markinnz

No they are still roaming about :-( The geese are gone now, only took 40 minutes to herd, grab the noisy beasties :-)

Hehehe .. was tempted! But I just sold them on TradeMe instead ;-) Previously owner of the house bought them but left them here when they moved out (along with a bunch of bantams). Going to be amusing rounding them up on sunday!

Thanks :-) The pond overflows down a paddock to another pond lower down, not seen it doing that as there has been no rain since we moved in. Getting some eels into it would be fun, I've seen them get quite social when people have food :-)

Hi there, Newbie owner of anything fish related here :-) I've just bought a property up near Mangawhai that has a largish is pond out back (about 15m in diameter and 1m deep I think), and it looks a bit unhealthy (lovely light brown colour). It has no trees over hanging it and no plants in it (that I can see) though does have frogs and the ducks/geese seem to like it. I'm not sure where the water comes from but even over the dry few months the level has not changed. I'm after some advise as to how I can revive the pond and get it healthy again, as well as what plants to put in it and what fish to put in .. I'd prefer NZ natives. So far I got a cheapie solar pump/fountain to go in it just to get the water moving and some oxygen in it (every little helps I guess), what else should I be looking at ? Thanks Mark