Garden Ponds - Planning The Pond The pond may be the centre-piece of the garden or it may be used to fill a barren corner that otherwise was an esyesore Garden Ponds - Constructing The Pond Well begun, so they say, is half done. This old axiom certainly applies to pond construction. The design should be committed to paper and adhered to ; many a pond builder starts with a spade from the beginning and makes up the design as he goes along Garden Ponds - Stocking The Pond A few fishes could live in a pool devoid of vegetation, but the average aquarist usually taxes the capacity to its limit, consequently extra oxygen is required. This may be effected by artificial means-fountains and so forth- or plants may be brought into service. Garden Ponds - Fishes For Pond And Aquarium with the fish the blood is cleansed after leaving the heart. The branchial apparatus of the fish corresponds to our lungs. Garden Ponds - Plants For The Water Garden Soon after planting, then, the plants should be inspected. In early Spring, too, they require overhauling, some may have spread too much, others may be choked Garden Ponds - Snails, Shrimps And Aquarettes This ribbon, or tongue, is worked back- wards and forwards as the snail pursues its way, and the thin clean line so made is quite noticeable. Garden Ponds - Fish Foods, Natural And Artificial . Usually, however, a pond is called upon to support a slightly excessive fish population with the result that natural foods are exhausted. Garden Ponds - Fish Breeding For Profit Or To Maintain The Stock The female, however, is deeper in the body and, when viewed from the head, looking towards the tail, the left side of the abdomen appears fuller than the right ; the angle from the vent to the anal fin is sharper and the vent itself is larger. The male is, then, a comparatively slender fish Garden Ponds - Fish Aliments : Their Prevention And Cure Such a complaint is Black Fungus, which appears as black fluffy spots over the body, especially the gill region. Garden Ponds - Fountains And Waterfalls Tubes can be purchased in a variety of designs, some being tri-radiate with a central spray. In this type the hole in the central piece is very small and those at the ends of the radiating arms are larger ; so, with the same pressure of water, there is a tall spray in the centre and drooping sprays around it Garden Ponds - Indoor Aquaria The secret in maintaining the very small types is to have a few small fishes only, and it cannot be doubted that a healthy ' tiddler ' is streets ahead of the large dolorous kind that are always ailing. Garden Ponds - Bog And Tub Gardens In most gardens there is a sunless corner where the soil is dank arid apparently barren, and where such plants that grow at all are stunted and unhappy-looking. This is the spot for the bog garden, one of the most fascinating gardens of all. Garden Ponds - Planning The Pond This particular garden is rectangular with an herbaceous border around it and a lawn in the centre; the lawn is thirty feetwide and sixty feet long garden ponds links Garden Ponds - Constructing The Pond We now have a space between the earth and the boards of three inches, i.e., the width of the spacers. Into the space we place the cement. In a very large pond it is advisable to reinforce the cement with wire-netting, this helps to bind the cement. Garden Ponds - Stocking The Pond First there are the fishes that swim on the surface in shoals and are on view always. They spend their time catching insects and will leap right out of the water in the enthusiasm of their quest. The Golden Orfe is the best of this group for the pond, although the Silver Orfe and the humble Minnow are quite attractive Garden Ponds - Fishes For Pond : Carp Over ninety per cent, of the pond fishes are of the Carp persuasion and so all their fins are soft; none are spiny. Garden Ponds - Plants For The Water Garden : Azolla,Salvinia Azolla is one of the most delightful of all the small floating plants Garden Ponds - Snails, Shrimps And Aquarettes So, if a plant should be in the way, it will be rooted up unless well established-although the mussel has an uncanny way of avoiding obstacles. The mussels, then, should not be placed in the pond until the plants are well rooted Garden Ponds - Fish Foods, Natural And Artificial When live foods are unobtainable for the carnivorous fishes small pieces of raw meat may be given. Cooked horse's heart is very popular with a number of aquarists. Garden Ponds - Fish Breeding For Profit Or To Maintain The Stock As the milt falls haphazard in the water, in a large tank there is the possibility of it missing many of the eggs. The ideal size for a breeding aquarium is two feet long by a foot high and a foot deep Garden Ponds - Fish Aliments : Their Prevention And Cure If the other fish are placed in a bath to which has been added a small quantity of salt any spores lurking on their skin will be killed. Garden Ponds - Fountains And Waterfalls it is Brackleyi rosea, a delightful plant with fragrant, rosy blooms standing well above the water. Unfortunately this is an expensive variety, the price being in the region of half a guinea. Garden Ponds - Indoor Aquaria they will devour any dead vegetation and by so doing will help to promote growth in the plants. If the snails do not accomplish the task efficiently it is advisable to snip off, with a pair of scissors, dead leaves or any sickly-looking stem Garden Ponds - Bog And Tub Gardens it should be situated so that for an hour or thereabouts each day the direct rays of the sun can play upon it. This will prevent the soil from becoming sour and the plants will appreciate it too. Garden Ponds - Planning The Pond One of the principal objections to having a pond in the garden is the possibility of the infant members of the household falling in. Another objection concerns the disposal of the excavated soil, particularly if the pond is to be a large one. Garden Ponds - Constructing The Pond The pond is now completed save for the floor of the deepest part. Undercut the cement of the sides as before and fill in to a depth of four inches with cement Garden Ponds - Stocking The Pond Still, the fishes do not mind and the small crustaceans will thrive on it; to remove it, however, do not change the water, it will be just as green in a few days ; instead, place a few fresh-water mussels in the pond and they, from their peculiar manner of feeding, should clear it in time Garden Ponds - Fishes For Pond : Carps Carp lay a prodigious number of eggs and will breed readily in a well-balanced pond. The fish itself is deep bodied with large scales and there are