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Last Updated: 2/12/20
These are general photos of my 1800 gallon pond.
Big Pond Photos of the Pond and Plants:
Summer 2017
Spring 2016
Fall 2015
Summer 2015
Spring 2015
Fall 2014
Summer 2014
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Summer 2013
Spring 2013
Summer 2012
Spring 2012
Fall 2011
Summer 2011
Spring 2011
Fall 2010
Summer 2010
Spring 2010
Fall 2009
Summer 2009
Spring 2009
For more general information on these photos, see my pond pictures page index.
For photos of this pond that are predominantly fish (but also show the pond), see my fish pond photos page.
For winter photos of the 1800 gallon pond, see the winter photo page.
Photos are listed from newest to oldest.
Big Pond Photos of the Pond and Plants
From 6/4/17:
Colorific and purple iris
Colorific and purple iris
Colorific and purple iris
Watercress in flower in the waterfall
On 4/20/16, I replaced my old Cyprio planter filter with a Biosteps filter and took these photos:
With Cyprio planter filter:
Pond, facing southwest.
Cyprio filter - side view.
Cyprio filter - top view.
With Biosteps filter:
Pond facing southwest.
Biosteps filter from the side and marginals.
Biosteps filter - where the water goes in.
Biosteps filter - drain.
Biosteps filter - front (where water leaks).
Biosteps filter - waterfall (where water exits).
Biosteps filter from behind and marginals.
From 4/13/16:
Pond waterfall, taken from ground level.
Pond, taken of surface, near ground level, right after mulching.
Pond marginal area, facing southeast.
Pond on 3/27/16, facing southwest.
Pond on 3/26/16, facing northwest.
On 11/6/15, the pond pumped half way out as the leaf net was pushed down over the biofilter outlet which then clogged
with leaves and diverted water away from the pond. I took these photos of the half empty pond but, looking at them
more than six months later when I am finally processing them, it is really hard to tell that the pond is half empty!
The photos were taken at dawn so they are still pretty dark. I
only processed about half of the photos that I took because I could not tell there was anything special going on.
Broiling Biofilter - the pump was sucking air so it was pumping
air in to the filter which looked liked it was boiling
Half Empty Pond - facing northwest. That five gallon pot in the
middle of the pond is normally submerged but was completely out of the water. I see my koi, Colin.
Half Empty Pond - facing northwest.
Waterfall - this is the output of the smaller waterfall as it
goes in to the main pond. Normally, there is no drop there. You can sort of see that there was now a drop with the
pond partially empty.
Half Empty Pond - this shows the deep end of the pond where
the main waterfall goes in. It is hard to tell that it is not normal.
Pond on 10/11/15, facing northwest.
From 9/27/15 when the pond was covered in water lettuce:
Pond - facing southwest
Pond - facing west
Pond - facing northwest
From 7/25/15:
Chromatella lily flower
White tropical waterlily flowers
White tropical waterlily flowers - close-up
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In July of 2015, some animal tore my 1800 gallon pond apart. They ripped out and/or ate all the yellow flag iris, all the common cattails, most of the hardy canna, most of the lizard tail, etc.
From 7/10/15:
Messed up pond - facing southwest; it is hard to tell from this distance
Messed up pond - marginal area with plants down all over
Messed up pond - deep end with pots and roots floating around (the animal or animals
ripped some plants from the pots and left empty pots)
Messed up pond - marginal area
From 7/12/15:
Messed up pond - entire pond, facing southwest
Chromatella water lily flower - life goes on
Messed up pond - marginal area
Yellow flag iris remnants - this was all that was left; I repotted it
on 7/12/15; it did not survive at all.
Cattail remnants as well as pickerel rush and sweetflag it looks like.
The common cattails were the very first plant in my pond (same exact plant as in 1997). I repotted the remnants on
7/12/15. The cattails did not return in 2016. They died from this attack. An era ended from when my pond was flourishing
to now languishing.
Messed up pond - marginal area
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From 6/20/15:
Lizard tail and pickerel rush in flower.
Pond facing northwest. I see my oldest koi, Colin, and some
goldfish.
From 6/7/15:
Purple and colorific iris in the marginal area.
Purple and colorific iris in the marginal area.
Purple iris in the marginal area, close-up.
Big Pond and garden facing south, 5/9/15.
