My plant have become invested with little white Caterpillars, the plant arrowhead and lilly pads pot sit on the bottom of the pond I have bever had this problem before. I have had the pond for 7 years.

Hi, is there a better time of day to test PH/Alkalinity then others? I notice I'm getting swings AM/PM of PH from 7.5 to 8.5 and my KH is around 130ppm. I may increase KH to try and stabilize but the fish seem healthy. Any particular time better then others to treat (add chems) the pond? BTW...

We are planning a waterfall and pond using Aquascape, and we like the look of large moss-rock boulders. Heard that moss rocks will increase the pH level in the water and be harmful to the fish. Any comments on that ? Any other rocks that should be avoided in a fishpond ?

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Hi, We have seen many alternatives on filter media - ( plastics, rock, shredder,..), but does anybody has experience with using magnetic tape ( video, audio) as filter media? Since it is all about creating a huge amount of surface this substance could fulfill our needs. One reel of a video-tape...

Hello I have tall Cedar Shrubs in our front yard and I would like to put a water fall in front of them to be viewed from the living room. I am thinking of placing the waterfall as follows. ===== Shrubs ====================== = ++ Waterfall ++ = =

The Miami Valley Water Garden Society (Dayton, OH area) is sponsoring a 2 day public Pond Tour. The tour will be on July 22 & 23, 2006 from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM. Nineteen (19) member ponds will be on display as well as several commercial water gardens. Some of the ponds will be shown on...

Hi All. I have an idea for a pondless waterfall using an existing irrigation system and I'd like to hear your reactions to it. The planned waterfall will be run intermittently when we are outside enjoying the patio and sun, say 2-3 hours at a time 3-4 days a week. My plan is to run a 1" line...

Besides the usual carp family of Goldfish and Koi, what other types of fish have been successfully kept in an outdoor pond? I would *really* like to try something like guppies but I jus' plain don't know what would happen. I know guppies (and assorted tropicals) like warmer water and will...

I recently purchased half an old barrel to create a pond. The barrel is about 90cm in diameter. I originally stocked it with a few plants, some oxygenating plants and added a small fountain. However, within a few weeks the water started to smell. I also noticed a number of small grubs in the water...

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Hello All! This is my first time here! As a retirement project my husband and I will be building an indoor pond in the kitchen which should be 10' x 6' x 2' to house oxygenating plants, ryukins, orandas, fantails and pearlscale goldfish. In the pet stores where I live the quality of most of the...

This is my second experiment with catfish in my pond. Two years ago I put in 25 and a pound of minnows and within a few weeks they started appearing at the surface cruising around and shortly later, floating dead. By the end of summer, they were all gone. This year I only put in 12 and the...

My son has begun digging me a pond and without knowing better dug up the grass and just threw it and the dirt to the side on top of existing lawn (I had carefully removed the grass and composted it and then moved the dirt elsewhere when I had dug my ponds). So my question is - has anyone else just...

I've had a new pond that I've put in about 2 weeks now and it's about time to put some fishes in it. It's a 1000 litre item, 2 1/2 foot deep with a decent enough pump and filter (and uv bit). I'm probably going to just put goldfish in it, something hardy, but I've had various suggestions. Should...

I've discovered a new favorite insecticide. It's so much fun to watch the ants eat this Combat Ant Killing Gel. http://www.dialcorp.com/index.cfm?page_id=193&pid=3 It's a sugary gel that the Argentina ants in my area seem to love. Squeeze out a line of the stuff, watch them eat it with much gusto,...

This is my second experiment with catfish in my pond. Two years ago I put in 25 and a pound of minnows and within a few weeks they started appearing at the surface cruising around and shortly later, floating dead. By the end of summer, they were all gone. This year I only put in 12 and the...

I was sitting out back at my (getting rather small, we haven't had much rain) pond this afternoon and watched the dragonflies. There are oodles of them that hang out around here, green ones, blue ones, speckled ones, a bunch of different kinds and sizes. Some of the green ones would...

Last year I buried a 145 gallon hard shell pond (80" x 54" x 18" deep - Tahoe model) and installed a Pondmaster 500 gph pump - box said it's good for up to 10 1/2 feet lift. The pond is about 18" deep and I stacked flagstone about 12" high to create a small waterfall. The pump has a 3/4" output...