My daugher used to pick up the small lizards and put them on her ears like earrings. (They'd bite down on the earlobes.) I hated it when she did that. Bleh!
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We have salamanders near the reservoir and then the standard blue belly desert lizards, which can get very aggressive. You do not want to pick one up. They can get very large in size.
Welcome, we are discussing the wonderful critters that the Lord has made.
I got to meet Philothei's husband today (who also sometimes posts on CF)!! Yeah!!
4 cats and 1 dog...yeah...I'm an animal lover...(don't have digital pics of the dog...camera died, waiting of the old fashioned film and CD to get back ROFL)
I even keep scraps out front for the stray cats, and my backyard is ever so slowly (landscaping and plants are expensive) being transformed into a year round bird sanctuary
My favorite thing in the mornings (okay afternoons) is to wake up, and drink my coffee while watching the little birdies frolick in the backyard...
So far I've 67 different species that visit our yard and feeders
This is Samwise (the tabby) and Jones (the tuxedo).
My tux likes FAGE Greek Yogurt every day, twice daily if we have it, but not the nonfat or two percent variety.
He has expensive tastes.
I finally gave away the last of my fish aquariums and fishies when we moved into the new house...
after years of being the only tank cleaner...I'd had enough
Enjoy the marine aquarium...they are rather lovely...and peaceful
we had "average" filters...
I was the "state of the art" cleaner
Though Bug has been asking if she can have a small tank in her room...despite history, I'm tempted to say yes
My Auburn Tigers let me down this weekend. I'm not getting my hopes up for the rest of the season. If we get beat by Tennessee next weekend then I'm definatly washing my hands of the season, start looking down the road.
Someone in here has to be a college football fan
Shubunkin, how big is your pond? Do you mind me asking how wide it is and how deep it is? A few of the rocks in the pond look really big.
The pond I want to make will consist of a small pond at the far end that will spill over a small waterfall (or 2 or 3) into a stream that will feed a much longer pond at the end closest to the house. I think I will only make the pond closest to the house deep enough to have large koi in it. I am thinking it should be about 3 feet deep at its deepest.
My daugher used to pick up the small lizards and put them on her ears like earrings. (They'd bite down on the earlobes.) I hated it when she did that. Bleh!
I didn't see this until now. I've been busy with my pond, so I hope you understand.
My pond is 1500 gallons. I've lost the exact measurements, but it is 3-1/2' deep on the left side, and about 18" deep on the right side (bog area). It's approximately 12' or more across on the deep end, and 8' or 9' on the bog end. That's a very rough estimate. If you want to have Koi, or large goldfish, it really should be a minimum of 3-1/2' feet deep because this protects the fish from predators. I know some of people in our area that have ponds 2-3' deep, and they end up losing all of their fish just from birds and raccoons in our area. The bare minimum, they say, is 3-1/2' deep. They wonder why mine is so successful, and that's why. Also the large rocks provide shelter for the fish. It's amazing how many fish fit under one rock, and they must be packed in there like sardines.
You can also check out Koi-bito.com forum and see what people have built. They are very hard-core Koi experts, so watch out.But there is some fascinating information to be had. Just a word of warning for hobbyists, they will give advice to us, but have very little tolerance for people that think Koi can live in a 100 gallon pond in the backyard, for example. I think that my size of pond is the bare minimum the members will try to help out with.
We did most of the digging for this pond, and then hired a landscaper to do the rest. It cost us $9,000 to have it built, not including plants. The landscaper gave me the goldfish - 10 of them. Some of them quite are quite fancy. He put in equipment that was good enough for a pond twice this size. In some ways that is good, and in some ways that is not. It has worked out well in the long run.
Got any more questions, just let me know. For technical advice, ask koi-bito.com/forum, and they will answer it much better than I can.
Good luck with your pond, Michael.
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