I bought several Parrot feather plants for oxygenation. 2 Lilly's, a grass like yellow flowered deep water plant and several shallow plant as well. I have the tags that came with them downstairs. Anyway my pond is 550 gallons. Exactly how many plants should I have. How much should be deep/shallow....

It just occurred to me - I left my BZT over the winter in my garage (got below freezing for many weeks). Is it still good?

I'm damn sure I'm going to need more filtration for my pond. I have set aside an area for this. It just so happens I had made the area while designing the pond, so lucky me. The area is about 4-5"s deep. I can elongate it with sand & pea rock if I have to too add the filter. Do I have to have all...

Got this today: QUOTE Mr Patterson, Your email about dead tadpoles in a garden pond was forewarded to me. I have worked extensively on amphibian deformities, die-offs and declines for the past 5-6 yrs at the Dept of Interior's National Wildlife Health Center.

Exactly what is the proper way to calculate water lift? Let's say I have a 10' total rise and my pump is a 300gph. How do I figure out the new gph? There must be a simple/ standard formula. BTW, the information and friendliness in this ng is rather unique. The posts & info has helped me...

Dear all, I have a pond in NW England about 20ft across and about 4ft deep, with a regular supply of water running in and out of it. It was dredged this winter, and at the moment is full of green frothy scum that seems to be coming up from the bottom in whispy strands that we scrape off...

Priss and Joe, I got the plants...I need to send you money. Please email me with your address! My PC got whacked and I just re-installed. I think I have your addresses somewhere in this mess, but you'll get your money faster if you email me your address. BV aka Jeff.

I tested my bro-in-law's pond yesterday, and he had a few parts per million in his pond. I recommended he toss some dechlor in, and potentially change some water. But then I got to thinking...I know we want 0 ammonia, but how much is really tolerable? BV.

Hi everybody, been testing my pond weekly and over the weeks my ph has slowly been rising. Originally it was between 7 and 8 and has been climbing ever since, Today its above 8 by a little, The pond is about 2 months old and all ny plants and fish are doing good, no ammonia or nitrite and salt...

I'm moving in 3 weeks. I have most of my fish in my moms ponds but I'm leaving some of them for the new owners. I will have a little time to give them the basics on cleaning, etc.. Are there any sites that would be helpful to them on caring for the ponds and the fish? Thanks, Judi

Greetings from Ontario Canada folks. I just bought a 550 gallon pond kit. for my mom's backyard. I went medium sized for her so she can look after it when I move next year. Then I plan putting my plumbing skills to work and building a 1500ish gallon pond at our new house. Anyway I have everything...

when planting lillys in a pond..whats the best way to do this when you have a liner.. obviously with a container/pots. does the size of pot matter that much? im trying to gain more shade in my pond..whats a good way to do this, using plants.. or whatever else works... naturally

I'm a newbee, After surfing the Internet and because of the nature of the grond where I live, I built my pond in cement, "broke" its borderline with rocks, it has quite a look and feel od a natural pond, I'm in sealer stage. can you recommend a sealer that will be fish friendly in terms of...

About a month ago I salted my pond to .3%. My in laws were coming so I did not let the 'treatment' stay a full 2 weeks, as the flashing symptoms had stopped at .1% and I wanted to show off my pond with all plants back in it. I treated the kiddie pool plants the day before I put them back in the...

We are new to this pond stuff. So any and all help greatly appreciated. I just went into the pond to bring up the plants we sunk for the winter and found most of my kitty litter that we used in pots is on the bottom of the pond. Guess fish somehow got in and moved it out of pots. Any way to...

We have a large spring fed pond on our property - 45x55, that we are trying to make into a koi pond. It has a couple of trees around it but mostly sunny area. We are getting conflicting advise, from the need for filters, liners, caves, ledges, plants vs no plants, etc to being told just circulate...

Hi, I have to confess that I am not faithful to rec.ponds. I also read gardenweb, but those who saw my post on the plant swap thread already know this. Anyway, one of the readers there took these pics of two snakes in her filter. She hasn't seen them since the day she snapped the pics, but...

He's out there, somewhere, chomping his way through... Heaven knows what he's doing now. He turned up last year such a tiny button size, a brand new hatchling turtle in the one pond here with koi tiddlers 'growing on' in it. He spent last Summer peeking out from among the rafts of...

I was given a handful of Lotus tubers(?hard white things). I know next to nothing about Lotus except they are similar to water lilies, diff leaves, fewer blooms, etc. I 'planted' several with minimal end growth, essentially as I would a lily, using a cut down 5 gallon container. Shortly a...

I finally admitted to myself that I will never get my website finished. After working with this stuff all day long, I have no desire to go home and start working on my own site. Oh well. Instead, I finally sigend up for a webshots ID and put some photos there. That's as good as it's going to...