This all makes me think: what is the feasibility of raising fish to eat in a 400 gallon Zone 9 pond? Not that I'm serious about it, just curious...

Anyone have any experience with the Shop-Vac 16 Gallon, 6.5 HP Pump Series Shop Vac? It is $99.00 at Lowes and pumps the water out as you vacuum it in. MUCH cheaper than the Pond Vac at over $275.00+. My neighbor just got a Pond Vac from his wife.

No, really. With Jan's encouragement I built a skippy filter. Took a week to clear the green water, but it worked! Last week tore the back off the waterfall (http://artships.com/pond.php). Installed the skippy filter so that the tub's spout would run right over the waterfall. Works! Rebuilt the...

Hi , my first post here , just a quick question. I have 2 sterlets in my pond , which are fine and healthy(apart from one which insists on dragging half the pond round with his tail) , as i have only had them for 6 month i have no idea how to treat them over the winter months , pond shop people...

Hi, We recently put a net over the pond to catch the falling leaves.Unfortunately the net slipped into the water and was laying on the water surface in places.One of my little goldfishes somehow got caught in the net yesterday during the night. We discovered him in the morning half out of the...

You hear all kinds of things good and bad concerning the use of pressure treated wood in and around fish ponds. Of all the state parks and recreation areas I have been to or sen I don;t think there is one that does not use pressure treated lumber to build piers, walkways and such arond the water....

Or is it just a natural part of it all. A couple of the lillies are real fuzzy, I'd hate to see anything happen to them. Looks, I'm not worried about. By the falls, I just scoop the stuff out occasionally. TIA

I had taken "Wally" the artifical gator up to the shop for a good cleaning and paint touch up, and also the smaller counterparts of his out of the pond for touch up etc. I am presently experimenting with a floating type fountain (home brew) powered by a gas pump until I get the bugs and design...

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do any of you guy know how to get your pond water clear?

I'm planning to build a water garden-cum-fish pond in my garden and am looking for a simple yet effective design (not the sophisticated koi pond type) to produce optimum results where pump, waterfall & filtration are concerned. My pond is going to be about 18ft x 30ft & 1-3ft deep. I've gone to...

if someone tries to swim there --- KABOOM !

Hope y'all don't mind, I've posted the same basic content under a couple of different threads, in hopes of increasing my chanes of getting an answer. We finally built a gravel bog to filter the pond. We just finished it, yesterday. It's visibly making a difference, but it has a lot of catch-up to...

Hi; Any of you ponders going to the Mid Atlantic Koi Show next weekend - -Oct. 9 and 10, in Allentown, PA? Check out their web site: www.makc.com

I am a first year ponder and live in central Mo. My pond is about 1200 Gal. although I have had my bout with algae and string weed something I have learned that every ponder must go thru. I have had nothing but joy with my new found hobby . Winter is coming and I have a couple of questions. ...

Take care - Hope the dust stays clear from Richland! -- Bonnie NJ

Since my ponds dyed water got pretty well diluted from Ivan when it flooded over the spillway, I intend to redye it come late winter or early spring, before the water and outside temps get to the point of algae starting to grow. I really think the blue dye I used reduced a lot of my algae bloom...

Tell us more about this underwater camera. Who, what, where and most importantly HOW? Random shots, x/hour, motion activated? And as autumn is descending on So. Cal which means that overnight temps are going to be down to the 50's, how can I still hear my pond in my bedroom...

I've seen a few of you using Eavestrough deicing cable to warm/de-ice your pond. I gather this stuff does not get warm enough to melt the liner? Does it leak current into the water? I did some measuring today and I only seem to have 24" of depth, so I'm a little concerned that the bubbler won't do...

Hi; I have always love reading the rec. ponds mail. Recently, my I.S.P. has been having problems with newsgroups and I have not been able to read the mail. I have called them several times to report this, but still can't download the group. Is there some other way that I can access the...