This one is my pond rehab project. See below.
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All the plants are new so everything looks a little sparse. You know how it is when you just plant your garden. This is the largest pond, the bottom one. In here, I have 3 water lilies, one pink, one purple and one red I think. I will know soon since there are buds on each of them. These will cover the surface with big lily pads very quickly, protecting the fish and keeping the algae in control.
This is the middle pond. There are 2 water lilies, one yellow and one orange, plus a red lotus and a dwarf cat tail. I have never had a lotus so I am looking forward to seeing it. The cat tail is just a blade right now but I am sure it will sprout quickly. The star shaped plant you see is a papyrus. Things look a little murky but I have put in a small filter that should have clear it up as the nitrogen cycle gets going.
This is the top pond, the smallest. It has no fish and gets clogged with vegetation roots that make it act like a big filter. It will take a while for the roots to regrow so I am using other filters this year.
I hope the fish all survive although a few get lost due to the cycle not being fully active. It can’t get going without fish droppings and then it takes time to neutralize the ammonia and nitrites. The city chlorinates the water to kill bacteria and I put beneficial bacteria in, so we are always at war. It comes out even eventually.
I’ll update as the summer goes on and these bloom. They ought to be beautiful.