#InvasiveCarp

"Carp are a family of fish native to Europe and Asia. Common carp (#CyprinusCarpio) has been in the United States for over 100 years. The common carp is considered a nuisance fish or a pest fish. See Species Profile: Common Carp (Nonindigenous Aquatic species Database) for more information.

"The newest invaders, #BigheadCarp,#BlackCarp, #GrassCarp, and #SilverCarp that originated from Asia are collectively known as invasive carp or #AsianCarp. These invasive carp species are causing issues in the #MississippiRiver and surrounding waters. Invasive carp are fast-growing and prolific feeders that out-compete native fish and leave a trail of environmental destruction in their wake.

"The four types of invasive carp currently found in the U.S. were imported into the country for use in #aquaculture #ponds. Through flooding and accidental releases, black, grass, bighead and silver carps found their way into the Mississippi River system. The Mississippi River system is like a giant freshwater highway that has given invasive carp species access to many of the country’s rivers and streams."

Source:
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatic/fish-and-other-vertebrates/invasive-carp

#SolarPunkSunday #InvasiveSpecies #EatEmToBeatEm

Astonishing if it's true that 1000 year old seeds are germinating when the ponds are re-made...

Nature is awesome!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/20/just-add-water-how-to-bring-back-ancient-plants-in-a-norfolk-ghost-pond

#AncientPlants #Ponds #Biodiversity

https://photos.reasonably.social/Y52/i-skvx8B4/A

#Photography #Nature #Birds #Geese #CanadianGeese #Ponds

Morton Hall Gardens, Worcestershire, England by Clive Nichols

https://www.instagram.com/clivenichols?igsh=YWI4ZW14YzB4dG9o

via petitworld

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#gardens
#ponds
#komorebi

Now that we have had our brief bit of fun with the #poolpond, it’s time to drain it so work on completing it can continue! It took just over 12 hours for my little spare pond pump to empty the main pond of about 80% of its water.

It will be empty by morning. I will empty the filter and intake bay as well just to clean everything out. The movement of the past couple weeks through the system will have loosened up a bunch of the gunk still on the various rocks in the filter so a full pump out should remove all that.

I will then concentrate on finishing the piping in the bottom of the main pond for the intake for the second pond and the “periscope” for the bottom returns.

Then I can work on building the rock wall to line the inside of the pond. Or at least experimenting to see if it will work at all!

If it *does* work and I have enough rock to at least start on the bottom layers of the inside wall, then I’ll be able to achieve another milestone: placing the final pebble on the bottom. Important, because that will prevent any groundwater from infiltrating and causing the rubber liner to bubble out.

Really really want to get past that mark before the autumn rains come! For obvious reasons! ☔️

Other jobs that need to be done before winter:

- finish the manifold for the second pump to distribute water to the sprayers and filter and figure out how and where to house and conceal it.

- Dig the electrical trench from the house all the way around the long side of the pond to the back tool shed so we can start wiring it in.

- Clipping the wires on the pumps and adding extension wire to them so they can reach said electrical supplies.

- permanently shore up/modify the borders of the ponds where they were found to be low.

- make a few other minor terraforming modifications for the stream and some of the edges so the water goes a little more where I want it to and a little less where I don’t.
#poolpond #backyardProject #portalberni #ponds #watergarden