I have a lotus in my pond that has been there for three years. It has been repotted once and did well that year. As of today it is showing no growth although the tuber is a fleshy color and feels firm. The other two lotus in my pond are doing great. Any ideas on how long I should leave this one in...

I have been toying with the idea of putting a submersible pump in the pond to act as a bottom filter. I already have a Savio skimmer with an external sequence pump, should be pumping about 3000GPH. The second pump would act as a bottom filter and a fountain maybe to power my floating turtle. How...

can anyone advise if firebricks are safe for fish ponds? i made a pond with a one foot deep plant shelf, but my plants need to be up a little higher in the water. i put the flower pots on old firebricks i had laying around the yard. i waws wondering if they are made of anything that would leech...

When the tads grow both sets of legs, the tail almost goes away, and they crawl up on a rock or plant like a big boy, they get to go outside in the "big" pond. At the rate of 1-3 per day starting yesterday. The tads in the pond don't appear to have back legs yet and are teeny compared to the house...

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Ha!! Had a landscaper finish putting in the pond I had started. The skimmer is too low so that the shelves along the edges are mostly out of the water. He was so far behind in his work last fall that I told him I could wait until April to get the skimmer raised. He has had a severe attack...

i recently put in about 5 hyacinth in my pond and it seems that the koi.. LOVE to chew on them.. they grab on to the roots and drag it around.. its pretty funny.. but i paid for these! ha... is there any thing i should do about this? feed them more...its a fairly new pond so there probably...

Eldest son, who has had a tube stuck in his lung cavity for 24 days got the blasted thing out today!!! Next step, graduate from high school, have some fun, make lots of band noise. Then we visit Seattle for surgery consultation to stick his lungs permanently to the sides of his lung cavity. Very...

Greetings, Does anyone know if foam fractioners will help to remove dirt particles suspended in the pond water? HTH -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----

The SO approved me renting a trencher so I can run power and water out to the pond. When I mentioned I could T off and put a spigot in the garden, she instantly approved the rental. Before I do this...Any thoughts? gotchas? wish-I-had-done-this's? BV.

Anyone who can help, please contact me asap. I have a large (12-14") Koi, about 3 years old, that has what appears to be Algae (the long variety, as opposed to slimy film type) down both sides of the fish, towards the ventral (underbelly). The left eye also appears to be clouded, although not...

Last summer I was surprised to find a bunch of parrot's feather had survived after being yanked out of the frog bog and tossed into the compost pile. Then we had a real crazy winter for us, 19 below, followed by tons of snow. Today I was out surveying the backyard and there in the dregs of the old...

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The lotus planted two feet deep is sending up plenty of leaves. There are four tubors in that pot so the large number of leaves is expected. The tubor planted four feet down...has an aerial this week! NEDRA!!!! BV.

I'm not into Koi, but if any of you folks are, I know where there are some. Place is called "The Fish Garden" in Newnan, GA. Holy Cow! I didn't know those things could get that big! I thought someone here might be interested. Mike

I am looking for a coarse material to use as the first stage in my pond filters. I have found a aspen fiber mat used in evaporative coolers from dial mfg. Product Num 3003. Sold at Lowes. The URL to the tech hazard data sheet is at. http://www.dialmfg.com/Technical%20Assistance/MSDS/Aspen.htm If...

In March I bought some robust WH with big, green leaves. It slowly shrunk down to tiny-leaved, mostly brown, ugly stuff -- which I pulled out and threw away last weekend. Why would this stuff be dying? I have a water lilly that's doing great & duckweek, watercress, canna, umbrella plant, water...

We need to seal up some leaking in our watefall. The waterfall/pond is about 5 years old and is the victim of settling so we have cracks between rocks and the cement. The pond is not leaking fortunately. The pond water is currently low due to evaporation and not very much spring rain. Anyway, I...

The cost of the skimmer and filter box are expensive ~$500 or more. Has anyone seen plans to build one? Any special concerns?? Thinking of using either external quality (CDX) or marine grade plywood and then covering with liner......comments. Expect the pond to be 6 ft x 8 ft or so and 18-24in...