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RE: anybody built their own ponds?

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Posted by: megalon at Fri Apr 18 20:29:41 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by megalon ]  
   

i dug my own,10' long,6' wide at the widest,3 1/2' wide at the narrowest,and 3' deep at the deepest point.it's got 2 islands for drag out basking,too.i lined it with the thickest flexible liner that i could find,added 2 fountains,and added a pair of eastern painteds and a pair of muds.i throw in crawdads,grass shrimp,minnows,and mosquito fish every week or so.i try to keep plants in it,like bamboo,water lillies,etc;i replant as needed.i live in sc,so the turtles stay in the pond year-round.the only problem that i have is that my wife can't stand the chicken-wire fence i put up to cut down on turtles wandering off.i guess i could have worse problems,though.
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1.1 cb spotted turtles (parker(f),stinky(m))
0.0.1 wc baby stinkpots (dinky)
1.1 wc eastern mud turtles(george & jane)
1.1 cb eastern painted turtles (fred & ethel)
0.0.1 mississippi map(lil' dummy)
1.0 cb albino corn(rusty)

0.0.1 wc halloween crabs
0.1 irritating cats (sassy )
2.0 cb children (sidney,12 & kaelan,4)
0.1 wc wife (danae,age withheld due to fears for personal safety)


   

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