what treats do you give your koi? i have tried prawns and brown bread but was wondering what else i could try. I have 11 koi to 12" living in a 3500gallon pond. Thanks

Nedra, Your spam filter sent me a message saying my request for your address was being held as spam. I followed the link and got the message that I was too slow and the original message was deleted. Anyway, can you email me your address so I can mail you your hyacinth? Joe

Ridge Roofing, Inc. wrote: I live in Berks County Pennsylvania and have moved into a property with two ponds, roughly 40'x100'. The dams need work and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a contractor who does this type of work? Thanks One dam is concrete and the other is stone and...

I've ruled out preformed liners and am now looking at Cement VS Flexible liner. Any suggestions? I have lots of cement working experience, so that is not an issue. I am looking at building a 2 pond with creek in middle system, a small pond above a larger pond. Larger pond will probably be 8 X 10 or...

Hi John, Long time no hear from you. Are you still around the ng? I keep thinking of your losses to disease and wonder how that it going now. Our pond is now in the midst of the first toad singing. The plants are growing like mad. No babies grew up last year, so I have reduced our

Can someone explain to me how the three section Laguna filter is supposed to work? This is the one with the bio material in one section, and a foam type filter in the second and third sections. My question is regarding the third section; furthest from the pump. This one does not seem to "filter"...

Well here it is spring again, and the pond seems to have made it thru the winter fairly well!. Looks like I lost 1 Koi and 3 Comets over the winter (I suspect some racoon had a good lunch or two, I never found the carcases, so....) The water is clear, tho I have a bit of algea still growing on...

Arg...never had this much difficulty w/ Usenet...I'm very sorry. My newsreader stuck this in a thread from January two times, so I assume it has been filed there in the system. Hopefully, anyway. Don't shoot! I've decided that I'm probably going to go ahead and get a pump in the near future. ...

The first dragonfly of the season crawled out of the frog bog today and has been drying its wings while perched on a cattail stalk. Another batch of tree frog eggs from jj's pond arrived today. Taddies in the tub pond and pondsill are swimming around. Lady Bullfrog has disappeared. For now. Found a...

I live in Pennsylvania and I just started my pond filter/pump after the winter for the first time 2 weeks ago. Today, I noticed small fissures/cracks in the liner (EPDM) at the edge of the pond where the rocks had become disturbed and the liner is showing. Has anyone used Liquid Roof (TM) to fix...

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I've decided that I'm probably going to go ahead and get a pump in the near future. A fish is pretty active and eating, but I wanted to make both of them a little more livlier and healthier. I could use some recommendations since I'm clueless even with web and newsgroup searches. They don't...

im thinking of growing watercress as a vegi filter. I have a header pool on my main pond which is 10'x3' and 14" deep. I am thinking of growing watercress in seed trays floating on the surface. What would you use as a planting medium? I was thinking of mixing 2 parts gravel to 1 part clay...

I use a Jungle Quick Dip Pond Test Kit. When I check the colors against the chart, I get one result at the 30-seconds recommended to wait before comparing and another about a minute later. Which is more accurate? The first shows everything either ideal or acceptable. The latter shows my KH edging...

Mine does too. I just used Behr deck stain. I assumed that as long as the stain itself doesn't drip into the water it should be ok. Joe On 4/22/04 1:11 PM, "Ridge Roofing, Inc." wrote: I have a deck that goes out over my pond. Is there anything I can use to treat...

Hi, I have a yard that's soggy in places. The soil's mostly clay and stones. I had a landscaper out for a free consultation on solving the problem and he suggested building a small pond (10' x 15' x 4 ' deep at the deep end) in the low corner of the yard and next year if necessary, put in some...

A little trick told to me by someone who installed ponds as a business was to have some pea gravel handy when using "Great Stuff" and cover it with the pea gravel where it shows. Worth a try. Heather "Pond Newbie" wrote in...

Wow, didn't expect quite such a demand. What I will do is get priority mail boxes and put as much in each box to everyone who wanted some. If I have any left I'll post again. I'll Email those who wanted some separately from the list. Thanks Joe

Yes, i have strings of eggs everywhere. One couple was in the pond and she got out and made her way under the deck with him still on top of her. Some guys just don't get it, do they? :) I am going to set up a small aquarium and keep just a couple inside until they are toads, then i will release...

We live on a relatively small lot (50' x 200') and I was thinking about putting a pond in the back yard in a particularly squishy area. :) The soil here is clay based and if you dig down far enough (not too far at all) it's just nasty clay. Other than lined ponds, I can't say as I know much...