So NOW what's the temperature? : ))
Outside temp in the 90's, next few days
(and weeks, hopefully)
Mark
Small Raised Brick Pond.
The temperature is still doing just fine. The surface temperature (right under the frogbite and phyllanthus fluitans) is in the low 80's. Probably a bit cooler as you get deeper.
I did have some algae problems in the beginning, but since I got a solar pump to circulate the water, it's much more stable. There's a huge school of Endlers in there. Anyone, please let me know if you want any Endlers in September timeframe.
I have some arromatica growing immersed, and the sagitaria subulata just threw up a flower stalk today, so I'm expecting the white flower before long. I put the pennywort from the last meeting in there, so, hopefully it'll grow up and out of the water before long.
I did have some algae problems in the beginning, but since I got a solar pump to circulate the water, it's much more stable. There's a huge school of Endlers in there. Anyone, please let me know if you want any Endlers in September timeframe.
I have some arromatica growing immersed, and the sagitaria subulata just threw up a flower stalk today, so I'm expecting the white flower before long. I put the pennywort from the last meeting in there, so, hopefully it'll grow up and out of the water before long.
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DelawareJim
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Any pics lately?
They started building a development on the farm next door a couple of weeks ago and they put in quite an elaborate system of water retention ponds. Figure a large triangular pond a couple of acres in size with 2 smaller ponds about 50-60 feet across in two corners.
The 2 smaller ones filled up permanently after the first rain, and the big one is slowly making the transition from a mud flat to a huge shallow marsh/pond.
I'm just dying to 'scape and stock them.
Cheers.
Jim
They started building a development on the farm next door a couple of weeks ago and they put in quite an elaborate system of water retention ponds. Figure a large triangular pond a couple of acres in size with 2 smaller ponds about 50-60 feet across in two corners.
The 2 smaller ones filled up permanently after the first rain, and the big one is slowly making the transition from a mud flat to a huge shallow marsh/pond.
I'm just dying to 'scape and stock them.
Cheers.
Jim
wrtmania, actually, I did exactly what you mentioned. I found a relatively cheap solar panel on ebay that pumps about 100gal/hour (I think), and used that all summer. I didn't get the more expensive ones that charge and continue running through the night, but the bit of circulation it provided was enough to keep the algae away. Plus, the electricity cost was great!
