Comments on: Spring Cleaning Your Pond http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/2009/03/spring-cleaning-your-pond/ Water Garden & Pond Plant Blog Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:38:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/2009/03/spring-cleaning-your-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Michael Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:22:35 +0000 http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/?p=30#comment-146 Hi Barb, Just wondering, at what temperatures should the filers be started again in spring and at what temps do you apply Microbe lift Spring/summer additive? In fall when you shut down the filter do you just let it sit without cleaning the media? Can you write a similar article on fall/autumn cleaning and what to add to the pond and when? Thank you. Michael Hi Barb,
Just wondering, at what temperatures should the filers be started again in spring and at what temps do you apply Microbe lift Spring/summer additive?

In fall when you shut down the filter do you just let it sit without cleaning the media?

Can you write a similar article on fall/autumn cleaning and what to add to the pond and when?

Thank you.
Michael

]]> By: dragonfly http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/2009/03/spring-cleaning-your-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-143 dragonfly Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:49:24 +0000 http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/?p=30#comment-143 Hi Barbara, Yes fish will eat dragonfly nymphs and eggs. Some ideas for your pond would be to have it at least 2 feet deep in center but can be shallow at edges. They like rocks in the pond that provides hiding places for larvae during insects' underwater growth development. Put some flat light colored rocks around the edges of your pond to give the dragonflies a place to land. They like certain areas and you'll find a dragonfly will always come back to its certain spot. The light colored rocks attract them. Put some plants such as, cattials, bamboo, zebra bullrush and other grassy foliage around the edges of your pond. This gives the larvae passage out of the pond. As for as the mosquitoes...you don't want to put anything in the pond to kill mosquitos as dragonflies will eat them. Other plants to add to your pond would be plants such as cardinal flower, blue lobellia, and water lilies. Especially the water lilies as these create some shade for them and also attract them. We have an article on the blog regarding attracting dragonflies to your pond that list alot of good plants for them. No need for sand and peatmoss as small rocks at the bottom of your pond provide hiding places for them. Also dragonflies like sun so place your pond with mostly sun but some shade. Hi Barbara,
Yes fish will eat dragonfly nymphs and eggs. Some ideas for your pond would be to have it at least 2 feet deep in center but can be shallow at edges. They like rocks in the pond that provides hiding places for larvae during insects’ underwater growth development. Put some flat light colored rocks around the edges of your pond to give the dragonflies a place to land. They like certain areas and you’ll find a dragonfly will always come back to its certain spot. The light colored rocks attract them. Put some plants such as, cattials, bamboo, zebra bullrush and other grassy foliage around the edges of your pond. This gives the larvae passage out of the pond. As for as the mosquitoes…you don’t want to put anything in the pond to kill mosquitos as dragonflies will eat them. Other plants to add to your pond would be plants such as cardinal flower, blue lobellia, and water lilies. Especially the water lilies as these create some shade for them and also attract them. We have an article on the blog regarding attracting dragonflies to your pond that list alot of good plants for them.
No need for sand and peatmoss as small rocks at the bottom of your pond provide hiding places for them. Also dragonflies like sun so place your pond with mostly sun but some shade.

]]> By: barbara http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/2009/03/spring-cleaning-your-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-134 barbara Sat, 30 May 2009 02:19:56 +0000 http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/?p=30#comment-134 hello, i would like to start a small bog ponds in an old preformed fish ponds and i would also like to start a dragonfly pond. i think i need two because i have been told that the fish eat the dragonfly eggs. am i correct? does my bog pond get filled with 1/2 sand and 1/2 peatmoss? how do i keep mosquitoes from breeding in the dragonfly pond? pk, that is it for now. thank you, barbara later, i will need to know about plants. hello, i would like to start a small bog ponds in an old preformed fish ponds and i would also like to start a dragonfly pond. i think i need two because i have been told that the fish eat the dragonfly eggs. am i correct? does my bog pond get filled with 1/2 sand and 1/2 peatmoss? how do i keep mosquitoes from breeding in the dragonfly pond? pk, that is it for now. thank you, barbara later, i will need to know about plants.

]]> By: dragonfly http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/2009/03/spring-cleaning-your-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-132 dragonfly Thu, 28 May 2009 00:28:46 +0000 http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/?p=30#comment-132 What particular information are you looking for? You can find MicrobeLift information on their website relating to all the products that they have available. If you check on our site under Pond Supplies we have alot of the MicrobeLift Products available and each has a short description of its use. What particular information are you looking for? You can find MicrobeLift information on their website relating to all the products that they have available. If you check on our site under Pond Supplies we have alot of the MicrobeLift Products available and each has a short description of its use.

