After a long time spent mostly dry & empty, the pond is now full of plants and critters!
In order to a microsystem happening, the a bunch of water-loving plants were put in weeks before. We now have water lilies and papyrus amongst others.
Eight goldfish and two "Delicate blue-eyes" now call the pond home, along with a couple of aquatic snails.
It was fun submerging the bags half in the water for about 30 mins before yelling, "RELEASE THE FISH!!" Some of the goldfish had to be coaxed out. The Blue-eyes shot out as quick as bullets. We were told by the pet store that they eat mosquito larvae, hence their popularity. They were the last two in the store, and we bought them up. They're pretty hard to spot in the pond, being almost transparent.
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