THANK YOU for the Time -Elapse Photos :))))) - That really helps :))) - I will be designing some tomorrow for our Pond, and that is how I found your Video :D... BIG THANK YOU !!!
I think I would have gone with like an emerald green not black base. You can buy Krylon paint for a few bucks to spray paint and literally melds into foams and plastics...
Looks lovely and I can see how it would filter nitrates etc. Only little draw back for me would be giving predatory birds more of an advantage. Do any stand on it? Fish love to hide under shelters like these at night near the surface but tend to drift out making them easy targets for sharp beaks. Anchoring might not be a good idea. Wonder if a stiff black plastic skirt netting right around it, just under the water would be safer? Night herons and other birds are very quick to take any advantage.
This is my fourth year with the floating island. Prior to having it in my pond, my pond would inevitably turn green, but has not since the island has been in place. I have had something standing on the island once, but haven't lost any fish in a number of years due to predators.
Your growing zone is 6A and I am in zone 6 , what type of plants are you using that make it thru the winter I guess still in the pond. -I been wondering about floating island and never thought of using two together. Thanks
Can't believe I missed answering you, I apologize. I used tussock sedge (Carex stricta) for the tall center, forget me nots, creeping jenny, common rush and water plantain. I collected all from a walk along a local wet area except for the creeping jenny. It is now on its 5th summer (2019) and mother nature has added a few herself.
I do have filtration. Not the best set up but has been working for me for the past 25 years. I pump the water up to an external filter and flows back via a 15 foot stream.
I copied and pasted this from the Foam Factory's site-- Polyethylene: Polyethylene foam is a strong, resilient closed-cell foam. Ideally suited as the material or part of a material required in products requiring a shock absorbing, vibration dampening, insulation, barrier or buoyancy component, and as a material for cushioning products in packaging applications. Polyethylene foam's excellent buoyancy allows it to be used in flotation equipment, and other nautical products.
