I have a PerformancePro Artesian pump with a priming pot. Do I need to install a check value on the intake to make it work. I filled the priming pot with water, but it does not seem to be working. How long am I supposed to wait to see the water sucked into the pump from the pond? The pump is at...

Hi, I have recently purchased a koi quarantine holding vat and will transform it into a raised pond. It is circular and measurements are 54 inches diameter and 54 ins wide and 34 ins high please could some one tell me how manygallons/litres it will hold. -- linda mayzes

there are two types of UV tubes: Black light & Black Light-Blue glass GEs website says the difference btwn BL and BLB is that BLB have dark glass which traps visible light producing the maximum amount of UV? this doesnt make much sense to me...having an opaque glass will just trap visible light...

Hello, I'm looking for a place that supplies catfish and tilapia fingerlings, along with Red Claw Crayfish and shrimp (or any one of the aforementioned) for my backyard garden & farm. Is there any supplier that is based in Europe, preferably in the UK or in France? Thus far, I've only found...

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How can I tell if I have "koi" fish rather than shubunkin? Are the "whiskers" (barbels?) exclusive to koi? -- Wendyvp

http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/Moss_Filter.HTM And the same idiocy would go into piping carbon dioxide into the ocean to promote phytoplankton blooms, red tide, and brown tide.

small koi vortex replacement filter midea i'm after the cirlcle pads can;'t seem to find them anywhere is there anything else i can use instead? -- roboticnat

i'm sorting soem guys pond out or him as he doesn't have a clue its a big 10k litre to 15k litre i'm not sure hwat the filter is caleld so i have included photos of the filter and all...

Greetings Just discovered this site and as i'm owning my first house with a garden i think it may be invaluable. Anyway i have bought a house with a pond, not a big pond. It has a fish mate 2000 fountain and just discovered the pump round the back (a fish mate 2500UV) which feeds a mini...

Hi Folks I have a stream that worked well many years ago it made from granite stone and is approx 5 inches wide and 2 inches deep. The base and sides are made from granite and are set on a concrete base with a liner under the granite sets to stop leakages. Over the years cracks have appeared in...

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Our Aquascape pond is 3 1/2 years old, and now looks as if it needs cleaning. The pebbles that cover the entire pond and streams are covered in algae and look unsightly. We have had two cleaning estimates: One proposed power washing the rocks; the other said that the algae on the rocks should be...

Hi After three or four power failures in quick succession my pond pump has stopped working, there seems to be no power to the motor. I have checked a looked at the obvious wiring and fuse faults all ok. So im just wondring if the pump has had it or can it possibly be repaired. The pump is a...

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Hi everyone, I found a great resource for sharing ponds (and other garden things too!) at http://www.YardShare.com. There are loads and loads of pictures of all kinds of ponds (on of my favourites is http://tinyurl.com/ybjeube) Tell me what you think!!

Hi I am a newbie here and I need some advice about filtration. I have a small pond approx 2m x 1.5m x 0.5m with an underwater pump and a small waterfall. It has no fish(I may want to add a few later) but some lillies and a couple of other oxygenating plants. Sounds pretty basic, I guess, but my...

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have been digging up sod in yard and finding quite a few grubs...........ok to feed these to comets?

I've sold my house with my pond, the new people don't want my fish, so I'm moving them with me, I'll be building a new pond at the new house, 200gal. I need to buy a pressure filter, I would like to hear some anyone who can give me any ideas as to what brands work for a reasonable price and...