to bad the skeeter fish probably bit it there too. :(

blueboy, Thanks for the offer on the irisis but I don't think I want to grow them. not tha tI don't like them, I do, but I have always been into the foliage more than the flowers... strange...

Thanks for the info guys... I found some local pond societies that are good sources of info, when I get a house I hope to actually build a nice pond in the back yard, for now though I won't be joining a pond society. lol, I don't think buckets count, and I just don't have the time.