Here are a bunch of pond photos from 4/26/15:
Big pond facing southwest.
Big pond and garden facing south.
Big pond facing west.
Big pond facing north.
Big pond facing north.
Big pond facing north.
These photos are from 4/12/15:
Big pond facing south.
Big pond facing north.
Here are some photos from 4/4/15.
Big pond facing northwest. The orfe, goldfish, and koi are
in the distance.
Big pond waterfall area with the fish!
I took these photos on 9/28/14 when I took the half net on and before I put on the full net (except the last
photo which has the full net on).
Pond facing southwest.
Pond facing northwest.
Pond facing southwest, from the biofilter.
Pond facing west.
Pond facing northwest.
Pond facing southwest with the full net on.
From 9/7/14, the 1800 gallon covered in water lettuce:
Pond from above, deep end (standing at the biofilter)
Pond facing west
Pond facing northwest
From 7/20/14:
Tropical waterlilies in bloom in the 1800 gallon pond,
facing west. At the top of the photo, I can see koi Colin and Riley and an orfe.
Tropical red waterlily in bloom, net pulled back,
close-up.
Tropical white waterlily in bloom in the 1800 gallon pond on 7/14/14, squished under the net.
From 6/29/14:
From 6/7/14:
I took these photos on 4/20/14 after I mulched up a new area between the main pond garden and the garden
on the side of the house (with a pathway between). All three photos are facing northwest.
1800 gallon pond facing southwest on 4/10/14.
1800 gallon pond facing west on 3/23/14.
On 9/29/13, I took these photos of the pond. I took the half net off the pond and took these
photos before I put on the full net for the fall.
Here are photos of my brother sitting by my pond on 9/1/13. I call him the "Thinking Man" because
he seems to be postulating something intense.
Here are some photos of the big pond on 7/28/13:
More photos of the pond iris in the big pond in bloom on 6/5/13. They were so gorgeous!
Photos of the pond iris in bloom on 6/4/13:
Yellow flag iris blooming in the 1800 gallon
pond on 5/24/13.
From 5/17/13:
Water celery at the bottom of the waterfall on
5/6/13.
Pond facing north on 4/26/13
From 4/14/13:
From 9/13/12:
These photos are from 9/10/12:
These are pond photos from 8/26/12:
Here are some photos from 7/22/12 of flowering tropical water poppy.
Tree down over the 1800 gallon on 6/30/12.
A derecho (massive storm with winds over 60 mph) came through the night before and took
down hundreds of trees and branches. A series of large tulip poplar branches fell on the west
side of the pond but missed going in the pond. It does not look like much in that photo but it
took a few weeks just to clear that pile. As of 9/27/12 (today), we are still clearing trees that
were toppled in the derecho, and we will never finish. My father has been counting loads of tree
debris to the dump, and I think he is up to 30.
Pond facing southwest on 6/28/12.
From 6/17/12:
On 6/3/12, my water hyacinth actually bloomed for the first time in years! They were in a hoop,
and I had not had them for long.
From 5/31/12:
From 5/20/12:
From 5/13/12:
From 4/22/12:
From 4/21/12:
From 4/17/12:
From 3/25/12:
These photos are from 11/2/11 when I cut down the majority of the marginals in the 1800 gallon
pond.
We had snow on 10/30/11 which is the earliest since I have been alive. [Note: As of 1/19/12, it
was
the only snow this season!]
These photos are from my pond on 10/16/11. The nets were on.
My brother took these photos of my pond on 9/4/11 from the roof!
Bluebell flower on 8/14/11.
From 7/24/11:
From 7/14/11:
From 6/26/11:
These photos are from 6/12/11:
Flowering forget-me-nots in the 1800 gallon
overflow on 5/26/11.
Sick pond - the 1800 gallon pond on 5/21/11
when it was being treated with MelaFix (hence the foaming), facing southwest, water celery at
the top right of the photo.
These two photos taken on 5/21/11 are of the new walkway that my brother and I put in
alongside the east side of the pond.
These photos from 5/5/11 show the redone main pond overflow that my brother helped me
do.
These are from when I set up the additional pump on the main waterfall on 5/1/11:
From 4/20/11:
From 4/17/11:
Waterfall on 4/10/11 showing how I put the
busted plastic bird bath (really a plant drip tray) over the hole in the falls. I had removed some
rocks to rearrange them and could not get them back!
