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Elton, if you are asking "Do herons feed from garden ponds?".... Yes, they do :(

 

Also, gulls and (if they have enough clear area to land) - CORMORANTS!!!!

 

Happy fish-keeping....

John S

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Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow.

Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.
Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine.

Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.
Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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John,

 

I was asking whether the decoy heron trick actually works. Knowing my luck, I'd buy one that looked like a female on heat! :D

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Elton, I was working in a house where the guy had a small pond just outside his kitchen window, and he had an artificial heron by the pond to "scare off" other herons.

 

One morning he looked out and he had TWO herons, and only one of them was artificial!

 

Den

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I have a small pond and stream(pumped) but no fish. I am redesigning the garden now, as we have purchased a bit more land from the farmer.

 

If it rains much more we will probably just dig a hole and let it fill up!

 

 

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What we are jokingly calling "The Somme"

 

The stream runs from left, by the bird table, across to the pool on the right, we have been growing our own watercress in it.

 

The cress bed makes a super filter bed, trapping lots of silt,which must be dust from the air.

 

Den

 

[ 03. January 2003, 11:22 AM: Message edited by: poledark ]

"When through the woods and forest glades I wanderAnd hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,And hear the brook, and feel the breeze;and see the waves crash on the shore,Then sings my soul..................

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I feel quite inadequate, five goldfish in a fish tank, had eight originally (about 5 years ago)need something to eat the algae for me, any suggestions welcome, at the moment I have to clean down the glass every week.

phil,

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Greg,

 

Your quite right mate, what I should have said was they are very cautious in my area, there are a few ponds in close proximity to me & believe me the Herons are well aware they're not welcome!

 

You did bring to mind a chat I had with a Trout farm owner on holiday down sarf. He told us of a young Heron that used to get under his netting, eat his fill of Trout then go to sleep. He had to go in & physically move it out :D I think it survived by virtue of it's sheer bloody cheek.

Peter.

 

The loose lines gone..STRIKE.

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phil dean:

.... need something to eat the algae for me, any suggestions welcome, at the moment I have to clean down the glass every week.

Pleco / Plecostomus are by far the best I've ever had for the job. And when they have all the growth cleaned off tank walls, rocks, etc. you can just feed them some lettuce. Amazing to see the leaves after a pleco has sucked all the "meat" from the thing but left the veins there and intact. They are easy going with community fish but can hold their own with bullies.
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Newt:

Pleco / Plecostomus are by far the best I've ever had for the job.  And when they have all the growth cleaned off tank walls, rocks, etc. you can just feed them some lettuce.  Amazing to see the leaves after a pleco has sucked all the "meat" from the thing but left the veins there and intact.  They are easy going with community fish but can hold their own with bullies.

They are an extremely hardy fish, too, in my experience. When I first met my wife, she had a fish tank and I bought her some new fish. They all died, almost immediately. The water was practically poisonous to any living creature! The Pleco she had in there survived and is still alive in her brother's tank to this day.

 

Can you stick them in ponds, Newt? Bet they'd love my blanket weed!

 

Elton

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Phil you may need to review the position of your tank in the room. Direct sunlight is a swine for producing algae on the glass. A more shaded part of the room will prevent any algae excess.

Peter.

 

The loose lines gone..STRIKE.

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I've got a small Koi and a shubunkin in the house and about 6 carp (ghosts & mirrors) plus a dozen or so goldfish in the pond. I dug the pond which is about 12 or 14 ft long, roughly teardropped shaped as soon as I moved in (six years ago). The carp bred as I saw lots of small 'commons' but they have since vanished, although some could well be hiding in the weed.

 

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