This spring I found koi fry in my pond from the recently placed 12" koi which I wintered indoors. After the first 3 weeks I noticed my first batch. Five weeks after bringing the koi outside I noticed another number of small fry along with the now larger fry. By mid summer I counted a total...

Background info first Pond is 24 x 15 x 3.5(sloping sides). We usually just leave the "spitter" going to keep a small area ice free, the rest freezes to a depth of 12". Snow is usually somewhere between 2-3' deep from Dec to Mar. Temps can get as low as -38c(-36f), but generally stay...

I managed to find a local spot to buy Stock Tanks, so the next question is plumbing. I understand that the Rubbermaid tanks have a 1 1/4" drain plug, so my options a 1) Running a 3/4" hose to the filter with the appropriate adapters. But how to safely return the filter output to the tank?

Welcome to rec.ponds! We are still here, despite the noise of attack posts. I Post any problem you may be having under another header. We have a lot of talented and knowledgeable people who post here and they can solve just about any problem. If you get a rude answer to your post, sorry, but it...

Out on the beautiful blue Gulf of Mexico for three days maybe more on my friends 43 footer............Thats one big awesome pond! Besides we gotta get in as much fishing s possible before the hurricanes ruin things if they are as bad as they say they are supposed to be...

Need links and suggestion on type of fish to stock a private pond. Size is approximatly 125'x225'x4'. Does anyone know if this would be considered approximaty a 1/2 acre? This pond is in central Oregon. Ron

Hi Iam planning to put a pond about 2000 gal next year. Iam planning on doing all the work myself. My only questions is how to protect the investment (plants, fishes) in the winter? Can I put plants and fishes in stock tanks and keep them iside the garage with some flouracent lights hanging above...

i recently brought in 5 small koi about 4 inches in length also in the tank were 5 small goldfish that survived from my hatch this year, (my first ever). the gold fish were about an inch long. well after two days in the tank i realise their is a goldfish floating on the surface bitten in half and...

I live in zone 7 (MD) and was toying with the idea of leaving the waterfall running all winter. My brother-in-law has done so for the last two years with no apparent ill-effects. Whenenver the pump shuts off, the water drains out of the lines (all run down hill) so I'm not sure a power outage...

Anyone know where I can buy a 300+ gallon stock tank in Toronto? I called Big Als, but they said they did not carry them?

Hi all, I'm having a problem with a goldfish I hope you can help me with. First off, it's a very small, 5'x7'x2" deep backyard pond with a liner. I've had it about 5 years. The fish in it are all garden variety goldfish, ranging in size between 1.5" up to this one, who's about 6". The pond is a...

Ahem, ribit. Anyone know much about frogs out there? Last May I put 3 large tadpoles from the pet store into my 400 gallon pond, here in San Francisco. They are rana pipiens, and I was told they'd develop into frogs by August. Well, here in early November, they look pretty much like large...

About 2 1/2 years ago we purchased a home with koi pond in the Phoenix area. The pond is about 800 gallons, with a few growing fish. After rebuilding the main filter (using a variation of the 'Skippy filter' the water has stayed clear year round (other than a problem with string algae in the...

Wow, we ponders are going to have to start posting more often to keep up with the trolls.... I thought I'd plug in my pond fogger (mister) tonight to create the correct Halloween atmosphere...to my dismay, instead of fog, I'm just getting little spurs of plain water shooting up...d'ya think it's...

Hello, all. For various reasons I haven't posted here in well over a year. My pond and stream are doing very well as are my koi. I have 11 koi. Eight of them are now 12" or longer and it's getting really expensive to feed them. (I'd like to stop feeding altogether and let them make-do with...

I have yellow water iris seeds for trade. I'm looking for water lilies, any type. http://www.floridata.com/ref/I/iris_pse.cfm Anyone interested?

We love cats and own a cat.....an INDOOR cat. Our neighbors (two different neighbors) own more than one cat and they stay outdoors all night and most of the day (the cats, not the neighbors). Problem is, one cat loves to fish. She's the only cat I've caught in the act, so I'm blaming her for all...

Hey, Does anyone know if it is normar to find a skim layer of "black sludge" at bottom of tank and directly on top of all filter media at end of season with a Skippy Filter. I found approximately a 1/4 inch of sludge which did not totaly "stink" but did have a slight hint of decomposition by...

Tom, A while ago (years) you mentioned publication(s) by Dr. Werner Steffens, Dr. Roland Billard, and Dr. Robert Stickney and Dr. John Halver regarding food for koi and catfish food. Do you happen to have the reference to their stuff? Jim

Mississippi is starting to have freezes. The pond is clearly going to sleep. It appears the newsgroup is doing the same. We have adopted a simple policy about posts: If a post has more than one ng receiving it, we block the sender. It becomes very easy to interact with our fellow ponders this...