two barbels attached to each side of the mouth Garden Ponds - Plants For The Water Garden : Nuphar Also, varieties may be obtained for all depths of water from less than a foot to four feet. The greater the depth, however, so the leaves will spread over a greater area. Garden Ponds - Snails, Shrimps And Aquarettes: Crustaceans Their size varies from a sixteenth of an inch to an eighth of an inch in length. The body is rotund and the legs and antennae are congregated around the head region. Garden Ponds - Fish Foods, Natural And Artificial Aquarium fishes, like their brethren in the pond, require little food in the Winter. They should be fed twice a week in the cold months and every other day during the rest of the year. Garden Ponds - Fish Breeding For Profit Or To Maintain The Stock When artificial foods are used it is essential that none is allowed to decompose in the water; in its early days a fish is very liable to a host of complaints, and many of these do not show themselves until the fish is a year or so old Garden Ponds - Fish Aliments : Their Prevention And Cure This may be assisted by giving them a small quantity of Epsom Salt and common salt about every fortnight except during the Winter. In fact, the best packet foods contain a little mineral salts Garden Ponds - Indoor Aquaria The evaporation in an aquarium is very slight and so I suggest that about once a month a cupful of water is removed and a similar quantity of tap water added Garden Ponds - Bog And Tub Gardens Finally, do not use barrels that have contained tar ; with other substances the inside of the barrel can be burnt to purify it, but if you try to burn out the inside of a tar barrel your next visitors will be the fire brigade. Garden Ponds - The Informal Pond The informal pond can either make a garden or mar it ; it can be a thing of beauty and it also can be an unsightly and malodorous puddle. Garden Ponds - Constructing The Pond The soil assists the growth of the plants although they derive considerable nutriment from the water, the gravel prevents the soil from fouling the water and generally gives a clean look. The water lily will be planted in a basket and so a layer of gravel is all that the deep part requires. Garden Ponds - Stocking The Pond A dozen roots or so of frogbit and a portion of duckweed, azolla or another of the floating plants will be required. Garden Ponds - Fishes For Pond :Carps Although this delightful silvery fish is more at home in swift moving streams it can adapt itself to pond life Garden Ponds - Plants For The Water Garden : Planting In Differnent Ponds A last word about water lilies before proceeding with the list of varieties-they love sunshine and will give of their best in the uninterrupted rays of Old Sol. Garden Ponds - Snails, Shrimps And Aquarettes: Crustaceans Several species exist in this country and all are equally good for the fishes, the most common species, however, is our old friend Daphnia pulex, otherwise the Water Flea. Garden Ponds - Planning The Pond The object here is not so much to give designs as to put ideas into the reader's head, and having put them there give such advice as will facilitate the construction, for, no matter how bizarre the design may be, the principles of construction are the same Garden Ponds - Constructing The Pond When the water is first introduced, there might be a slight clouding from minute particles of loose clay. If this is drained off, and the pond carefully filled with water again and such clouding as may occur allowed to settle, and then well washed gravel placed in the pond, it is ready to receive the plants at once Garden Ponds - Stocking The Pond If ice forms on the water it should be broken to admit air ; the fishes will be sheltering in the deepest part, but if the ice is not broken they may suffocate. Garden Ponds - Fishes For Pond : Bream Country people call it the ' Doctor Fish,' and it is assumed that the slime from the skin has curative qualities. The fact is, the tench, from its habit of eating almost anything, keeps the water clean and so lessens the risk of sickness Garden Ponds - Plants For The Water Garden :Submerged Oxygenating Plants They should be planted in the shallow part of the pond in from a foot to eighteen inches of water. Some species, such as Anacharis, spread so rapidly that, unless planted where they can be controlled easily, they should be avoided Garden Ponds - Snails, Shrimps And Aquarettes: Aquarettes The quantity required for each pond or aquarium is a matter for personal judgment. There is one consolation, however ; it is impossible to overfeed with this particular type of food. Garden Ponds - Fishes For Pond : Orfe,Minnow Although minnows have been known to attain a length of seven inches, three inches is more usual. Slender and very ' orfe-like ' in shape and habits, these ' tiddlers ' should have a place in every pond Garden Ponds - Plants For The Water Garden :Submerged Oxygenating Plants This is of interest in the aquarium only, and that because of its carnivorous habits. Garden Ponds - Snails, Shrimps And Aquarettes: Aquarettes There are many other interesting creatures that a sweep with a fine net, or a clump of water weed, will reveal. Garden Ponds - Fishes For Pond : Common Goldfish A remarkable and really beautiful fish is the Veiltail with its large flowing tail, high dorsal fin and elongated pectoral and ventral fins Garden Ponds - Plants For The Water Garden : Marginal Plants Most of the marginal plants are tall and grass- or rush-like, many require but a few inches of water and some will exist in moist ground alone. Garden Ponds - Fishes For Pond : Orunda,Nymph This is, in reality, a Veiltail with Lionhead characteristics-or vice versa ! It is slightly more hardy than the Lionhead. Garden Ponds - Plants For The Water Garden : Marginal Plants Sagittarias, of the kind that grows out of the water, should have a place in every pond, large or small. Of all the available species none equals S. japonica. Garden Ponds - Fishes For Pond : Perch, Stickleback This fish greatly resembles the perch, to which it is closely related. It is, however, a smaller and less brightly coloured fish and is of greater interest in the aquarium than in the pond. Garden Ponds - Plants For The Water Garden : Marginal Plants A profusion of pink flowers is the principal feature of this delightful waterside plant. It will soon estab- lish itself in a few inches of water. Garden Ponds - Fishes For Pond : Sun fish Illinois and the adjacent States this fish is as common as tiddlers are in England. ' Pumpkin seeds ' is the title given by the small boys of those states