Hi - I have a new 15x17 pond with a 9 ft stream/watererfall. Right now it's doing great with 8 goldfish and many plants. My concern is the up-coming winter. The deepest part is about 28" ( about a 3x3 section). I'm thinking I should shut the skimmer/waterfall off from Nov. thru April and run a...

I have a 25'x25'x24" pond with a 60'x2' stream. 40% covered in plants. 4-6 6 inch goldfish, and some baby goldfish, a few frogs. External self priming pump and no skimmer or biological filter. No stones on the bottom of the large pond. The water recirculates up to a 3'x3'x12" pool with stone in...

I was given an enormous pond plant, and no one seems to know what it is. It has lily pads that are about 16 inches across, and stand on stems that are about 3 feet out of the water. My friends says her flowers a beatiful flower that lasts several days. Any suggestions on where I look to find out...

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-apn-goldfish-galore,0,5680290.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines By CARYN ROUSSEAU Associated Press Writer August 22, 2004, 8:34 PM EDT LONOKE, Ark. -- There is a good chance that the colorful carp you won at the county fair or picked up...

Well the wife wants to add a whiskey barrel garden up on the patio. I have the half barrel and a liner, and intend to get one of the old fashioned hanp type pumps to convert into a fountain of sorts to return the filtered water back into the barrel. Does any one have any good suggestions on a pump...

I am in the process of re-building my deck and will have steps and a walkway down to a new water garden as the focal point. I have many questions, but first would like to know of any good book recommendations you all have? Also, I am in southeran Pennsylvania, if I was smart (not often I hear...

I have a pond that has goldfish,snails and tadpoles in it, and several waterlilies. The water started turning a redish brown color. I checked the ph and its just a little low. Has anyone ever had this happen or can tell me what to do to get rid of it. I dead headed all the flowers that bloomed and...

Was at Wally world tonight and spotted blister packs of various aquatic plants in the pets department. They are packed so many ber card, and have a guarantee that they will grow. Seems like most are miniature type plants, but there are some larger lillies etc, as well as various other kinds of...

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:34:00 GMT, "Mike Miller" wrote: I recently finished expanding my pond by partially draining it, digging a new hole, lifting the liner partially out and seaming a new piece of liner to the old one. I made many mistakes, but finally did it right. I...

Hi all. I've got a 100 gallon pre molded pond and several large (6 or 7 inches) gold fish and comets that I need to get rid of. Also tons of guppies. I'm in the West Garden Grove area of Orange County, California. If interested, please contact me at . Remove NOSPAM of...

Various test equipment lists 'ppm (mg/L)'. This does not make any sense to me since this is mixing a weight with a volume UNLESS one milliliter of water (or some substance) weighs one gram. 1000 milligrams x 1000 milliliters=1,000,000 mg per liter. Is this true? While I'm at it: does one ounce...

I'm a newbie, so I apologize if that's an old, hashed topic. I'd like to make a survey for submersed pumps with algae/dirt 'milling' capability. I'm looking for the sub 1000 Galon per hour range - and power consumption less than 200 Watts. and yes, that you have a good experience with its...

"Here I sit in a tent next to a lake with my hands shaking and the coffee helping my nerves. What has this got to do with building a water garden you ask? Well, sit back and let me share the story of my "little water garden" that started a few months back. Boy, these ponds sure look like a lot...

I thought this might happen sooner or later, given my rural location. My son photographed a blue heron scoping out my pond a couple of days ago. I posted three pictures at http://tinyurl.com/5vtng. Look at the last three photos, named Heron1,2 & 3. The question now is what can I do to discourage...

I have a PL 4800 with the 3 'media' bags and UV light. We have not done anything with this filter since we inherited it (we moved into this house with the waterfall/pond already here). Last summer was our first summer with the pond, we rinsed the media bags and put them back in. The pond...

I just require a little advice. I was just wondering which type of pump would be best. 1/ A pump that sits on the bottom of the pond and pipes going upto a filer and returns back. 2/ Or a pump that sits in a pump house out side the pond and pipes run from the pond through the pump then into a...

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We're off for a long weekend away. We'll be seeing lots of old friends. Have a nice weekend everyone! :-) -- Carol.... the frugal ponder... "Do stars clean themselves with meteor showers?" ~~~~~~{@ "They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the...

Stopped by a few of the local nursery places and looked at their plants, and wound up with what I call a deal without looking for one.. One place had a few plants left, and the clerk (owner) told me that if I took em all he would give me a deal I cold not refuse, so I said lets hear it. I got a...

I don';t know why, but when we were looking for aquatic plants we had a lot of problems finding them, now that we have some they seem to be turning up most everywhere we go, and at cheap prices. Last night while we were in a store called "PETSMART" they had a large display of aquatic plants, and...