These photos were taken on 4/3/11:
These photos were taken on 3/13/11 to show the bad condition of the filter and waterfall:
Pink tropical pickerel rush out of the pond
to be brought in on 10/21/10.
From 9/26/10 when I put the full nets on the ponds. I took photos of the big pond after the half
net was off but before I put on the full net:
Here are some photos taken 9/3/10 of the flowering bluebells and purple pickerel rush.
Pink pickerel weed flower on 8/16/10.
This spire on my first tropical pickerel weed was on its second day of blooming so it was not as
open as on the first day.
Tropical waterlily flower (Blue Beauty)
on 8/15/10.
Big pond marginal area on 8/11/10. You can
see the Cyprio filter, the net over the deep end, and the marginal area which includes huge lotus,
cattails, hardy canna, and yellow flag iris.
Some plants in the pond on 7/11/10.
These photos were taken on 7/4/10.
These photos were taken on 7/3/10.
These photos were taken on 7/2/10.
These photos are from 5/23/10.
These photos are from 5/19/10:
Big pond on 5/10/10, shallow area, facing
south. The yellow flag iris were in bloom.
Taken 4/11/10:
When I pulled out my new tropical waterlily from the pond on 11/15/09, I found that it had two
little nut tubers which I put in damp sand. Perhaps they will make it! I also saved the growing
part and put that in my basement pond. Here is a photo of them.
These photos are from 9/20/09:
These photos are from 8/27/09:
On 7/31/09, while I was at work, my father says the strongest straight winds he has ever seen
came through with a storm. When I got home, no fewer than 12 trees had partially or totally
come down including this large tulip poplar branch that fell over my waterfall area. The branch
was much bigger than it looks in the photos.
I took these flower photos on 7/12/09:
These photos are from 6/2/09:
These photos are from 4/25/09. The area around the pond was just mulched:
These four photos from 4/13/09 show a Cooper's hawk by my pond:
These photos are from 4/1/09.
Pond facing southwest, net on, 3/21/09.
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1800 gallon pond facing southwest, hardy canna and
pickerel rush in bloom.
Pickerel rush and lizard tail in flower.
Iris in bloom - marginal area of the 1800 gallon pond,
facing northwest.
Albata lily in bloom in the 153 gallon pond. Also,
notice the anacharis flowers.
Purple iris in bloom in the 153 gallon pond, close-up.
Purple iris in bloom in the 153 gallon pond, from a
distance.
Pond Garden
Pond Garden
Pond Garden
1800 gallon pond facing southwest
1800 gallon pond facing southwest
Emmy from inside, watching me take photos; the
pond is reflected in the glass
1800 gallon pond facing northwest
1800 gallon pond - deep area and waterfall
Pond with brother - from a distance. The pond
area was completely taken over by weeds! You can see my biggest fish, koi Colin.
Thinking Man - he does not see me inside
taking photos.
Thinking Man - ut oh, he sees me, and he's
not happy!
Thinking Man - now he hides. Or, maybe he's
doing his impression of "Monkey, see no evil."
1800 Gallon Pond and Fish including all four koi from
a distance
1800 Gallon Pond and Fish including all three of the
koi from a distance
Purple, White, and Colorific Iris from a distance
Purple, White, and Colorific Iris
Purple and White Iris
Purple, White, and Colorific Iris - so many blooms!
Purple, White, and Colorific Iris - so awesome!
Can you tell I like iris?
White and Colorific Iris
Colorific Iris - close-up
White Iris - close-up
Purple Iris - close-up
White and Colorific Iris
Big pond area - view from below the pond, facing
southeast.
Big pond area - view facing southwest
Pond facing southwest.
Pond facing northwest. You can see the
fish.
Canna in bloom, close-up of the flowers.
This is an orange variegated tropical aquatic canna.
Canna in bloom, from a distance.
Canna in bloom again. You can also see a
lot of water lettuce.
Snowball plant flowers
Water lettuce completely covering my 1800
gallon pond. There is also one Chromella waterlily flower at the bottom left. The upper right
are is where the waterfalls are which were covered in water celery and watercress.
Snowball plant flowers
Snowball plant flowers - with a
butterfly!
