Hello, Each year my pond produces more fish than I can take care of. What do people do with their extra goldfish? Fishermen say it's not good to dump them into streams because they eat the small gamefish. Would a river be a good place to put extra goldfish into? Thanks, Jim

Such a thing as a stealth heater is. It's a fluorescent lamp. Over water other than distilled, and maybe even that if you expose it to air, it inevitably leads to decay or metabolism, which yields heat. In a sci.physics.* group, some guy once suggested that we put Iron SesquiChloride in the ocean...

Take this in your hand oh Dr. Solo It has a head like a turkey And it'll shoot you if you move it up and down....... Or are you a dedicated carpet muncher? I assume it will add foam to th water so I am sure Phyliss and Jim and Jan will certainly love that aspect.... ------- I forgot more about...

I'm a new pond owner. I now have a pond approximately one half acre in size. It seems to have a problem with crayfish. There are burrows & some "mud castles" all around the yard. Those close to the pond seem to be weakening the bank. How can I control these burrow makers? They really cover...

Oh boy, now that your foam is 3" hgh there Jim, I guess your wife is having a great time sucking it all up with a straw, you two always have been kind of ****ing quirky..sucking up fish spawn..........And how cute a baby lily how ****ing sweet. Just be sure to pwer its ass and change its diaper so...

For several months now I've been working on a small koi pond for the back yard. The shell is formed out of concrete block sitting on a 6" thick concrete slab. Total capacity of the pond will be about 1300 gallons with a small waterfall at one end and a skimmer at the other. The concrete block work...

I have done a google search but have not been satisfied with my results for DIY pond sites. We have had a tub for several years and are FINALLY taking the plunge to a liner. I feel confident on most parts but want some insight into installing my skimmer and how to secure the liner at the...

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We're going to need as many details as you can provide. Our fish people will be on soon and have some specific questions for you. Hope we can track the reason down for you! k :-) DUH. what the **** this is th kind o info givenout on the moderated

Hi, Just mo ved into house with old pond in back yard - not cleaned in many a long year - It has thick slurry on the3 bottom to a depth of about 4". I sthere a proper heavy duty vac that anyone can recommend ofr getting this stuff out? Sky

Tis that time of the year for most,.....and here are some of the major reasons why! A new pond that is not biologically balanced yet, will be a prime candidate for Algae blooms. Yes, yur new setup or just filled pond is a prime candidate for green water. Remedy---Patience, along with good filter...

Every time you or your cronies post ceap about rec.ponds and try to compell folks to yur nazi moderated grouo for the special cliche' of assholes, I will post 2 messages to each of the aquaria groups at a minimum all in yur name of course. So the amount of trash those groups gets is going to be...

I was so happy to find this group and read some of your past posts. Thanks for being here! I bought a house with a koi pond in Seattle and the owner left me two adult fish and some very rudimentary instructions. Today I put some algae chemicals in the pond and attempted to clean the giant filters...

Greetings group, I have a few questions I'd appreciate some help on. 1) My mom's pond (pre-fab, perhaps 50 gallons) has a severe problem with string algae. This is new to me, as I've been living in another state until recently and never saw this problem in my own ponds. The pond is quite...

Hi, folks. Our pond is rather small at only 280 gallons. After a few years of using an inpond integrated pump/homemade filter (lava rock, scrubbies, etc.) last season I ran across a good deal on a Hozelock Bioforce 500 UV filter and Titan 550 pump. It has worked fine over this past season but...

Hi, I was thinking of getting a pressure filter with a built-in UV for a pond that's near 4000 gals. I have a small pond off to the side that's about 60" dia and 18" deep. I usually grow some plants in that and the water flows from there into the main pond via a small stream. The pressure...

I'm sad to report that the goldfish who survived the pond poisoning and lived for weeks in pea green soup, did not survive being transferred to a clear water pond. -- Nick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families!

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...

(The message has also been posted in the "rec.ponds.moderated" group.) We've had our house for about six months now and are at last getting around to replacing the leaky pond liner. With the pond, we inherited about 14 small-medium gold fish, along with one quite large koi carp. The pond itself...