Stock tank update

This post is for Robert, who recently left a comment on "How we made our stock tank." As you can see, our plants have not yet greened up for spring. A few days ago, we brought up our one pot, which we lowered last year in the tank for overwintering. So the horsetail rush and lemon barcopa look really rough. 

Whittle down to one pot in the middle of the tank – that's what we had to do to keep critters from knocking them over, Robert. As for algae, we don't have a problem with that. Right now, the water is crystal clear. But it switches between murky and clear for reasons I don't know why. 

I look back on how our stock tank USED to look in past blog posts...so pretty! I miss that. But I don't want to give it up altogether so hence the lone pot of plants in the middle.

  

Goldie, one of our two original goldfish, is still with us. In 2023, I found the other one on the ground, lifeless and gray. Weird. In April 2024, I bought a new goldfish friend for Goldie. A few months ago, it just vanished. No clue where that one went. Probably a coon or bird, I guess. And yes, we still have some gambusia, too.