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So I tested the water and was really pleased with the results- high ph, high KH, GH around 250 so that’s good, and ZERO nitrates and nitrites! Yay! I’ve tested a few times now and it’s stable and healthy. ...Now for the bad news... Up until now I have been topping up the pond about an inch...

We do have some frost in the winter, and sometimes 80s-90s F in summer. But I have a heater in there that shuts off when it’s warm enough. We are getting big batches of fry regularly. Since there are plenty of hiding places In the plants I don’t try to protect or remove them, some get eaten but...

Thanks! Btw since I made the original post two of the mollys gave birth one day apart and I finally have golden/spotted babies! They are all doing good. However this afternoon I have to do something I didn’t want to do- make a screen to cover the pond at night. After all these months of polite...

Since several spoke have expressed concern about our water hardness I’ve been doing some research on pond forums. I remembered that back in the summer when I was first filling the pond I dumped in several bags of UNWASHED hardware store pea gravel. About 4” deep. Knowing more now I definitely...

Btw that is a great video! What types of plants do you have in there?

The black ones all but disappear. But they all are very friendly and swarm up whenever there’s something interesting going on. They love to nibble my fingers and will swim into my hand. It’s like having very small koi especially the colors. The bloodfin tetras on the other hand, zoom around...

That’s cool, nature is amazing. We live in a very temperate area so with the heater they overwintered very well.

Thanks! The best thing about this is it’s so low maintenance. The only thing I do is keep the hornwort pruned and top up with dechlorinated water.

I’m curious now so I’ll check the pond water and see what the hardness actually is. The pond has a deep gravel bed so I wonder if the minerals can leach in and contribute any hardness. The truth is they are all extremely active, with no deaths or sickness that I have seen.

But it looks like cardinals like softer water than Molly’s do

Oops just noticed my typo at the top. I do like cardinal tetras, they’re flashy

Cute those look like tiny koi

But, does grave Those are pretty, but prefer water colder than we keep it. And to keep numbers down I would probably not get other varieties of Livebearers. I would love some little corys but I don’t think I would ever see them down there lol

Ok so our water provider gives the hardness as 79.5 ppm

Ooooh haha shows how little I know. We have pretty hard water in our area but I will check on that.