Big pond facing northwest, including flowering
pickerel rush. You can see how completely the waterfall and pond are covered in plants by late
August.
Water poppy
Water poppy
Flowering pickerel rush and lizard tail in the
marginal area of the big pond.
Lizard tail flower
Two water hyacinth flowers
Water hyacinth flower
Pond facing northwest. The lotus tub pond can
also be seen.
Albata waterlily in bloom.
Flowering iris in the 1800 gallon pond,
flowering purple iris and yellow flag iris in the marginal area.
Purple iris - close-up of the flower
Watercress flowers
Watercress in the waterfall, facing
east
Flowering iris in the 1800 gallon pond,
flowering purple iris and yellow flag iris in the marginal area, facing south.
Water forget-me-not in flower
Water forget-me-not - flower close-up
Blue standard iris, facing southeast.
Yellow flag iris flowering in the big
pond, facing northwest.
Yellow flag iris - close-up of a flower
Crushed pump pre-filter - inside view
of the inlet filter for the PondMaster Mag Drive Pump Model 12; it collapsed due to heavy
debris
during spawning. I bought a new one.
Crushed pump pre-filter - outside
view
Water hawthorn flowering
Water hawthorn - close- up of the flower
from the previous photo.
Golden club flower
Sweetflag flower
Stones at the entry are to my big pond
Pond Garden - part of the pond can be seen,
creeping phlox and daffodils in bloom
Gazing ball - my new gazing ball
1800 gallon pond - net on, facing
southwest.
1800 gallon pond - net off, facing southwest.
The foaming is from MelaFix.
1800 gallon pond - net off, closer in, facing
southwest.
Before photo facing southwest
Before photo facing northwest, net pulled
back
Before photo facing northwest, further
back
After photo facing northwest
After photo facing northwest, further
back
1800 gallon pond - facing west; note all the
leaves on
the net.
1800 gallon pond - facing southwest
1800 gallon pond - facing southwest
1800 gallon pond - facing west; I can see
orfe,
koi, and goldfish
Entire pond
Entire pond
Entire pond
Waterlilies - one Chromatella (yellow) flower
and one James Brydon (red) flower in bloom.
James Brydon flower
James Brydon flower
Chromatella flower
1800 gallon pond facing south
Water celery flower
1800 gallon pond deep end. You can
see the water celery flowering, my big koi Maggie (biggest orange fish), orfe, goldfish, and some
plants.
1800 gallon pond facing north
Frog fruit flowers
Frog fruit flowers
Chromatella waterlily flowers
Chromatella waterlily flower - close-up
Milkweed in flower. This also turned out to
be
a good overall 1800 gallon pond photo in the background.
Pond facing south. This shows the marginal
area and some fish. I do not know why the photo is washed out.
Parrot Feather
Flowering lizard tail and pickerel rush
Walkway facing south
Walkway facing north
Overflow - facing south from above
Overflow - facing north but overhead
Overflow - facing east, low photo
(squatting down)
Overflow - facing east from below with my
cat GK on the rock
Overflow - facing northeast, just a piece of
it with my cat GK on the rock
Overflow - facing northeast from
below
New pump with basket and filter material
(floss), diaper pins hold on the end piece.
Electrical outlet with a plastic bag on it since it
will not close. Nobody will fix it for me.
New pump situated in to the pond.
Waterfall facing northwest with the added
flow.
Waterfall facing northeast with the added
flow. Previous to the new pump, the water drizzled.
New waterfall rock looking down the
falls.
New waterfall rock looking up the
falls.
New waterfall rock from the side with a
fake turtle on it.
Waterfall viewed from above with the
rocks removed.
Waterfall - outflow of the biofilter viewed
from the side with the rocks removed. Notice the large foot drop from the biofilter down to the
liner. That is all collapsed hill. The water coming out of the biofilter used to touch the liner in
1997.
Cedar - the little wild cedar by the fake
heron by my waterfall
No Cedar - the same photo after I cut down
the poor cedar. It was half dead, and people were worried about the roots damaging the
liner.
Drain Trap Connector - the gasket thing that
finally stopped my pump from popping off the line!
Empty biofilter
Pump connected to the tube with the new
connector with the intake grate off as well as the pre-filter off. There is a single goldfish in
the photo too.
