Is it a good or bad idea to let leaves that fall into my pond decompose? It's a pre-fab pond that holds about 80 gallons (if I remember correctly) and is 24-30" deep. If it is a good idea, is there some general rule of thumb as to how deep to let the layer at the bottom of the pond get before...

Some time back I remember we had a discussion about frogs and frog song and neighbors and legal issues Some neighbors really hate it when frogs and toads show up at our ponds and start their singing and courting. Someone said that we, as pondowners, can not be held liable for the noise that...

I'm about to start excavating a pond 4' deep with a 55 gal drum filter (drums 3' high; jj's design). One nagging doubt I have is about the pipe from the bottom drain to the filter. It'll have to run uphill at least 1.5' in order to enter the filter. Seems to me that with enough flow I shouldn't...

Hi folks, I am planning to build a circular pond and was wondering if anyone can comment on preformed 'welded' butyl liner? A few companies say they can do this and it sounds like it might be what I'm looking for. The dimensions of the pond are radius 1500mm, depth 600 with a 200mm deep shelf. One...

Bethel-NY wrote: Please remove ARJW, AFN and rec.ponds from this Jabriol-Troll inspired thread. It's irrelevant and off-topic to our ENGLISH speaking newsgroups. Thank you for your cooperation. alternativly you could learn to use followups.

Does anyone know of any magical ingredient that will get rid of the green pond guk ? Or at least something to slow it down. Our pond is about 12ft. by 17ft. and 1.5 to 2 ft. deep with quite a few water lily's. Also, should goldfish be fed or just left on their own ? Ted

any tips for blanket weed? have tried barley flakes & the fish just ate them, have tried just removing the blanket weed but hard to do at moment when have frogsporn & small fish (last years fry) in water to avoid have just bought some extract of barley straw by interpet to add but hope it works as...

I don't know what it is but I have never been able to get them to grow or last. I have experimented with them planted at various depths from 0" to 2" or more, in a half barrel and also in a large pot in a natural pond where everything else flourishes. I have planted them in the pond without a pot...

She thought she was doing a good thing, and fortunately there are no fish yet. The pond was supposed to be up and running last year, but I just now got the tile finished. It's a small formal pond, about 700 gallons, tiled with granite. My daughter used half a bottle of dishwashing soap to clean...

Hi gang, It's been over four years since I last lurked this board. I naively and arrogantly believed that my pond was balenced, maintained, and infallible. Unfortunately, I did not foresee a large tear forming on the bottom of the deep end of my pond over the winter. Unfortunately, I did not...

Robb wrote: "jabriol" wrote: dkat wrote: Por Favor... why in the #$(&% are you posting this to rec.ponds for the same reason that Carol does... You need to be an adult and take responsibity for your own cross-posting - unless someone's holding a gun to...

Our lotus has been in the garage all winter with an aquarium heater keeping it from freezing. It now has a few shoots. Outdoors some nights are still below freezing. Is it okay to put it out now or should I wait for the end of frosty nights? Thanks, Heather

I cleaned out and shut down my father-in-laws pond. He's gotten too sick to tend to it and its gotten a bit run down. I thought I was going to have to beat back the frogs with a baseball bat. Some were as big as my fist! I had to laugh at the wife. She was pulling out some Ivy that had...

Hi, I just got some four-inch long shubunkins from our local fish shop. They all have quite long barbels. The shubunkins I have had in the past had no barbels. Is there a type of shubunkin that has barbels or might these be koi? Thanks

hey everyone.. i was wondering if you could take a look at these pics i just took of my pond. http://thenyscene.com/pond/1.htm last year i had the same problem... green water. I have narrowed it down to the following possible problems: - Too much water flow - Not enough water flow - Not enough...

Last year I bought bales of barley straw from my Ace Hardware. They had a kit which made 3 bails when decompressed. They had 3 plastic strand bags to put the straw in. Last year my snails seemed to attack the plastic strands in the bags and destroyed the top of the bag. This year I used a heavy...

Hello, is there such a thing for the pond and water garden world ? My fish like it when I spray a fine mist from the hose and would like to have a permanent mist spraying lightly on the pond. Can I build something like this ? Thanks !

Help! My shubunkans are jumping out of my barrel pond. I knew I'd lost a shubunkan over vacation but figured it was ammonia or something. There was no way to find a corpse in the green water so I didn't know what happened. I bought three more and put them in the pond on Friday. All 3 were alive...

Hi ponders and gardeners. I am not dead. Yeah I know you thought so since it's been ages since I posted anything.... I have last years flowers and pond pictures online if you're having a rainy day and want some pretty flowers to look at drop by for a spell. http://ky-dan.com and click 2004 on...

Just like I imagine most everyone else, I spent the entire weekend outdoors getting my ponds into "spring mode". It was wonderful! Everyone is accounted for and healthy, and it's sooooo nice to have them back! In addition to the 4,000 gallon koi pond, I also have a 250-gallon turtle pond with...