any of you have any links a web site where I can get some idea of how to build a automatic feeder for my koi pond?

Go visit google.com today (4/22). I think you'll like the earth day version of the google logo. kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

I just walked out to see two ducks in my pond. My godfish range from 6 to 8 inches. Should I be concerned? TIA Randy

Report on eggs from jj's pond. I started eggs in a tub on my deck and inside in a glass jar on my windowsill from the same batch. Windowsill taddies hatched first. But now tub taddies are twice the size of indoor taddies. Indoor taddies have warmer water. Outdoor taddies have more sun. Both have...

Hi folks, I need some suggestions for a small pond I inherited with the house in Northern NJ. It is roughtly 5x4 with severly rounded corners (to the point that it is neither circular nor square), about 3' deep at the center. There are no shelves for marginal plants. It has a about 7' high...

Now I know that it's a no-no to allow drainage from surrounding landscape to contaminate a pond, due to the risk of accummulated fertilizer and chemicals. However, this is a different question: I have plants in pots that come from a lake-margins environment and which live in nature with their...

There's a bunch of mosquito larvae in my water garden. I would like to try using a mosquito dunk, but am concerned that it will harm the other things in the pond such as snails and tadpoles. Are mosquito dunks safe to all the other life in the pond? Any draw backs to using dunks? Thanks, Lydia

New to rec.ponds. Hello all. We are installing a cinder block pond as I type this. It will be sealed with Hecht Rubber EPDM sealer. My wife found some granite tile on sale and wants to line the inside with the tile. Hecht says normal tile adhesive will work against their sealer. Does anybody...

Hi all, This is my second post here, and is connected to my "salt in pond" post I just submitted. Background: I've had a 400 gallon pond stocked with Koi and goldfish for over a year, and everything has gone fantastic. Good water quality, happy, tame fish. I guess it was beginners' luck . ....

I have a 500g pond in MN. Ice has been off of it for about 3 or 4 weeks now, 3 shebunkin are swimming around (when I can see them) and today I yanked out the bottom filter/bubbler that I use during the winter and started up the skimmer. The water is still really brown. It seems that most years...

Hello there rec.ponders: I am a not-so-handy man who has promised a simple backyard pond to his girlfriend for her birthday and, upon doing more research, is feeling a bit over his head. Our backyard is quite small and mostly paved with brick -- more a courtyard, really. Right now we have a...

Hubby was up cleaning the gutters on Sunday and took our digital camera up with him.....so here is a birds eye view of our new pond. Sorry to be silly showing this ......feel like a new parent almost. LOL! ;o) http://www.britsintheus.com/marriednhappy/tadpole.htm Lisa

Hello there, Just noticed a problem with 4 or 5 of our fish. We have about 20 fish altogether in our pond. They are mixed colours ranging from plain gold, plain white/cream, plain black and a mix of these colours. The problem seems to be with the plain gold fish. They have creamy white lumps on...

I saw some little creatures in my pond yesterday, on the waterfall wiers. When I got close, they 'swam' up stream and disappeared. I managed to grab one, and looked at it under a magnifying glass. It looked like a little tiny drafonfly, but with no wings (it was about 1/16th of an inch long). ...

I have Goldfish. Calico Shubunkins and Rosey Reds. They all act so differently and are fun to watch. I have considered adding Golden Orfes but am not sure if I have enough room for them to "cruise" in. My main pond is 6' x 16' and from 1' to 4' deep. Is this enough space for their acrobatic...

We just put in a new pond Saturday. The past two days it's been raining and silt had gotten into the pond. (We put stones around it and didn't even think to rinse them all off). Will it all settle (still raining as of the moment) or will we have to do something else to clear it all up. Lisa

Newbie here. Been lurking a while and I now have a question. I'm in the middle of building a 2500 gal. or so pond. I've been thinking of a DIY skimmer with the bottom drain connected to it at a low point. The skimmer would be a series of chambers ( with baskets to catch the big stuff. ) ...

I had an experience with foam building up on the pond where the water from the filter returns via a small stream like feature. Foam would be as much as 4 inches high and would appear in the morning, to dissipate during the day. I thought it might just be from DOC, so I put in a small bad...

Hello all! For those of you that might be interested, I have a tutorial on how to build a natural stone waterfall without using any bonding material! Super easy, super simple, and super cool in looks. It is the perfect first waterfall for anyone. This is a quick tutorial to get you on track...

Can a Koi lose color if stressed? I bought a Koi, a little black n white butterfly one, and when I got home and took him out the bag he almost looked silver, hardly no black at all. I'm beginning to wonder if the guy caught the right Koi, but I know the guy knew which one I wanted. Priss