a link as I don't have any software to downsize the image, but anyway
    Ed Tropical Collector
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      CommentAuthoredleigh7
    • CommentTimeApr 1st 2008
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    Oh OK the link worked!!:face-smile:Ed Tropical Collector
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      CommentAuthorKito
    • CommentTimeApr 1st 2008
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    Looking real good there Ed. Do you get many frogs?Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad
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      CommentAuthoredleigh7
    • CommentTimeApr 1st 2008
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    My mate put in about 50 green tree frog tadpoles, but I suspect they may have been eaten
    by the fish:face-sad:
    Although they were about the same size as them!! Maybe the cane toads got to them or the
    lizards or the birds:face-monkey:
    Or they survived and are hiding. We had a few GTF's in summer and another one I can't remember the
    name of. I went on a Dettol Cane Toad Killing Spree last summer so hopefully their numbers are down!!Ed Tropical Collector

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