I planted a dwarf lotus for the first time this year. I have alot of growth and have three flowers forming, one of them quite far along. The question I have is what do I do with it when it dies back. Do I need to remove it from the pot and divide it each year? How do you do that? Any good...

We just bought a house with a beautiful pond filled with a variety of fish. Trouble is, the previous owner didn't cut the grass, and when the 1 1/2 foot tall grass was mowed, a lot of it went into the pond. It's been three weeks now and I removed about half with this tiny net, but a lot is still...

This has been an amazing year for my Water Hyacinth. I bought 3 plants in May which have 90% covered my Veggie Fileter, a 3 x 5 ft pond, a 6 x 8 ft pond, my 2 x 2ft deck pond and my 9 x 14 ft pond. Blooms are starting now and the best growth is in the Purifalls where the WH are 2 1/2 feet...

I live in NW Ohio, only 100 yds from the south shore of Lake Erie. We put in a tiny pond a few months ago and are planning on putting a larger pond in this fall. Since we're in the flood plane I plan on building the sides of the pond up with 2 courses of concrete block and then bank dirt around...

Hi, Just joined the group -- looks like a great resource. I have built a pond (my very first) that is about 9ft by 7 ft and 30" deep at places. I have it inhabited by 7 goldfish and 2 koi (all are under 5" right now). I have a waterfall powered by a 1200 gal/hour pump. My skimmer is a "Savio...

Is it normal for a Skippy Filter to develop a case of string algae? Will cat litter sprinkled on top kill the algae? Should I just leave it alone since it isn't getting into my pond?

are they suppose to float to the top? One of my comets died and was laying on the bottom of the pond. Why did he sink? OR is that normal too?

I wrote the company that makes Snake Away to ask about using it around fish and this is what I got back: The product is toxic to fish So if you have a pond that is set 'in the ground' and runoff into the pond could occur Snake Away is not for you. If your pond is set above the ground and no...

I am SO SO sorry for confusing you (Tom) with "happy camper" and the remarks he made to me........he really pssst me off....but that's history. Please Tom except my deepest apology. SINCERELY Marykate p.s. I would have apologized sooner but was on vacation ( not at home) and hadn't checked the...

After several months of the run around we have had a very unpleasant experience with the company named Discount Pump out of California. It has been very agonizing due to at first faulty product that did not work nor perform to the claimed specifications. Then the product was returned per explicit...

I recently purchased an Oase Aquamax 3700 to use in my new pond. It has a "stepped hose" adaptor which allows the attachment of 3/4", 1", 1-1/4" and/or 1-1/2" tubing. Here's my question: I plan on using 1-1/2" inch tubing to run from the pump to my falls/filter. Can I trim off the other...

All right, all rec.pond male ponders. I want you to go out to the pond tonight and do your best! (Do what, you ask? Read through to the bottom of the article. I expect results!) Biologists Croak to Their Animals LONDON (Reuters) - British biologists have taken a leaf out of the literary Doctor...

Today we had a couple of hours of heavy rainfall, and when it stopped raining the water level in my pond had dropped four inches. I know that water moves through the kiddy pool part of the filter very slowly, and that it stays so full that lots of rain will cause it to overflow. My question is,...

Last year I put a bunch of lillies in shallow pans (round, oil pans) with rocks. Our other lillies are in containers with a minimum of a foot of rock depth. They have been thriving. Large leaves and flowers. A few of the 'pan' lillies came out of their pans (think koi visits) and fell to the...

Hi, Ive just bought an electronic blanket weed killer from Blagdon. Wired it in but Im not sure if its working. Its got 2 LED's on the front 1 for power which seems ok but the other for the signal doesnt light up - im told it should flash to show its working? Hope someone can help, thanks.

Does sinking goldfish food mess up the swim bladder of fancy goldfish (Fantail)? Thanks. Kathy

Dear Ponders; Yesterday my large (7") blonde goldfish did not come around to feed when I tossed some floating food pellets in. I went looking for it, moved the floating plants around and found it all alone near the surface in the shallows. It was not socializing with the other goldfish, shubunkins...

Something is eating up my Canna and Taro leaves. Seems most pesticides warn toxic to fish. Anyone have any suggestions for what to do? -- J.D. Stone http://www2.itexas.net/jdstone/

Well we didn't get the cat fish out of our pond before he did some damage to the koi. I noticed this morning that a couple of the koi were looking a little worse for the wear. We finally got the catfish out tonight. And guess what, the koi now are active again. I put some Melafix in the water...

The weather here in Philadelphia, Pa. is around 50 degrees so today was a good day to clean out the leaves in my pond from the fall. As I was netting out leaves I accidently netted my turtle who has been in the pond since last June. He wasn't moving and his eyes were closed. I put him back right...