pond goldfish

pond goldfish
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pond guppys

pond guppys
Originally uploaded by zebemain

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Pond Goldfish

 8"  white 4  yrs  <>  3"  red  1 yr

Butterfly weed

Butterfly Weed, Canada Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerflower, Fluxroot, Indian Paintbrush, Indian Posy, Orange Milkweed, Orange Swallow-wort, Pleurisy Root, Silky Swallow-wort, Tuber Root, Yellow Milkweed, White-root, Windroot

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America. It is a perennial plant growing to 0.6-2 m (1 -2 feet) tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early fall. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 5-12 cm long and 2-3 cm broad.

This plant favors dry, sand or gravel soil, but has also been reported on stream margins. It requires full sun.

The common name comes from the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar. Butterfly weed is also the larval food plant of the Queen and Monarch butterflies. The butterfly weed grows to be 1-3 feet long.

Pond Guppys

started  out  with goldfish and   5  guppys  and  5  mollys.  5 yrs  =  8" white goldfish,  137  guppys,  3  mollys (orange) , 1 new red goldfish.   winter  inside -  goldfish to the basement in a  pre-formed  pool  and the guppys and survivng mollys  into basic fish tanks in the computer room.  spring  - out to the stock tank / pond !    skippy filter and a waterfall pump   keeps  the  tank  clean  for  dogs to  swim  in.   this  year   the   ponds  are  set  up  near  the  gutters  --  the  gutter  pipes  run  right  down  into  the  ponds --  NO  more  paying   for  water  just  to  fill  the  ponds   : )  !

Pool Pickerel

Pool Pickerel
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Pool Fish Pond photos

   
Pool  of Guppys