Hi Nedra, I appreciate your comments about the pumps . I have posted a better explanation of my statements. ANYWAY...I remember speaking to you a long time ago. I live in Zone 6 in Illinois. We might have even swapped some plants before...??? I'm live about 1-1/2 from St. Louis. Anyway....just...

I've seen a tremendous amount of conflicting advice on pump sizing. An afternoon of reading all this has left me confused. We are installing a small (700 gallons, 3 feet deep, US zone 7a) pond and would like a few fish, mainly plants though. I've got a few questions if anyone has the time. Too...

I have a circular pond on my farm; it's about 100 feet across and about 4 feet deep. The water is murky and I'd like to clear it up. My plan was to build a filtration system, to pump the water from the pond through a bed of sand and stone, then let the filtered water run back into the pond. My...

Gosh, I'm glad I found this newsgroup. I have been wrestling with a pond for a couple of years now. (+ a year or so ago I took on some koi for a friend.) runonsentence It is such a struggle to clean the biofilter, (rocks and pea gravel), super-mucky mucky mucky bottom, the hoses for the falls...

I've wanted to add plants for a few weeks now, but every time I go to the two local pond suppliers they tell me I cannot add them yet. We are in NE Ohio......are they correct...cause I'm getting pea soup now and really would like to get those plants in! (Not to mention it's been 80F here, how...

Hi: I have an area at the end of the pond I am thinking of planting lotus in. Details - 3' x 2' x 15" deep with about 8" of soil Separated from main pond by landscape fabric and rocks Shared water If I put a lotus in here in no pot will I regret the decision?

they look rather like a woodlouse, but they live underwater in my pond. Mark

Sigh, you can tell this article has me tearing my too grey hair out. I've been posting about Pacific tree/chorus frogs not breeding in fish filled lakes for a couple years now..... OKAY, this time I'll post the article ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BERKELEY Cal biologist solves...

Sometimes you just want to SCREAM! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

A puzzlement: After a couple of really bad years, I began last fall to get my pond (1) into shape, including identifying and re-potting some hardy lilies that had escaped. The 3 lotus plants I'd had in tubs had died out from neglect, as in overcrowding, so I ordered a couple from my...

hi, after three years and a coupla revisions I think I'm done . . . . http://home.earthlink.net/~menaxe/pond/more_pond/Spring__02/Summer___02/Fall_02/spring_04.html I couldn't have done it without you guys. Thanks much

Any suggestions other than -- duh, don't put in any water hyacinths! We like them and they're kind of neat floating around.

I didnt know how often, so I just didnt change it and it kept killing off the algae anyway. Somebody gave me this unit so I suspect it was in use for something like 5-6 years. The wires on the end finally rusted thru and I got a new one. So I tell people "get a new one when the old one isnt...

Can anyone help me with some pond questions, I am fighting algae in my 1000gal pond I have tried putting algaefix and pond balance chemicals in and also running a uv light but still fighting getting algae. We have about 8 good sized fish and keep about 7-10 plants in pond it does get a lot of...

This morning about 9:00 I went out to check the pond & feed the fish, everything looked good. About 10:30 I glanced out the window and saw a couple of what I thought were dead fish floating, so rushed out and found two tadpoles floating heads up, tails down. They were about 3-4 inches long,...

Hi...we are finally going to put in a brick patio this year, and I hope to put in the water garden I've always wanted. I have Ortho's All About Garden Ponds book. Are there any websites that you experts recommend for tips and How To's, especially for helping me to plan? I'd also like to find out...

Need ideas. We are having trouble with our planters in the pond. We use plastic pots and put kitty litter in as the planting material. But most of the kitty litter ends up on the pond bottom. Guess the fish get in and rut it out? Is there away to correct this? We wonder if there is a way to put...

Anyone (BV) still looking for water hyacinth for postage? I have some to give out. Not quite sure what shipping will cost, but I would guess they need to go priority mail. Joe -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in...

I was just surfing around, and found this very unique water feature. First, go to this link http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/155297717X/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-0913782-0924760#reader-page Then, click the page turning arrows seven times. It's about that far into the book. If you have this book, already,...

Greetings! Again I'm looking for ponders who would like to show off their ponds &/or be interviewed (via e-mail) for summer articles. If you think you're a good candidate, please reply via e-mail and I will get back to you ASAP. Thank you! ~...