I am looking for some Cambarus species crayfish from virginia and Tenn. If anybody catches them or you have kids that catch them I may be interested in buying some if they are Cambarus types. If you live in one of the states and catch them. Email me for pics of the ones I need and where in the...

Do garden ponds provide a breeding area for mosquitoes? Are there chemicals to control this; if so, do these chemicals harm fish? Thanks.

I was wondering if I could get a filter replacement recommendation. ... I have a 1200 gallon with a small number of Koi and am now using a TetraPond. Its a gravity system with plastic media and a small sponge on the top. The water gets cloudy since the filter doesnt filter small particles from the...

I am a complete novice thinking of installing a garden pond (about 500 gallons). I know this will be a biased answer on this news group. But, is owning and maintaining a pond like the old boat owners saying - "the two best days are the day it is bought and the day it is sold?" Or has pond...

My husband and I have taken a very drap garden and turned it into a beautiful place, which we call, Kylie's Garden, after our granddaughter! I would like to invite you to visit our Kylie's Garden. I would love to have your comments and suggestions on how to improve my new...

This summer I learned 1st hand how great a pond can look with enough plants. I have a top and bottom pond. The top pond is sparking clean and covered in lilies. The bottom pond is so full of algae you can't hardly see the fish. The only difference in the ponds is that the top pond has enough plants...

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I must apologise for actually asking a question related to garden ponds as this NG seems to have been hijacked by sex maniacs. but I have some small translucent growths underneath my lily leaves in a small pond. they are about an inch long and look like little plastic capsules. Are they perhaps...

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My new house has a pond, and I have been put a few fish in, and bought a range of plants to help the pond balance. Unfortunately the pond is a rectangle, and about a meter deep across the entire pond. I recently added a plastic shelf unit into my pond, in order to put some marginals in. I...

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Hi, I have a system that consists of a pond connected to a concealed reservoir that has a pump sending the water up to an upper reservoir where the flow originates. It then goes on a downstream run of about 30 feet into the pond, and the cycle start all over again. I started to lose a lot of...

About 20 yrs ago we were given a set of clay pipe pots. It seems they were cut from agricultural piping, the largest about 65cm dia down to about 30cm and 30cm to abt 45cm high. We've been trying to find a similar product without success. Can anyone help please?

i live in the south of the uk and last year my goldfish bred and we had about six fry. i would like to have more this year. they have all gone deep this month and we hardly see the fish. does this bode well for breeding or not. this year is unusually warm for april. -- Sincerely, Quilljar

Hello: I lost 3 Koi in my pond over the winter. Two were new from Petco and a large one that was there when we bought the house last October. We've been learning how to maintain the pond mostly through error. Right now we have about 7 gold fish that seem really healthy. The filter works well...

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I have a fish tank in my room and I have put tadpoles in it. They were tiny at first and then I went on holiday and came back to see that they had grown a lot. There not frogs yet. But I need some help. Here are a few questions: Do they only eat lettuce? How often should I really change the...

What to do if your lilies arrive in the cold. You can store lilies inside if they are damp up to a few weeks if it's too cold to plant them yet. If you do add them to the pond be sure they are under the ice level about a foot. You can see a great power point presentation on re-potting lilies at my...

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Hi, anybody with experience know of a humane way to keep squirrels and crows away from my tulips? Thanks.