PHOTO OF THE WEEK, Duckweed - Page 5

 On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:01:22 -0600, Jack Schmidling plucked a feather
from Fawkes, dipped it into the ink well and then scribed:


I believe the goldfish story. :-)

Many years ago when I kept goldfish in an outside pond I needed to
grow duckweed in a separate pond without goldfish. When I had a
sufficient supply I would scoop up a net full to give them which they
treated as food and it would be all gone in 5 - 10 minutes.

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Erik Vastmasd

 

Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed your pictures.

 Mindful wrote:

For some reason I never saw the original post.

Jack, if you're reading this, put a few large goldfish in the pond and
the duckweed will disappear -- slowly at first.

Best regards,
Bob

 zxcvbob wrote:

 > For some reason I never saw the original post.

Thanks for the headsup.  This was plaguing for a long time so for
several years I have been posting through Google Groups.  This was sort
of a test sent via my isp news server and you have confirmed that the
problem still exists.

Anyway, it's hard to believe goldfish will eat this but it's certainly
worth a try.  Do you suppose the garden variety would be hardy in N
Illinois?

js

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 Jack as long as your pond is 24" deep or more (and it looks like it is) your
goldfish will be fine in the winter, just keep some kind of pump going for
water movement to keep the surface from freezing over to prevent the buildup
of poisonous gases. They go to the bottom in winter. Comet goldfish will be
fine and they can come in all different colors. Very hardy. I got some small
ones last summer and they have grown longer than my hand now. A couple even
let me "pet" them and hand feed. Enjoy!
Elaine