]]> By: dragonfly http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/2009/03/spring-cleaning-your-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-125 dragonfly Fri, 22 May 2009 22:51:41 +0000 http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/?p=30#comment-125 You can add Koi with goldfish with no problem. I have koi, goldfish,sarasas,shubunkins and black moors in my pond and everyone is doing fine. You can add Koi with goldfish with no problem. I have koi, goldfish,sarasas,shubunkins and black moors in my pond and everyone is doing fine.

]]> By: Shannon http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/2009/03/spring-cleaning-your-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Shannon Thu, 21 May 2009 18:49:46 +0000 http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/?p=30#comment-124 (Congradulations Jose with your new pond!) Question: I have comet and shubinkin goldfish in my pond. I have room for one koi, but will one koi be happy with goldfish? (Congradulations Jose with your new pond!)
Question:
I have comet and shubinkin goldfish in my pond. I have room for one koi, but will one koi be happy with goldfish?

]]> By: Jose http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/2009/03/spring-cleaning-your-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Jose Tue, 12 May 2009 19:07:48 +0000 http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/?p=30#comment-118 I just finish my pond yesterday i can wait to have plants and koi fish on it but i'm going to wait a weak before a add koi, for now i'm going to work with the landscaping around the pond... I just finish my pond yesterday i can wait to have plants and koi fish on it but i’m going to wait a weak before a add koi, for now i’m going to work with the landscaping around the pond…

]]> By: dragonfly http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/2009/03/spring-cleaning-your-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-113 dragonfly Fri, 08 May 2009 13:29:24 +0000 http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/?p=30#comment-113 A lotus is considered a hardy water plant for planting Zones 4 to 11. In colder climates you must make sure the lotus tubers do not freeze in the winter and the container should be moved to a cool but frost free area, such as the bottom of your pond that is deep enough to keep the tubers from freezing. You can also remove the container from your pond and bury it in the ground under a mound of soil or mulch to protect the lotus from the frost. Before winter you want to trim back the leaves and flower stems after it has died and turned brown. Make sure if the leaves and stems are still green you want to wait until they turn brown as cutting them back too soon will increase the change of diseases entering through the hollow stems which could cause the plant to die. If you must cut them while they are still green do it above the waterline so that the water doesn't enter the stems and drown the plant. You can check out our blog write up on planting a lotus for more details. A lotus is considered a hardy water plant for planting Zones 4 to 11. In colder climates you must make sure the lotus tubers do not freeze in the winter and the container should be moved to a cool but frost free area, such as the bottom of your pond that is deep enough to keep the tubers from freezing. You can also remove the container from your pond and bury it in the ground under a mound of soil or mulch to protect the lotus from the frost. Before winter you want to trim back the leaves and flower stems after it has died and turned brown. Make sure if the leaves and stems are still green you want to wait until they turn brown as cutting them back too soon will increase the change of diseases entering through the hollow stems which could cause the plant to die. If you must cut them while they are still green do it above the waterline so that the water doesn’t enter the stems and drown the plant. You can check out our blog write up on planting a lotus for more details.

]]> By: dragonfly http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/2009/03/spring-cleaning-your-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-112 dragonfly Fri, 08 May 2009 13:15:29 +0000 http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/?p=30#comment-112 Hi Tracy, The way you plant a lotus has alot to do with it growing. You want to make sure you don't bury the tuber and the growing tips are pointing up. Check out planting a lotus on our blog and it gives pictures of planting a lotus. Usually this is the reason a lotus doesn't make it. Hi Tracy,
The way you plant a lotus has alot to do with it growing. You want to make sure you don’t bury the tuber and the growing tips are pointing up. Check out planting a lotus on our blog and it gives pictures of planting a lotus. Usually this is the reason a lotus doesn’t make it.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/2009/03/spring-cleaning-your-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Laurie Thu, 07 May 2009 11:48:29 +0000 http://www.dragonflyaquatics.com/blog/?p=30#comment-111 I am curious about Lotus, have always admired them. I am hesitant to get one, though. I just wondered what needs to be done to get them through a winter? I am curious about Lotus, have always admired them. I am hesitant to get one, though. I just wondered what needs to be done to get them through a winter?

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