A few weeks ago, I finished installing my stock tank pond. After an unfortunate incident with the goldfish from the original pond, things are finally looking up. The water lilies are growing and the new goldfish are swimming happily in their home. Here are a few photos from start to finish, over the course of the last month. Pam Penick at Digging was the inspiration for this project. While I have had ponds in my garden for years, I never would have thought to use this stock tank for one. I think it looks splendid in my new garden.
Relocating the pond was messy.
Even though it is late in summer to be repotting the water lilies, I think there is enough time for them to settle in before winter.
I purchased six new goldfish from Petsmart for under $3.00. The only survivor from the pond location is doing fine too.
The new fish are enjoy their pond. I love the orange and white ones. They are so pretty to watch.
They do enjoy poking around inside the water lily pots.
The lone survivor can be seen in the lower right of the photo below. She is a pinkish beige color and has managed to survivor several near death experiences in the past five years.
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Thanks for the link love, Jackie. I think your new pond looks wonderful. You have really done a lot with this area in the past several months. It looks like a lovely place to sit and look at water lilies and goldfish.
This is absolutely splendid and inspirational! From the different angles you took the photos, I can see it is much larger than I first anticipated! I love it. What do you do with it in the winter? Cover it? I’m so excited about this that maybe I’ll start one of my own next year. Thanks for the inspiration! Oh, BTW, where did you get the big pond container? You can email me at missdaisy65@gmail.com. Look forward to hearing from you.
I love how it’s turned out! I saw the stock tank pond on Digging and just thought it was such a neat look. I love ponds of all styles. That water lily is so pretty, the pads have such cool edges. Good luck with all your new fish. They are fun to watch!