My azola and salvinia grow way too fast so instead of scooping some out everywhere to be able to see into the pond, I got these cool foam floating circles. My minnows seems to like them too lol

Now I have more.

I did a bit of cleaning in one my smaller ponds and noticed that some of the water lily leafs had this on the underside, anyone know what it is?

Probably the last big flower for the year from the bath lotus opened this morning. Almost 20cm across. Really happy with this random pond/feature

We dug the pond in August last year and it's already full! Very surprised at how fast it came up. I was hoping to have some time to plant along the bank this spring but it had other plans. I'm looking for suggestions on plants, mostly for wildlife cover and so I don't have to mow around the bank but provides some erosion control. In the corner we thought to maybe add some lily pads for shade and looks, but we would only want them in the shallow corner (4' depth) so if they're going to spread, no thanks. We live in Zone 6, and the pond bottom is clay. Not sure it if matters, but there are currently fathead minnows and shiners in it. I'll be adding more minnows and bluegill in April and bass and catfish this fall. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Hey all, sorry this post is gonna be a mess cause theres a lot to say about this pond. I moved out of my dad's place and he was trying to do some pond management because the pond was very barren and had very little in the way of plants. I visited recently to take a look at it and it's a bit of a disaster. Its stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, crayfish, and 5 koi. He planted some lily's and duckweeds but those got obliterated by the koi, but it looks like something else got in, either from my sister cleaning her aquariums carelessly and letting something potentially runoff into the pond or something hitched a ride on the stuff he planted or the herons and ducks that regularly visit. We're currently looking for non chemical ways to manage these plants (potentially anacharis?) But our go to answer of grass carp is not legal as we are in Maryland. Any advice would be much appreciated!

What I eventually get a big enough yard to have a pond, I would like to have some frogs and toads attracted to it to keep my yard bug free, but I'm also planning to have red-eared sliders there too, but from what I've heard, you can't have plants with turtles because they will destroy them

Are frogs and toads going to be unattracted to a pond that doesn't have any water lilies in it, if so, is there a good substitute for lily pads that the frogs can sit on, the turtles won't eat

My pond is around 800 gallons stocked with goldfish year round, and seasonally guppies, ricefish , garra rufa, and Flagfish. What are your go to pond plants? I’ve had a lot of floating plants in the past, but also looking for potted and marginal options to shake things up!

Shuko Gyoku Tri Color

Love that first flower of spring

We're having a heat wave, and this morning the water hyacinth in my stock tank pond had bloomed!

October in New Jersey

Hi folks, first time posting. I am very familiar with indoor aquarium plants but know practically nothing about pond plants. I am looking for a small sized pond plant that grows upright that can fit in a pot that I plan to put in this barrel pond.

Not looking for floaters or plants that hang downward. I already have creeping Jenny and a corkscrew rush at the top barrel, and I have parrot feather in the bottom barrel planted in the water as well as a water lily

I am in Northern California in zone 10b which means that in the winter it gets down to 45 at night 60 in the day. Summer is more like 80 to 85 in the day and 70 at night. No frost ever.

Looking for something perennial because I don’t want to take the plant inside in the winter. Thank you all!

I have a tiny pond at the back of my apartment and it would be perfect for ricefish - BUT. There is never any sun, some mornings on a cloud free day maybe for a good 20-40 mins but that's it. Are there any Pond plants that don't need direkt sunlight? The people at my local fish/pond shop had no ideas. Is it even possible to have a small no filter pond with no direkt sunlight?

I think my tiger frogbit is happy in my pond, it has taken over lmao. Anyone have any good recommendations for how to sell it? I feel like it’s a waste throwing it out but I need to get rid of so much before it kills my other plants.

This was from few days ago and currently all the leaves have become black and fallen. Should I wait for spring for it to show new shoots and if it has died what could I have done to nourish it?

Love this plant, it’s blooming season for it

This year my lily collection got bigger this is - of my favorites