New to the board and happy to be here! - 05/14/10 05:02 PM
Wow what a great resource this site is! I stumbled across it while searching on Google and I am glad I did.
Back in the fall we bought a project home. It is on a neighborhood pond and has about a dozen houses around it. The neighborhood was built in 87 and I assume the pond was built at the same time.
I have a few questions that I was hoping you guys could help with:
1) Based on what I read on this board I started feeding with pellets. Based on the instructions it said not to throw out more than would be eaten in 5-10 minutes which I am doing but I was wondering how many times a day you guys are feeding your fish?
2) I'm not sure how many acres the pond is - do you guys know if there is a way to determine the size of a pond?
3) There is apparently a beaver living on the pond as I woke up the other morning and found all the bark removed up to about 18 inches from the ground from a pine on the bank. Any suggestions on this? I was told you could wrap chicken wire around the trunk but wasn't sure if that would actually work.
4) I started working on some habitat structures but the pond has about 6 inches of sediment on the bottom and they are trying to get enough money for a dredging. If I went ahead and sunk these structures would I be putting dredging equipment at risk when we finally have a dredging one day?
I have a bunch of other questions around heavy turtle population concerns, over population of LMB, etc. But I'll search this site first to see if those questions have already been answered previously.
Thanks in advance for answers/advice!
Jeff
Back in the fall we bought a project home. It is on a neighborhood pond and has about a dozen houses around it. The neighborhood was built in 87 and I assume the pond was built at the same time.
I have a few questions that I was hoping you guys could help with:
1) Based on what I read on this board I started feeding with pellets. Based on the instructions it said not to throw out more than would be eaten in 5-10 minutes which I am doing but I was wondering how many times a day you guys are feeding your fish?
2) I'm not sure how many acres the pond is - do you guys know if there is a way to determine the size of a pond?
3) There is apparently a beaver living on the pond as I woke up the other morning and found all the bark removed up to about 18 inches from the ground from a pine on the bank. Any suggestions on this? I was told you could wrap chicken wire around the trunk but wasn't sure if that would actually work.
4) I started working on some habitat structures but the pond has about 6 inches of sediment on the bottom and they are trying to get enough money for a dredging. If I went ahead and sunk these structures would I be putting dredging equipment at risk when we finally have a dredging one day?
I have a bunch of other questions around heavy turtle population concerns, over population of LMB, etc. But I'll search this site first to see if those questions have already been answered previously.
Thanks in advance for answers/advice!
Jeff