Biofilter - this shows the biofilter and how
the cap stones are all loose, and the caulking is all worn off.
Waterfall - facing east. This is the top of the
falls and shows how the rocks are all out of place, the hill has collapsed, and water is
leaking.
Waterfall - entire falls, facing northeast.
Waterfall - base of the falls that go in to the
swampy area. An area indicates one location where water goes outside of the lined area. The
water celery was just starting to sprout.
1800 gallon pond facing southwest.
Purple pickerel rush flowers
1800 gallon pond netted with the full leaf net,
facing southwest.
Flowering bluebells and purple pickerel
rush
Flowering bluebells
Bluebell flower
Hardy canna flowers already going to seed;
bumblebee on them.
Floating impatiens island - only one barely
alive! You can also see some goldfish down there. What a difference a year makes! This is the
same floating island on 7/12/10.
Hornwort - I took out a wad for a photo op
on land (just for a second) since I have no good hornwort photos.
Chromatella yellow hardy waterlily flower
close-up.
Fabiola pink hardy waterlily flower
Chromatella yellow hardy waterlily flower.
You can also see the dying water hyacinth on the right.
Purple pickerel rush in flower.
Big pond area garden - facing southwest.
Yep, there is a pond down there but you cannot see it! Lemon balm in the foreground obscures
most of the scene. The tall plant at the top is milkweed. The common cattails in the pond are
visible, and that is about it.
Big pond as seen from the top of the
waterfall, facing soutwest. It is lush with plants.
Purple pickerel rush in flower. The "white
rush" I ordered came with a label of "white pickerel rush" but I got neither!
Water plantain in flower
Big pond facing north through the
marginals.
Anacharis and Jungle Valisneria potted up to
go in the 1800 gallon pond.
Jungle Valisneria - close-up
Anacharis - close-up
Water wisteria that I would put in the pond four
days later.
White watercress in flower. Water celery
is in the background.
Yellow watercress in flower. Water
celery is in the background.
Lizard tail - before repotting, side view of the
two two gallon pots.
Lizard tail - before repotting, top view of the
two two gallon pots.
Lizard tail - after repotting, top view of the
two two gallon pots.
Waterlily storage tubers and growing tip
New stepping stone
Big pond facing west, covered in water
lettuce
even
after removing a ton of it; water celery on the falls to the right; impatiens blooming in the
floating island; half net on.
Pile of water lettuce - the mounting pile of
discarded
water lettuce. I also noticed on the right in that photo are remnants of a pond plant repotting
from at least a year ago. The roots hold the ball of rocks and dirt together for a long time.
Big pond facing northwest completely
covered in water lettuce.
Marginal area including blooming
bluebells.
Bluebell - close-up of one flower.
Bluebell - close-up of another flower.
Tulip poplar on waterfall - facing west, taken
through the window
Tulip poplar - on the north side of the pond,
facing southwest
Tulip poplar on waterfall - facing northwest;
on the bottom left is the fake heron on the ground which was beheaded
Tulip poplar on waterfall
Beheaded fake heron - after I picked it up
Biofilter - the filter at the top of the falls was
almost completely hidden by the tulip poplar branch
Tulip poplar on waterfall - facing north
Waterlily Flowers - new Blue Beauty tropical
water lily in flower and new replacement Comanche hardy water lily at the upper left of the
photo.
Blue Beauty tropical water lily flower, close-
up.
Impatiens in floating island planter. The
orange shadow is a big orfe.
Purple Iris Flower
Purple Iris Flowers
White Iris Flower
White Iris Flowers
Watercress in Flower
Watercress and Water Celery
Entire Pond facing north
Pond facing north, waterfall area full of
water celery
Pond facing west.
Pond facing north, red bud in bloom.
Cooper's hawk on the waterfall rocks through the
window.
Cooper's hawk - close up of the hawk from the last
photo.
Cooper's hawk on the waterfall rocks through the
window.
Cooper's hawk - close up of the hawk from the last
photo.
A few days later, my mother found a dead hawk. It was either the same bird or its mate. You
can see photos on my birds of prey page.
Pond facing southwest, net on.
Water celery in the waterfall area, top
view.
Water celery in the waterfall area, frog's eye
view.
Waterfalls facing northeast.
Photos of the 1800 Gallon Pond 1997 to 2008
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