Project Wildlife - Revisit

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The outside of the pond!! You cheeky b**tard lol 😂
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Once they establish they'll be fine, just make sure they don't over-dry in this weather......
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Yeah, three waters a day at the moment as the ground is very dry up there. So far they are holding up!

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Loads of mosquito larvae already and the odd dragon fly perching on the wood 😁👌

As you can see, I’ve made use of the corbo root!

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The grass has arrived so has now gone in 😁 got a couple water lettuce as well now.

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Looks great :) creeping jenny is a good plant can go in the pond itself or plant on the edge to cover the stones and trail into the water, also I put 2 bags of supermarket water cress in my pond most has survived it gives cheap and quick cover and even puts out little flowers, I also like Heuchera and have several in the garden but none round the pond though, very envious of your dragon fly I don't see any at my pond.
500l - Africa river - https://www.aquariumforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=6873
2x200l - https://www.aquariumforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=7790
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230L 6ft - Shallow stream
Roma 125l - Holding fish
Qubiq 60 - Dwarf Spotted Danio
40l/25L - Black- bellied Limia/Pygmy Sunfish
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Creeping Jenny was something I thought about, but ended up with Phlox instead in 4 colours 🙃

You never know, I might still put some down 👍

*edit*
Turns out I found someone selling a tray of creeping Jenny, so I’ve bought it 😂
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Just did a quick 40 miles to pick up a dwarf water lily 😁

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Within seconds of putting it in, the mosquito larvae were all over the leaves.

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It’s in the deports pocket at 40cm, which is well in the range of 30 - 60cm
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fr499y wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 17:59 pm It’s in the deports pocket ...
I think I know what that means now - but it took a lot of processing!

That's really good, M. When can you come and do mine?
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Vale! wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 19:13 pm
That's really good, M. When can you come and do mine?
Hehe thanks. If only I had the patience and skills to do it for a living 😆
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Jeez these dwarf lilies grow quickly!

I woke up to find another leaf already 😂😁

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The water is dark thanks to the corbo root that’s leaching tannings like there’s no tomorrow. Looks like someone’s emptied a bottle of oil into it.

I might give it a water change later as there’s a fair bit of soil on the bottom from the stupid pigeons digging around.

Oh and @Martinspuddle notice the blade of grass is growing? 😂
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