We have a small pond for the birds.(3x6x8indp) I cannot find a easy way to clean the slug and leaves out of it. Does anyone out there have a good solution

Okay, I posted on 5/17 regarding an electric timer for our pump to shut it down at night (below is the full post). I have more information on the pump now that we have drained the pond. According to the label on the pump it is a Gould Pump, Model WS0511BF, 1/2 hp, 115 volts, max amp. 14.6, RPM...

Found a good article on barley straw so added it to the algae primer. http://www.aquabotanic.com/barleyarticle.html kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

Whoa, just had a little earthquake there. Anyone else in southern cal feel that? Joe San Diego -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!

I was wondering how many people consider having a overflow pipe for their ponds??? Mine is 4 -inch pvc pipe and it goes underneath my waterfall where you can't see it. Even with hard rains the excess water flows away from the pond and it never overflows. I have known pond owners that don't have...

Hi all, this is my first year with the pond. We had a ton of pollen landing on the ground last week and than the air temp went up to 32*C 90*f (had to use my converter calculator) anyway, now my water is brown and very hard to see into. I can only see about 5-8cm (2-3 inch). I think is a...

I'm in the UK and my pond has become covered in duck weed. Everything seems fine in the pond but I would like to get rid of it. Any ideas? -- =^..^=

OK, before you jump on my back and shove my head in the pond, let me explain where this epiphany came from. I use liquid test kits for all of my parameters. My wife bought a test strip kit for the pool. I think it is perfect for the pool, because it allows quick and easy testing. I dipped one in...

Some of our rec.ponders have used and liked String Algae Buster so I went and looked it up on google. Found this article at http://www.nfkc.info/barbels008.htm and it said that it works by - " forcing the strands of string algae to take in excess calcium from the surrounding water. When the algae...

On the rock in my waterfall the are hundreds of tiny black worm things that wriggles if I take them out of the water. What are they? They don't look like mosquito lavae. -- juliepacker ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk

hey!. woke up the otherday to see that my pond has cleared up! after 2 months of waiting.. thanx to everyone that helped me. heres some pics! http://www.thehvscene.com/pond/ thanx again! - feel free to leave comments John http://www.thehvscene.com/pond/

I am in the process of building a new pond (approx 4,500 UK gallons and a single single bottom drain). I am attracted to the Nexus 300 mainly for its small footprint and comparatively low height. It does seem to be horrendously expensive for what you get though and including the 'Answer' virtually...

I have a pond and also a fountain pond with no fish ect. I seen those wiggly mosquito lavae in the fountain water. My neighbor said she uses 2 ozs. of bleach a week and never has to clean or have mosquito problems since she say the eggs dont survive the bleach. Is this true? I could buy the...

Some simple questions about water lilies, please, in regards to my container water garden that still has living fish in it after three months: 1) I hadn't topped the water in the container for awhile, since thunderstorms are expected all throughout this week. At what point in a water lily...

Hoewel, Arjen Jongeling is hier nog nooit geweest en ik denk dat Arjen Jongeling hier ook nooit meer zal terugkomen. Sterker nog, Arjen Jongeling zit hier helemaal fout. Maar ja, het doet het goed in de Google archieven.

Hi everyone, I've put up a really basic picture of my initial plans for the first of three ponds for our 'sculpture park'. There will either be a moon bridge to the island or I'll have a bridge I can move away after a sculpture is installed in that location. It's a brand new web site for forgive...

Ok, 3 local feed stores, and no barley hay anywhere here. No barley balls at lowe's or Home depot. One Farmer insisted to me that normal straw would work fine, but reports here indicated otherwise. (and of course, he gave me that "farmer who hates a city slickers who thinks he knows more then I do"...

If anyone is interested, this is where I will be building my fish and plant ponds. I will update the pictures as I progress. http://www.tacoffin.nabaza.org/

I have three deck tubs going. One with cattails, one with a small tropical lily :-)) and one with rush and a society garlic. Last year this middle tub developed a strange algae form. It is a fairly firm brown jelly like blob. Each one is separate from the others. It starts out small and then gets...

We had a birthday party for my son this weekend for the neighbor kids. Pretty soon they all ended up back at the pond, when my brother realized that the frogs go crazy for cicadas. They were hoping out of the water trying to these things from us. It was very cool. On another note, I think I...