Show me your pond!

[SuperJohnG]

14 hours ago, saveasteading said:

If you don't mind sacrificing your fish, an area of floating plants or rushes will allow small fish to stay out of harm from large predators. They will still meet newts and dragonfly larvae. A pair of fish will make hundreds of fry among the roots, and then some may get by.  Chances of getting a male and female goldfish? .No idea. 

If they weren't gold it round help but you wouldn't see them either. 

We had fry last year and loads of young came so some will be there, we started with 100 fish the second time round, around 30 when the otter came....it must have seemed like Christmas to him. 

 

We've lots of cover in the shallows to hopefully enough. The Heron has ranout of fish so was catching frogs last week...that was interesting watching it eat those. 

 

The circle of life.

[saveasteading]

We have a brick ornamental pond about 1m deep all over, with plants on shelves ( cheap plastic shelf units). So the fish have cover and roots fof spawning. But they swim around the surface and are very visible from above.

Herons occasionally fly in but don't expect the deep water, and panic and fly away. 

Pots around the perimeter remove hunting stances.

I expect it is a quick end for any fish or frog caught. 

But having an otter! I don't see anyone else with that claim.

For the new property I think we will have a swale, with depths and shallows and gravel verge, as part of the drainage strategy. It will go dry in summer.

Plus a decorative brick one.

[Onoff]

On 30/03/2026 at 08:16, Roger440 said:

then the otters moved in.

 

 

Totally different conversation in Brighton for example.

[canalsiderenovation]

Thenk you, gives me some ideas! Also been using AI to give me some inspiration but some of the results have been a bit weird with what it has done with the canal (floating pontoon) 🤣 but it's also given us some ideas of creating more borders and interest. We just have a large grassed space in one area in particular and we don't know what to do with it.

 

We have had two herons that are now frequently visiting and sit in our garden so fish is a definite no... 

[ToughButterCup]

On 17/04/2026 at 09:08, SuperJohnG said:

...wife goes dipping in the winter ...

 

Made of sterner stuff in Scotland eh?