Picked Up Some Pond Animals Today

[Len B]

Went to Tractor Supply in Warsaw this morning and got some new stuff for the turtle pond.12 Catfish,12 Crayfish,13 Snails,30 Flat head minnows, and a few Crappies all for $20. I wish they did this all the time. Len

 

[Torty Mom]

Awesome! The only live thing our Tractor Supply ever has is baby chicks! Sounds like you have a pretty cool pond. Can you post some pictures? Please?

 

[Jacqui]

All for only $20? Wow! Ours only has fish for pond stocking once a year, but you have to get a large number of them. I would have loved to have been able to find snails like that especially.

 

[Edna]

Very cool purchase! Yes, post pictures of your pond.

 

[dmarcus]

That has to be an awesome pond..

 

[DeanS]

Went to Tractor Supply in Warsaw this morning and got some new stuff for the turtle pond.12 Catfish,12 Crayfish,13 Snails,30 Flat head minnows, and a few Crappies all for $20. I wish they did this all the time.

...and a partridge in a pear tree

What?!? No snapping turtles?

 

[Len B]

I am re-doing the pond and it is pretty much empty, all that I have in it are four hides so far. I have a pic from last year and 2 that I just took,It is only about 13x9 feet with a shallow ledge around the outside edge in case a non-swimming tortoise gets in, it can get out easier.I am going to put potted plants on top of the hides,and some on the shallow ledge, no more free growing in the pond it was a pain to get them out.It was pond stocking day with no minimum, it was a hatchery from Inwood WV. Yes I still have the 2 snapping turtles that I tried to give away they will be back in this week.

 

[Edna]

That was one wild tangle of a pond! Do you have to cover the pond?

 

[Len B]

That was one wild tangle of a pond! Do you have to cover the pond?

I cover the whole enclosure in the fall until it warms back up in the spring, on warm days I can roll the cover back and roll it back at night.

 

[Jacqui]

Went to Tractor Supply in Warsaw this morning and got some new stuff for the turtle pond.12 Catfish,12 Crayfish,13 Snails,30 Flat head minnows, and a few Crappies all for $20. I wish they did this all the time.

...and a partridge in a pear tree

What?!? No snapping turtles?

He already has snapping turtles.

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:shy: I really liked the "wild" look it had before. Am sure it will be neat (in many ways ) when you finish.

 

[Yvonne G]

Yeah, I was real sorry that I planted that water iris in the ground too. It was a heck of a job to dig it all out. The tubers went WAY down into the ground. And the plant took up over half the pond surface. I planted it again but now that I know about it, I'll keep it under control.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Neat!

 

[Shelly]

The airfare to Poland must have been a killer.

 

[Len B]

The airfare to Poland must have been a killer.

Since we had never been to this store before and don't like to fly,we used google maps for directions, and rented a canoe instead. Len

 

[dmarcus]

So google has canoe directions as well? interesting, very interesting.....