For anybody with a long enough memory: Walter was just a mall pet shop koi, a couple of inches long and surely not destined for any honors in life. But wife Pat thought he'd look "cute" in a 60-gallon goldfish tank and brought him home. After a couple of years and approaching a foot long, he...

Hello, My son's Kindergarten class is coming to my pond next week for a field trip. I'm going to do a presentation on the pond and the koi. My koi are about 8 inches long, but I want to show the children a picture of a really big koi so they can get an idea of how big they get. Does anyone have a...

The 4 foot deep lotus has nice stem up to the surface, and a nice big leaf ready to unfurl. No further growth is noticeable yet. The 2 foot deep lotus is tied with the 4 foot in growth and performance. A second tubor at 2 feet deep is also getting ready to break the surface. So far...tied...

hi all i'm really new to this. i dont know what is a good ratio to mix to get a good cement texture. i will be getting my supplies from home depot. i'm trying to make a waterwall and pond for my back yard. i have been reading around this newsgroup and some guy said you have to seal the concrete...

I'm hoping someone can id my little friend. http://community.webshots.com/photo/79827303/141113597XViBvs -- some photos of my little puddle http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1

hi all i'm new and i'm trying to build a waterfall in the backyard. i dont know what to get from home depot or what is the right cement mixture.. please help.... and what is a good sealing product to get from home depot TIA

A friend of mine has a water garden shop, and has several containers of goldfish and koi. One tank, with fantail goldfish, got into trouble somehow, the fish were in obvious distress, some floating at the top, some dying. He moved the worst ones to another container, where they continued...

hi all i'm new and i'm trying to build a waterfall in the backyard. i dont know what to get from home depot. please help.... TIA

Hi, a couple of months ago I moved in a new house with a pond. I was thrilled, but I soon discovered that the pond was left abandoned for months. I knew nothing of ponds, but quickly I grew attached and fascinated by my Kois. I spent many days by the pond feeding the kois and enjoying them. One...

Having started a water container pond early last week, with a miniature water lily, an Obedient Plant, and some Red Ludwigia, I put two goldfish in it Saturday, a black and a orange one, and today they seem to still be alive. I still don't have a pump or mechanical filter in it, but certainly will...

I am a newbie to garden ponds and fish. If I add lights, will they have any detrimental effect on fish I add when the pond is fully established? Alex

does anybody no were I can get some form of mesh or grill to cover my pond this is more my last attempt to keep the pump thieves away so it will have to be pretty strong thanks in advance

The first waterlily bloom opened today. A pure white flower of medium size. My lilies suffered terribly the summer I had my leg in a cast (2002). Last summer I had to repot them all, toss the dead, badly overcrowded and stunted ones. They had had no repotting, no fertilizer..... -- -:¦:- *.·...

hi all i'm new and i'm trying to build a waterfall in the backyard. i dont know what to get from home depot or what is the right cement mixture.. please help.... TIA

A few weeks back somebody suggest an on-line plant swap system would be a great thing to have. I mulled the idea over and I have a design ready. I plan to start coding it soon, and it will be added a free tool to iheartmypond.com. I realize it is probably a bad idea to discuss vaporware on a...

I see all kinds of recommendations in web searches I am looking for real world experience. I am putting these in a veggie filter so there is water flow into the filter and out about 2500 gph. The a settling chamber / veggie filter is 2 foot wide by 16 foot long. I am eventually want the Lotus in...

Hi I have a couple of fish with ulcers , also white fungusy stuff growing on them, i used Melafix After using Melafix the goldfish started to get what can be best described as black / blue / dark red colour around the fungus areas.. I will get a picture if i can, It looks pretty Ugly , it almost...

What sort of a place would sell pieces of the waffle filter foam that is used in my Fishmate gravity filter? That filter has two densities, a medium and fine. The idea of paying a premium at retail to purchase two pieces cut to size irks me when I could probably buy five times as much for the...

Anyone have a way to build a vacuum drain much like the Tetra or the spindrifter? Seems silly to pay so much for something you can throw together with PVC. Thanks.

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