We finally put water in ours then slowly started adding life to it. The plants aren't doing too good but the fish, Japanese Trap Door Snails and expecially the polywogs have really been fun to watch. This morning, I watched as a polywog attached itself to a snail and ate the string moss that it came with. It was so cute! IDK, to me it looked like they were kissing.

Can't wait till the fish grow and the polywogs turn to frogs!

The goldfish are learning where to come when I feed. That's fun, too. Yesterday, we added four more fish; two Shubunkins and two Red Capped Fan Tailed goldfish. There were already some feeder goldfish in the pond. Some gold and some grey. The grey ones look like little shadows swimming around in the water. No koi, though! My oldest son had some and it's a loosing battle between the herons and racoons. For some reason, they leave the goldfish alone.

Gonna try to talk hubby into either making or ordering some electric or LED minilights to make it look like there's fireflies glowing in the evenings.

Can't wait! This is so much fun!

I'd like to hear experiences from those that have ponds.