velda128034 - Pond Attachment

So far no Herron visits to our fish pool

This product is simply a large Christmas ornament tied to a piece of fish line and a rock. It is extremely overpriced for what it is.

We bought it to keep away blue herons from our pond...we haven't seen any herons since the purchase, so I guess it's working well, but to be honest, we've only seen a few over the year anyway, but a heron actually stood in our pond which prompted us to buy the reflector.. It was easy to put in pond and has not moved from it's spot...Fish don't seem to mind it either.

This heron deterrent is actually pretty.It even shines/glows when the pond light hit it at night. I love that it came with a rock weight & string. Now to see if it works!

Whether this works or not, I have no idea. Since using it, I have not had a Blue Herron return but I also employed other tactics like a fake herron and an ultrasonic deterrent light. This is incredibly overpriced. It's like a large plastic Christmas Ornament. It also collects water and has to be periodically drained. Only nice thing is it comes with a rock that is attached to fishing line so you can keep it from floating all over the pond.

Stopped those darn herons from picking off my fish!!! Faded by now I need touch up paint!!

I have a small koi pond with koi and goldfish. I have lost many fish to heron over the years and tried a number of deterrents. We recently had our pond renovated with a beautiful new waterfall and landscaping. At the time I was using fishing line strung across the pond diagonally in combination with some boards around the pond edge to which I had added staples such that they stuck out of the boards. I placed the boards around the pond's edge so the herons had no place to stand (like they use for pigeons on buildings). This worked well for 3 years, but was ugly and dangerous for kids and dogs. When the landscaper recommended the Velda heron ball I gave it a try. It seemed to work until the heron's found the pond again in the fall. We spotted them on a few morningS and they quickly flew away, but not before we lost one of the goldfish (it was 6 inches and about 8 years old). The Velda ball SIMPLY DOES NOT SCARE THE BIRDS. I moved it around to a few locations, but no results. SAVE YOUR MONEY. I have a net over the pond for now until the herons move onto a new location.

Looks great but due to the design it sunk within 24hours