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We are happy to have many mosquitofish in our ponds...here in Alameda County you can get them for free from the Dept. of Agriculture: Click here for more info.

2004 Pictures:
Memorial Day, May 31, 2004 - I built an "insulation wall" along the exposed edge of the tub last month after a hot spell:

Notice all the mosquitofish...a few goldfish in this pic as well:

Picture of entire backyard system from above:

Some of the 16 goldfish currently in the bathtub:

The stream, looks better than last year with the WH just starting:

The frontyard container, now a plastic half-barrel:

Just mosquitofish, snails & a few plants so far:

2003 Pictures:
The finished ponds after one month July/August '03:

Our largest fish, two Shubunkins, Thing One (lower left) & Thing Two:

The upper pond with trickle tower/fountain in the extra shady summer configuration.
Too shady after the feather-leaf clover took over the whole upper pond:

The two small fantails in the upper pond:

Water Hyacinth six weeks after adding to the stream, this is probably
the largest of the blooms we've gotten this first year:

The upper pond with a windsleave on the TT, almost time for leaf netting 9/5/03:

Edge of the top pond, showing bulkhead drain into the WH filled stream 9/5/03:

Current wide-shot of the tub, stream & top pond 9/5/03:

Floating Heart to the left & common floating clover to the right...closer look
at how the stream enters the bathtub pond 9/5/03:

Goldie & Spot performing...I just liked this picture... 9/5/03:

Front yard container with a little gravel TT/fountain, this tub has been
a beneficial bacteria farm 9/5/03:

New front yard container with the original 1 gal. trickle tower,
hyacinth, calla, horsetail & trickle tower. 10/4/03:

With 6 super-hardy mosquitofish in this I don't have to worry much about WQ but so far,
it's been quite clean (thanks to the 1 gal. TT no doubt.) It also has a tiny beckett pump
in a tiny biofilter box. 10/4/03:

This is after racoon(s) came & got all the goldfish & the largest of the mosquitofish.
This was in the afternoon the next day after I repotted the plants & the water
was clear again. 9/12/03:

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