I just got a call from a friend with a sick fish. I set up a small 50 gallon water feature for him and his largest sarassa comet is not doing well. I went through the typical questions but could not make a diagnosis due to my lack of experience. He was just going to bury it. This leads me to my...

I had pretty clear water forthe longest time. Then the water started getting green. I took care of that with an algacide, that also killed ALL the koi. OK I'm stupid, but... No fish other than two pleckos for a couple of months. Water is now brown not green. Filter is not dirty. I have restocked...

HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Actor Bruce Willis will pay a $21,000 fine for violating federal wetlands protection laws by clearing a half-acre island in a pond at his central Idaho home. By Jennifer Graylock, AP Willis stopped the work as soon as federal officials notified him and began restoration of...

I am looking for WH to stock my VF. (Local supply store still wants $3 per plant at this point in the season.) I know our season here in Colorado Springs is rapidly coming to an end and I just wanted to see what would happen over the next few weeks with my newly built VF. Anyone in Springs or...

Seems like shubunkins are pretty darn friendly as compared to the common comets etc, or perhaps its just the place I bought the last fish from has better fish. All the other fish I have bought fromKoi to common goldfish and shubunkins and such always took a considerable amount of time until they...

A couple of months ago my water turned murky so I quit feeding the fish. Now my WH is crappy looking and the normally nice, long roots are two inch stubs. ****ed fish eating the roots? TIA John

I seem to have an obsession for fiddling with them. I cobbled yet another underwater lighting fixture up, out of easy to come by stuff and very easy to make. I use the 4 watt low voltage light bulb. I use the sockets from the Malibu brand lights (pack of 6 for under $3.00 ) Big Lots sells a...

Well the fish seemed to do fine after its attempt at being a land dweller, however, it did it again, but this time it was not so fortunate and I did not find it soon enough. I now installed a "Fish Fence" around the top edge of the barrel half constructed out of 1/2 x 1/2 black plastic hardware...

Hi all. Had a busy summer. Not much summer-like weather upstate NY though... I took this photo two weeks ago. My pond plants have been growing like crazy (must be the food spikes I have been using) and flowering too. The ground covers are looking much better over the rocks...

My sister is going to build this elaborate pond, 12,000 total gallons, about 4 ponds total, with one big main koi pond, streams connecting them, etc. Vortex filters. So first off, for those who have been shopping around for hardware lately. Who would give her the best deal on 100 foot roll of 45...

Hello, Among marine (even fresh water )fishes which one are most sensitive to low dissolved oxygen? when oxygen level goes down in tank which species will first show change in behaviour ( swiming on the surface, etc). Which other organism ,zooplanktons etc will show response to change in oxygen...

This is why we always say check with your local authorities before fooling around with Mother Nature, she has friends in high places ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Actor Bruce Willis will pay a $21,000 fine for violating federal wetlands protection...

Is there any difference between the various brands of calcium montmorillonite clay? There is a substantial difference in price. remove nospam in email address if replying directly to me.

I picked up a little giant 300 gph filter today. It comes with a fine and a coarse filter pad, but the instructions also say it can be converted to a biological filter by adding such and such part number. I also got this part number to convert it to biological. The part is a bunch of small pieces...

How many gallons will this unit hold?

Well the pond is finally clear...YIPPPEEE.....this however has led to a new question. As I can now see the bottom of the pond instead of just feel it with my feet while planting and rearranging I am seeing that there are areas in the middle around pota and structures that seem to have an inch or...

Hi Dale, I have a post all ready to send But Earthlink wont send it because it is HTML. I checked my settings and all read "text only"..... is the problem on your end? Anyway, I am glad you posted and wish you the best for the winter. I'll bet your pond clears for you before the snow flies. ...

EPA: U.S. Waterways Contain Polluted Fish WASHINGTON - One of every three lakes in the United States, and nearly one-quarter of the nation's rivers contain enough pollution that people should limit or avoid eating fish caught...

The images of the plant support racks to eliminate bricks and upside down flower pots are now on my website, as well as a pic of the wifes 1/2 whiskey barrel water garden. You can access the link to the whiskey barrel garden and plant support racks off the Pond Projects link on the main page. The...

Pond healthy, oxygenation fine, ph fine, fish lively, in fact water is great but in my filtration chambers and in the filters sponges themselves there are hundreds of little red worms approx 0.5mm in diameter and 10mm long. What are they, should I be worried?