Water Gardening: Help! Advice needed for skimmers/filters, 1 by dax080

dax080 wrote:
OK - I'll be sure to follow-up with the largest skimmer, and will hold on the UV for now. And thanks for the names of plants - I'd like to see the whole bog covered with plants - what do you think of cat tails? I like the way they look, but they are very tall!

As far as de-icer, I'm using a feed tank unit and it's doing very well, keeps a circle of about 5' in diameter open. Since our January was so warm, it hasn't been frozen over as much as I thought it would be - I've found that going to the farm supply shop is much less expensive than the Water Pond places for some of the needed supplies. I'm like you with the pump staying on - I took them all out for the winter - just can't get past the danger which could quickly fry my fish and other animals if it froze, etc.

Hey, Branka, got a picture? I'd love to see your set-up. I like your edging stones, Snapple. Right now, the edges of my ponds look very fakey - I'm trying to figure out how to get a more natural effect. And also, the backs of the falls are still showing the black liner, (see picture) and I've got to figure out how to naturally cover that this year - any ideas?

Dax