Question
I have a bog for my plants.  I also have 3 plants floating in a goldfish pond.  The plants floating in the goldfish pond are doing great.  Really growing this spring after being in the pond most of the winter.  Since they are do so well, is there a reason I shouldn't use the water for the bog plants.  It gets a little expensive buying water.  In fact one was growing so tall that I was afraid it would turn over so I replaced it with a shorter plant from the bog and now it is doing fine in the bog.  Thanks, Larry

Answer
Hello Larry,

If your bog plants are carnivorous I would avoid placing them in a fish pond as fish require very different Ph and hardness levels in their water and their waste products are broken down into nitrates and nitrites that basically make the water fertilizer. This would kill most carnivorous plants rather quickly as these byproducts leech into their moss.

Christopher