Renovating and extending my wildlife pond

Good idea, thanks.

Terracotta won't leach anything, but it will leak, so the pond sealant is a good call.

I have been to a few Caribbean islands where they had guppy’s in the freshwater places to do the same, our old riding yard had goldfish in the water troughs for the same reason and Disney used Tilapia.

I used Sticklebacks in our irrigation holding pond, it fills off the guttering and I was worried about mosquitos.

Just thought I’d post a pic of what mine is currently looking like. Fairly pleased with how the plants are doing, and there’s plenty of damselfly activity. I also saw a type of dragonfly I hadn’t seen before, with a wide, golden abdomen - think it was a female broad-bodied chaser.

The purple loosestrife and reed mace are coming along nicely.

(Cat for scale…)