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parallel ponds, where mod is euirnied and allowed lo
now down lo higher iniphie levels iminnows lo noun

Coroeoirrve series ean be arranged in iiophie levels,
wilh orders oi ponds breeding iorage iish or shrimp
spilling over lo ponds eonrainine carnlvumus lisli; or
wl|h marshy ponds oi lndpoles, sends, and nnplinia
nowing inlo ponds oi omnivmfi, Even more handily,
primary sewage lagoons lanaerolriel ran leed seams
dary lagoons rieh in need and oiher arrhropod iauna
and rooplanlrlon ilacularive ponds; wliieh in rurn
easende ’nio aerobie ponds oi useiui , mussels.
shrimp, or green vegerable erop, mud. in lurn. le
rlgure ml.

Moreover, as done small ponds labour onesevenlh
or one-niruh oi rise size iii ilre null deal wllh lhe ans
aerobir prose. and as ihese are besr oonsirueied as
lunnels or eannls liorn whieh gas lnrerhanel ran be
eolleered, we order oi arse in rirls sori oi series ean be
soiled io lunerion,

similarly, a very small liaieliery ean rupply a larger
lry pool, whieli in non supplies a iingeriing lank,
wnieli ean now provide sroels lor large ponds. The
orders oi sire here are more |in one—lenlh or one
rwenlierh oi lhe near, and irieir aerairon, srruerure, and
lheieiore eonsirueriun will diiler Eels are mud in such
inereasing size order oi ponds, as are lroru

nius. ionseeiinvo series has an essenrial iunerion in
lerrris olorders, bur may more lliile sense in renns oi .
sei nlequalrblud ponds oi irie same lunelioir isueh asa
eonseeubve series oisoosquare merre ponds all sloelred
wiih iingerlingsl. Conseeunie series may also be loieed
on us by valley eonilguranon or oihei sire Iinulilium,
and ihen llie role or rhange in waier qullily compels
rloae nioniionng

Mu mag rond Syslems
Every evolurionary loldl iish euilure sysiern or lerraee
eornpler has an inirieare sei oi ponds and ilows,
Eiernenls are added on as needed, as money and bme
pei-rnrl, as new lnlormadon and needs arise, or as new
speeles are ineorporaied Alrnough eomplex, lhese
sysierns work well and are tomlorlable or work wlili
Sucwssful modiiieaiions are preserved, misukes
reerilled, and raraslroplies remedied However, many
sueii sysienis are never inlended lor easy reading, and a
noviee inheriring one rniehl spend weels or monllis
working oul how lo eonirul and manage irie syslern. All
are quire unique, and oilen sublle in operaiion, wur.
eomples waiereonirol

medeup Pond Sfilzm

in eonirasi, llie nailand rice larrner who ronveris lo
enilisli may evolve a simple, srandardlsed,
ail-pervasive and oiien monoeulrural nerilineai iarrn
visible irom an airliner as a neiworli oi precise
regalariry posed on lhe landscape, Anyone ean
undersland I , lhe sysrem is probably easy ro ronool,
bul ii ems in load, and lends in be a on boring The
plan may very well have been drawn up lay a Euclidean
gmmlfiy srudenr derermined ro ioree an unnarural

 

 

 

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rigidiiy on naiure All rim is needed io manage is
power ienergyl liul rheir power, as Mr Kissinger
milked. is rhe ulrlmareaphrodisiae, and rlrere may be
some murky rompensanons hidden in do pallern.

While all M lhe above evolulions have irieir admirers,
llwlv are porenliaily a sex oi iiuire diiierenl appniaehes,
only one oi whreh may be re eonsider lhe pond
eomplen as a eomponeni oi ioral landsoapr, and oiliers
or whieri ieier more dxmfly lo mlgy lor loodi supply
and have lo do wxlh eoniienraiioiss, or lire shaping oi
ponds ilreniselves,

ANNIDATIONS
We ran nesl any son or smaller pond in a Luger pond in
a varieiy or ways-

Cam and ring rigs in large bodies ril waier alluw
eonirol oi ieedine, harvesllng and disease in eaged,
nmed, or ieneedoii fish, my are in land may herein
lioml lhe larger bodyol waler, bur are coneenrraled ior
managerneni similarly, eggs and lrv can be separalely
reared in paroiioned ponds or in iouarlums. lheir
survival is mueli enrianeed. as many iisli and
eruslaeeans are eannabaiislic ior rarher noneseleerivel

predaiors may be Lopl lo lhin oul populaiions,
separaied by a mesh which permils any srunied or
young lisir ro pass 0r. shrimp rriay live oni lheir lives
in shallows whieri noverrheiesr adroin a deep area
wlioie lheir piednlors lurk

Addams, yielding heni,ean be nesred in or below
a iroaen pond, and iriaw ii in winier A shaded, ehilled,
or aeraied pond rriay arr as a Nluge in her wearlier. l-ari
oi any pond ean be glassed over, even lnsulaied ion
shore and in rhe warerl lor a hear relupe, while
remaining open belon or via a base slor inr lisir lo use
asa ieiiige in ehilly wearirer

rloaling bases or Inmlrnfls ol live load can be
plneed in larger ponds, as ran a single gravid
lpregnanil erayiisli, whose young lali lree inlo lire
larger pond lo eomrnenee growing wllhonl piedalory
adulreompenrion.

All 0! ilre above are operaring and valid, alrhougli
some are energy—slorage rarher llian inlegraled iquiv
euliure arrnidalioisr iniended lo a h or planr
produelion Lisnng iliem helps us lo deode on how we
may use sueli aeeeoory syslerns in any pond, bur rhere
is no doubi lhai il we plan lhem lo sian Willi, we ran
mak: lhe original pond rnueh more easy lo iii man rl
we raelr ihem on larer, or a. alierlhoughrs As an
Blurrmnu‘hl, rrinny “ponds in ponds are made eilher
lo hold wild iish lryrng in enler a euliuied pond. or ro
hold migrarlng eseapees iroin a eullured pond aorh are
illusiraled in iigiirelsds as one inregraled syslem
lupsiream and downsllum iish iraps or soning (asks).

 

mNDs AS Pm or “all; LANDSCAPE Mosiuc
i believe ihai when erearrng ponds in barren ior
agrroilrurall inndsaper, we musi plan ior a beneireial