a bit off the wall but ill try!! i have an 8mx8m walled sunken area that i am converting into an pond ,my problem is that i want to have "stepping stones" in it as the area around is all flower beds that i wish to keep so the question is how do i construct these stepping stones on top of my liner...

I'd like to build a 12' x 8' formal rectangular pond on my patio that would contain a few goldfish and some water plants and I'd like to do it out of concrete. Our local codes clasify ponds as swimming pools and as such any pond or pool deeper than 24" is subject to having a fence put around it....

Hi, i have just started off a new pond and although the water is crystal clear there is a green film over everything else thats in the pond, the lights, the liner, the pumps, everything. The pond has only had water in it for a week now and has been constantly running through a "clearpond 25"...

Hi, Are koi born with their true colors/markings or do they change as they mature? d

"Tim" wrote in message ... http://www.pond.t-hill.com/ The forum is starting to build ok to say it's not yet listed in google, I would very much welcome new members from this group. I think most of the members so far...

Thank you for all the ideas on the posting. I tried the small gold fish and it seems to be working. For a week now the weed has been down to almost nothing and my grandchildren love looking at the "little ones" Sue

i added a few water hyacinth into an established pond yesterday. i woke up this morning to find an out break of what appear to be clear eggs. i calld the pond supply/ garden center to ask their oppinion. they said probably snail eggs. not harmfull to the fish! i hope this is true. they also said...

we bought a new water hyacinth and pond plant yesterday and this morning we woke up to fine a zillion tiny gelatinous eggs all over the pond walls and clinging to the hyacinth roots. does anyone know what these may be? we spoke with the garden center and they suggested pond salt which would kill...

any methods for this? i have thought of cover it, fence it off, fill it in, move house etc any ideas please, granddaughter is very dear to us and we don't want a tragedy obviously andrew

Yesterday while digging next to my pond in order to put in a plant I accidentally put a hole in the top of the plastic water pipe going from the skimmer to the top of the waterfall. Water bubbled out. The waterfall still works fine but I expect that I am losing water and water here is...

The recent spell of summery weather in the UK has caused us to wonder how necessary it is to replace water lost by evaporation in our newly-created garden pond. Our small pond has a surface area of about 6.5sq.m and a maximum depth of about 80cm. No fish, usual plants, currently quite healthy. What...

Hi my pump has died on me i was wondering if the clean water submersible pumps with float switch are any good or shell i just go for a normal pond pump thanks

In the UK ( South East) we have a drought situation. It occurred to me that a minimum of pipework would be required in order to direct the rainwater downpipe from next door's garage roof, which currently drains harmlessly into my garden, such that it would drain into my 13 x 10 foot...

I have a big pond, in cement... the green algee it's a big problem. Just don't know what else I can do to get rid of it! I have a good filter with UV, but not enough. I have planted it and all, but still not enough. I have even covered the pond with a net, so it wouldn't get so much sun... it...

Yep, that's a perpetual motion machine and humans have been trying to make one of those for a few thousand years. It's too bad it won't work because we would no longer need fossil fuels, we would all have waterfalls in our front yard with a generator hooked up to it. What you're talking about has...

Hi guys, One of my fish looks sick and I wondered if anyone could give me a clue as to what is wrong with it please. It is a 2 year old Shubunkin and it seems perfectly normal (it is eating and swimming just fine) but it has what looks like a large sugarcube size square of fur growing on one of...

If I understand you correctly, you are trying to invent a perpetual motion machine. Not a chance. You cannot get out more than you put in. Best you could do is to drive the lights and maybe a lower power pump with your turbine. It will probably pay for itself in a couple of hundred years. Nao

I have a relatively small pond (about 12 x 6 ft) and would like to purchase a pond vacuum to get some of the silt, etc. off the bottom. The pond is lined with river bed stone on the bottom so it can't be too powerful and/or must be able to block the stone from being sucked up in the vacuum. ...

Can anyone tell me if the one's operated by mains water pressure are any good. i.e. Do the job of clearing out the accumulation of muck and leaves. I am in the U.K. and these are on offer for £23.49 pp. I would be grateful for any views on these. Thank you. Mack

Wouldn't think you would need to change the water unless it tests really bad. I haven't changed mine in thirty years although the pond has turned green several times when the pump failed. A good filter will clear it up if it is big enough. The fish won't mind muddy or algae water; they seem...