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I have an enclosure in my yard with several box turtles. I want to upgrade from water dishes to a small pondish setup. I have approx a 5'x5' area to work with. Box turtles like to soak, not swim, so it shouldn't be too deep, at least in some places. They also like to defecate in the water, so it...

Well winter is over here in Montreal and the ice is almost gone from my small ~800gal pond. I have a few questions to ask before I start cleaning it out and reintroducing my goldfish.This will be my 3rd season with a pond and for the past two years I have managed to control the suspended...

I saw this vacuum for pools/ponds on the Hammcher Schlemer website. It hooks to your hose and uses the hose to create a vacuum to collect debris into a bag. I was wondering if anyone had one and how it worked. It would be nice ot be able to clean the pond of debris without draining. I think the...

Glanced out the window yesterday just as a red-tailed hawk landed on my back fence. It looked around a bit, very interested in the pond, then suddenly it swooped down and hit the water with it's talons, apparently missed what it was aiming for, as it's talons were empty as it overshot and landed...

Wife and I went to Petsmart today and there was an ad on their bulletin board for free pond, fish etc. I called and the place was only 2 or 3 miles away from Petsmart, so off we went. Got 7 extremely nice Wakins of approx 4" in length.....a nice full of eggs Comet about 12 inches in length, and...

Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the continuing attacks so thought I'd create a new topic. What are you going to try new in the pond this year? A new plant, make a veggie filter, build a bog, try a different kind of fish, add a turtle, repel invaders, or build a new pond or container water garden?

A couple of years ago I moved in to a UK house with a pond approx 16ft x 10ft x 3ft, complete with no instructions. The water flows from the pond via a side-pipe (a few inches from the floor) in to the adjacent filter area, where it's pumped back to the pond using an argonaut J75 0.5hp external...

Hi all. Well, I was feeding my fish today and noticed that there was a little munchkin lurking about in the mid-level of the pond. I kneeled down to get a closer look and discovered that it is a goldfish (just now starting to change color from its baby black) fingerling about 1 1/2 - 2 inches...

Yesterday it was time to add water to the pond. Well, the new water floated the island container off its pedestal and it gently sank to the bottom of the pond. I reported the sinking to Jan and she christened the island 'Atlantis'. So there Atlantis sits. on the bottom of the pond.

I have a black tomcat that comes to drink from the pond. Now the shubies in that barrel never come to the surface when I'm there. When I first got them, they played in the filter outflow and were always cruising the duckweed hunting for food. Now I put food in and it disappears only after I walk...

Our cement pond runs a steady coat of dark black/bule algae that nicely hides all colors. People have named it from time to time. Can anyone help us out? Thanks Jim

Hi all I'm new to group and have a few questions about pumps and filters. I will be using a clarke hippo 2 pump (which I have used before, cheap and cheerful) on my 6 meter high waterfall. This pump has a max flow rate of 85 L/Min. With this in mind I was looking to match the pump with a...

I have a 3500 gph pump, with a strainer, I am using in a new pond. I am going to avoid a skimmer as I will have a large amount of floating plant material. 1. Build a skippy or just buy a filterfalls? I am wondering how big a skippy is needed to handle 3500 gph flow. 2. How much more efficient...

I just bought a house with a pool and would like to get it ready for summer. I drained it for painting and am now concerned about several eight inch patches of concrete where the plaster is worn completely away. Can I get away with just painting over the concrete or do I need to patch these...

Carol just hate it when a Man slaps her down, flash back of her first marriage. way to go fred.. you amaze us all. playing good cop/ bad cop here. Gary L. Burnore wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 22:35:46 -0500, "Cracklin'" wrote:

I was given 10,000 redworms and night crawlers from a bait shop. There in 2 containers in my refrig. The place closed and I got them free. I cant keep them in there. Can I make a worm garden and just dig for them when needed for my fish/turtles? Do I need special soil? I have a 4x8 foot area on...

My friend showed me how to block all of these "holy roly" multi-posts. Now, back to lurking this great newsgroup. Thank you for sharing.

Her Royal Highness, The Lady Bullfrog is back for her third summer. And she gets to stay. She is smarter than two teenage boys with nets, she is smarter than two lazy labradors and she's going to help me keep the pacific chorus frogs from getting out of control and annoying the neighbors. So. She...

Hi I have tetra pond bio filter and want to know if there is anything better then the filter material out there to use their filters are so expensive here over twenty dollars I also use the tetra uv light so have no problems with green water but need something good for filtering out the small...