I bought the Laguna Powerjet Foam free fountain/pump this year. It's basically a pump inside a plant basket, although I suspect a plant basket would have more filter area. It's been running in the pond about three weeks now, with mixed results. It seems to clog daily the last little while....

Does anyone know where I can get a number of Hozelock type plastic male push-fit to compression hose connectors? I want a hose with a male push-fit connector on the end, without using a male-male adaptor. Many years ago their original system had connectors this way round, then they changed to the...

FINALLY got my hands on some WH a bit ago. Darn things are a good 18 inches across!! I ain't never seen 'em that big before... Anyway, how long before the three I got start really sucking up the nutrients that are currently feeding my algae? (It's only about 70-80 gallons of pond...) The algae...

ive been putting a pond in my garden, im looking for advices and help on what does the plants do for the pond and whats best value plants to buy any help would be appericated -- tolwoods

Over the last 24 hours, my two Yellow Ogon have turned a darkish grey, except their tails. We had storms and torrential rain yesterday, and water temp had dropped 4 degrees in that time. Could that be the problem? Will it reverse?? Other ideas?? -- ßôyþëtë

We have a small stream running next to the house and would like to put a bird bath in our yard near it. Would it be possible to find an *inexpensive* pump that could pump water from the stream into the birdbath? The only problem is that it needs to go about 30 feet, and over a 4' earth berm. Can...

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I saw a small handmade sign on a mega-store's bulletin board this past week advertising FREE pond fish and tadpoles! As people thin out the number of fish in their ponds they're looking to find homes for the excess. Check these boards when shopping in stores that have them. Also, you may want...

Those on tight budgets can now find great buys on assorted pond (and garden) plants. The stores that carry them look to unload pond plants this far into the season. Most are not looking great in their small, often near-dry containers or boxes. Also check out the areas of stores like Lowe's...

The gold fish laid eggs and now we have many little new gold fish. Can anyone tell me how fast these fish grow? Can someone relate the age of the fish to their length? ie. 1/2" 1ST week etc. I believe the eggs were laid about the 1st of June. They are now about 1/2" long.

We recently had a koi pond installed by a company using Aquascape products (biofilter, skimmer, pond liner covered with gravel). We live in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. We just had a new koi get sick and I did a little sleuthing on the net and it seems that the gravel of the bottom of the...

Hi, Can anyone tell me what the weed is that is thriving in my pond? The weed is green and floats freely on the surface of the pond. As far as I can tell, the leaves are oval (around 3-4mm long and 2-3 mm wide). They have a look which I think is reminiscent of the leaves of watercress but...

*Note: There are two "Koi-Lo's" on the pond and aquaria groups. "swarvegorilla" wrote in message ... Also 2 will allow you to use all your already clcyed HOT filter media in your new cannisters. Will cut the mini...

Has anyone here had much experience with using oyster shells to provide calcium for aquatic crustaceans and to buffer pond pH? Primarily any difficulties with general hardness because of the extra calcium? Obviously I'll have to keep a closer eye on the pH now, and possibly deal with...

We have an agricultural water ditch running right next to our house. It's about 4' wide and 3' deep. ( the actual ditch not the water flow ) We thought it would be nice to have some falling water sound in there, so we could hear it in our yard. So I went and bought 6 concrete blocks at the store (...

I presume there is still some expertise here in spite of the garbage so I would like to expand on the duckweed thing. If it were not that several people here and elsewhere have said goldfish eat duckweed, I would have written it off as nonsense. I bought 16 feeders yesterday and have spent a good...

We are lokig for a bio filter above ground to use in our outdoor pond------no plants-no fish, just a tropical water scene. Can someone advise? TIA Barbe

Have a small pond 8'x4'x15''. Have a few fish and some plants and a waterfall. I would like to add some underwater lighting. Any suggestions appreciated. Terry

*Note: There are two "Koi-Lo's" on the pond and aquaria groups. "carlrs" wrote in message ... The specs on the Aqua Glo are good (a very high spike in infrared). I would replace the SunGlow with a bulb...

I picked up a lily, put it in my 60 gal. pond. I woke up this morning to find the water all milky. I did a water change, but the water was a gray milky color again. Today when I got home from work I took the plant out, washed all the mud out and left only the round bark and roots. I took pea...