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Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2018 12:36 pm
by the-turtle-Girl
ANNNDDDD its empty ...
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Lots of rock to rinse still and waiting to see how much rain we get before we fill it xDD

Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2018 12:39 am
by the-turtle-Girl
Its now fully filled but my phone took a cxrap and i need a new one sooooo this pic of it mostly filled is what you get to see xDDD
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Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2018 12:40 am
by the-turtle-Girl
OH and were getting a new pump for it ... the one thats here is a duddddd .................

Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2018 6:46 pm
by the-turtle-Girl
Also cleaned some of the plants and put them in ^.^ no pics tho ................ darn phone .

Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2018 11:18 pm
by steve
How long did it take to fill? Are you going to get that waterfall working?

Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2018 1:28 pm
by the-turtle-Girl
It took a little over an hour i wanna say , and yea the skimmer is hooked directly to the waterfall ,BUT were waiting on a pump , which we SHOULD have today , if not the one that was in it is $70 brand new which isnt too bad, we just dont have it at the moment xD so hopefully we get the one today lol ..

Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2018 10:49 am
by the-turtle-Girl
still no pump -.- hopefully monday .. ans i replanted some of the lily pads tbat were in there :D i found some smaller pieces that i broke off the big part that had roots and i replanted them in the pond :D so i have some little starts of lily pads :D

Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2018 10:31 am
by steve
Did you have to relocate a lot of the other critters that were in there?

Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2018 11:29 am
by the-turtle-Girl
only thing that was in there was toads tadpoles and goldfish , i kept the goldies and let the tadpoles go in the creek , but the toads live around the pond so io cant stop them xDD but theyre funny to watch , and my lilly pads are doing really good :D im looking to get some duck weed today :D

Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 12:29 pm
by the-turtle-Girl
Eh been a while since i updated here lmao , i found my iphone SO i could take pics , not much done , we still havent gotten the pump we need lmao . my bf is lazzzyyy , but we rearranged the rocks (me and my awesome neighbor) so thet theyre straight and non climbable for little turtles , speaking of little turtles , my wittle guy is in the pond and has been in there for about a week and he loooves it !!! We plan on using chicken wire on the back side to turtle proof , and we have bricks to put on the front side , and for the back im removing ALL that small white rock and laying mulch and painting some car tired to use as planters , cause when previous owners built the pond , they used lava rock as fill and theres alot so i cant plant flowers -.- so were just gunna get as much of the white rock out as possible and just lay landscaping paper over whats left (im lazy i know :lol: :lol: ) And use tires as planters , itll be MIUCH easier to take care of anyways lol we got a ways to go but shell get there !!!

Anyone know a cure for alge ? Waters Crystal clean but the bottoms coated in algeeeee
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Another angle , you can see its clear :D and you can see my lily pad flower on the left :D and you can see the way the rocks are placed on the sides to prevent escape lamo (we do have chicken wire to put up)
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Pic of my wee bitty guy ^.^
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Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:26 am
by steve
Wow, that looks pretty nice! I suppose you can add a UV sterilizer to the filter, but it won't take care of the existing stuff growing. Maybe you can add an algae eater or two.

Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:57 pm
by the-turtle-Girl
I have an alge eater at my mom's . like i said waters clear the alge just settled on the bottom after the bloom . so maybe its cycled and if i add a few alge eaters itll get rid of it . someone said snails too . but yes its come sooooooo ffarrr !!!!

Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 8:56 pm
by steve
Once it's cleaned up, a sterilizer should take care of any reoccurrence.

Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 3:27 pm
by the-turtle-Girl
Ok . i caught lil turtle basking and as soon as he saw me he slipped right back in the water :D :D i love watching him tho . its like his natural habitat :) i cant wait to get my other 2 in there !!

Re: were moving !!!

PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:17 pm
by the-turtle-Girl
Went and got my other babies today ^.^ theyre in the pomd and looove it !!! My sucker fish is.going to town !!