Hey peeps,
Really enjoyed looking through the pond picture section of the forum and thought I'd share my pictures of my old pond. Trouble is, I haven't a clue where most of the files are
and the pictures I have are not good quality. After setting up my first coldwater tank at 11 (which was teeny! 
) the fish soon got too big, there were 6.. I think 2 shubs, 1 oranda and 3 goldfish.. Anyway, after much pestering (I'd already been given a further 2 tropical tanks in the meantime!) I was allowed to have a small pond.
I'm not sure when we started it to be honest
the picture says April 2003, so I'm gonna guess its right, and we had the pond up until 2006 when my parents sold up the house and there was no way of moving it 
my brother was at the time setting up his own pond (with a liner, unlike my pre-cast) and so my fish went to live there, up until last year when a heron managed to snatch the last remaining fish of mine as he was cleaning the pump 
but I suppose they'd had (upto) 12/13 years of happy swimming!
Now, I'm still living at home but we're in a rented property, so there is no chance (or point) in trying for another pond. I will however try and get some pictures of my brother's pond when the weather picks up, as it is a nice size. But, looking at all your pics made me mighty nostalgic and I thought I'd share what little I have.. enjoy!
setting it up, I did have pictures from the very start of construction but I just can't for the life of me find them! they may be saved onto a disc somewhere, so if/when I find them I'll add them
seems we (I mean, my dad
) made some alterations, added some plants - geraniums I recall, and also a massive plastic plant to cover the pipes and wires beside the waterfall
This is the only shot I can find of the pond after it had established (the photo says June 2004) by then the iris were living in a large plant pot beside the pond - pity the fish are hidden in this shot
Really enjoyed looking through the pond picture section of the forum and thought I'd share my pictures of my old pond. Trouble is, I haven't a clue where most of the files are
and the pictures I have are not good quality. After setting up my first coldwater tank at 11 (which was teeny! ) the fish soon got too big, there were 6.. I think 2 shubs, 1 oranda and 3 goldfish.. Anyway, after much pestering (I'd already been given a further 2 tropical tanks in the meantime!) I was allowed to have a small pond.I'm not sure when we started it to be honest
the picture says April 2003, so I'm gonna guess its right, and we had the pond up until 2006 when my parents sold up the house and there was no way of moving it my brother was at the time setting up his own pond (with a liner, unlike my pre-cast) and so my fish went to live there, up until last year when a heron managed to snatch the last remaining fish of mine as he was cleaning the pump but I suppose they'd had (upto) 12/13 years of happy swimming! Now, I'm still living at home but we're in a rented property, so there is no chance (or point) in trying for another pond. I will however try and get some pictures of my brother's pond when the weather picks up, as it is a nice size. But, looking at all your pics made me mighty nostalgic and I thought I'd share what little I have.. enjoy!
setting it up, I did have pictures from the very start of construction but I just can't for the life of me find them!
they may be saved onto a disc somewhere, so if/when I find them I'll add them
seems we (I mean, my dad
) made some alterations, added some plants - geraniums I recall, and also a massive plastic plant to cover the pipes and wires beside the waterfall
This is the only shot I can find of the pond after it had established
(the photo says June 2004) by then the iris were living in a large plant pot beside the pond - pity the fish are hidden in this shot 
.
