Water Gardening: What lives in or near your Pond, 0 by morknotmindy

morknotmindy wrote:
The security frog is named 'Atilla, the Hungry'. Like I said, no fish have disappeared since he's been on the job, however 3 cats have mysteriously vanished leaving me with just 5..... Maybe I need a bigger frog to catch whatever is getting my cats. I like him 'cause he makes me smile and even chuckle once in a while. I have a very small fish pond, maybe a hundred gallons. Probably not that big. There's 2 goldfish, Pete and Repeat, and four misquito (sp?) fish called 'Hey, You Guys', one water Iris and lots of thread moss or whatever it is. My daughter-in-law bought the preformed pond for me, which started me on quite an adventure. After hurriedly deciding where to put it and getting it all set up, I realized I needed a gazebo or some such to sit in and look at the fish. So I got together with my handyman Mike and we come up with a nice design for a structure that was sort of a gazebo, pergola, ramada thing that we called a placebo. Turned out real nice. I had him paint the top part sort of a bluish purple, the posts lime green and the benches ox-blood red. I know, I know, but it looks faboulous! In fact, I liked it so well that I had Mike paint the house that same 'blurple, with lime green trim! With ox-blood red doors! It is so cool. Well, I now have a bar-b-que area that has a slatted lime green top, blurple posts, ox-blood red picnic table and benches, and lots of petunias scattered about. Didn't stop there. The potting shed is now lime green with blurple trim. Next the metal storage shed is getting a makeover. Now I'm thinking I need a bigger pond...... The moral of this is.....Be careful. Be very careful when you get a fish pond. You never know where it will lead you...... Trying to send a pic of fish pond and Socrates, one of the remaining cats.....