I am very disappointed I was taking advice from a so called dealer and it has cost me a lot of money, I only found out the other day that this so called dealer is an electrician who inherited the business from his father and has no idea about the business at all. I bought a filter and pump from...

I was at the vet's the other day and they were treating a Labrador for this parasite. It supposedly comes from the dog drinking from a natural waterway where "infected" flukes were present. My fish have never had flukes, but I wonder if it would hurt our neighbor's dog if he drank water from my...

I have recently moved in to a new house and have inherited a pond 8ft x 6ft x 4ft deep. The pond is constructed of cement/brick and I have noticed that the water level is dropping by some 4 inches overnight and then levels out, obviously a leak. I can't find a leak and therefore I intend to...

A club member has a problem with this black slimy bacteria (Cyanobacteria) in his planted, few fish aquarium. He has treated several times with Erthromycin and it comes back. Any suggestions? ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

Can anybody out there tell me where I can buy rosy red minnows? I started breeding these fish three years ago but unfortunatley I lost the lot through disease and I can't for the life of me find anymore. Any pointers or ideas. Regards Jules -- julian doherty

hi, im new here and have read quite a bit about ice on the pond and wondered if an air pump located in our basement could force enough air thru a tube to keep our pond free of ice with a hole large enough to allow gasses to escape? it gets pretty cold up here 0 to 20 below bill

I have about 15-20 new baby goldfish in my pond this year - more than usual. I noticed that 2-3 of them are oddly shaped, fatter and shorter than the others, with strangely shaped fins, and have only a loose resemblance to a typical goldfish. The original goldfish were just the 10-cent feeders you...

CHICAGO - An anxious search Tuesday of a Chicago harbor turned up no more northern snakeheads, a voracious alien fish that can devastate freshwater ecosystems by gobbling up food and native fish. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1894&e=1&u=/ap/20041020/ap_on_sc/alien_fish - or...

SAVANNAH, Ga. - The small frogs that croaked in Diane Butler's backyard pond had been silenced and her goldfish were disappearing. She had the culprit, dead in a plastic bag inside her freezer. Butler's capture - a 4 1/2-inch Cuban tree frog - in coastal Savannah has caused a nervous stir...

I will not post pictures here any longer. I now understand excatly why. I have posted the Blue Crab picture in alt.binaries.pictures.gardens, under the subject "Is this a Blue Crab". Please se pic and let me know if this is the famous Maryland Blue Crab. A thousand appologies for those still on...

Was wondering if someone could tell me why i have algae growing only where the water returns into the pond.It seems to grow from the rocks from which the water runs over. Everywhere else there is no algae in the pond. Thanks --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus...

Has anyone netted a pond well enough to keep frogs/toads from breeding? My prediction is that you could keep them from the water but they'd still hang around, attempt to breed anyway, raise a racket all the same on *top* of the net. kathy :-) zone 7, SE WA state

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:45:19 GMT, "bk" wrote: I asked about these Blue Crabs a couple weeks ago. I'm wondering if ours in SF are the same as the infamous ones of Maryland. See the pic. I certainly hope it's ok to post here. If not save the flames - I apologize in...

With frost advisory due soon, does anyone have a suggestions on overwintering "Umbrella Palm" which is a beautiful plant about 5' tall and a Papyrus Palm which is also very healthy about 4' tall. Both are in pots that I think may be too small now and would like to bring them indoors for the winter...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The dreaded Northern Snakehead, a voracious predator dubbed the "Frankenfish" that can breathe out of water and wriggle across land, has invaded the Great Lakes, authorities said on Friday. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/environment_snakehead_dc - or...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - About one third of amphibians are under threat of extinction, according to researchers who carried out a global census. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/us_environment_amphibians_science - or - http://tinyurl.com/5jvfc Also archived at iheartmypond.com

I am getting conflicting advice when to stop feeding fish. Some say stop feeding fish when they stop eating, while others say stop feeding when the water temperature falls to 50F or below. Which is it? Alex

I have no fish in my pond as yet, I will be stocking next spring but I was wondering I haven't tested my ph as yet if I get a high reading how does one lower the ph and or if the ph is very low how does one raise it, so it will accommodate Japanese Koi. I have never kept Japanese koi before so I...

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Hi, I am in zone 5 and am wondering what to do with the grasses in my pond for the winter. Sink 'em with the hardy lilies? TIA John