Hi one of my comets is having a hard time,it is fine when it swims but as soon as it stops it goes onto its side and lies at the bottom of the pond,I thought it was dying but it has been like this for a while now can anybody shed some light on this for me,all my other fish are fine. Thanks in...

Hey all Weather was great today in Rhode Island so drained the pond and did a full cleaning,power washed sides and rocks gave fish a once over and got a true count. (70) Glad I only have to do this every couple of years lot of work but was fun. But feet hurt after spending all day in 54 degree...

Hi Everyone! Well I'm off of work tomorrow and all next week for spring break. I start digging my hole in the morning. 15x15 and 4 ft deep. I'm go put in two bottom drains with pipe boots that feed into a settlement hole in back of the pond that I'm looking at being around 4ft deep and 3x6 long,...

Some one-liners are wonderful. BV's planting method is not a one-liner, but it has surely captured the imagination of lots of ponders. It would seem that whole ponds are going to be re--re-planted just to apply his method! He should get an award for his creativity. I soberly propose a toast to...

alright, I heard of the BIGGIE cicada invasion coming this year,, ( we had a big one 5 yrs ago,, but I guess this is the mother of all invasions). since these things are soooooooo stupid, they will inevitably end up in the pond. uh,, will the frogs & fish eat them? or do I need to be on top...

Ever see it? Is it nice? I read about it in a book, but can't find anyone on the web that sells it. -- - Charles - -does not play well with others

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Hi all, Being new to this, I'm beginning a half whiskey barrel water garden. While I figure out where to put it, I'm hoping that you all can address my concern about rain flooding the barrel. To what extent can this affect my yard? I also have some mature trees and planted shrubs that I don't...

The request for information about making a pond level deserved the *troll* response we've been plonking to. The guy's a regular on u.k.football, a group devoted to outdoing one another in purely disgusting posts. The request to us was one big double entendre. The group's effort to shock goes way...

Hi everybody,''I new to ponding in fact I just filled mine up with water yesterday. I still have to finish around the edges, but maybe by the weekend. Today I', going to get a test kit. Could someone post what water paramenters I should shoot for. I know that ammonia and nitrite should be 0,...

hey all this group has been a valuable source of info and am hoping those that have drilled holes in pottery can give me some guidance. i will be using a pottery (clay) urn laid on its side for a return to the pond and need to drill a hole to accomodate a 1 inch bulkhead fitting to tie in the...

I zipped by a message and thought I got the gist of it, on snails and water or air, then got into the creationist thread, clicked on the wrong button and crashed. (In the beginning there was water, then God created land and all the trouble began... hey, it rhymes!) Anyway! Some snails breath air,...

Last weekend I installed a Savio Skimmerfilter, and a Sequence 1000, 5000S external pump. Comming out of the bottom of the skimmer, my pump is 2 foot above pond level. Everything is working, but I have a bad check valve. I'm going to work on this thing this weekend, I need idea's on what to do with...

If so, how do you make the drain connection to the liner, so it doesn't leak? I *might* attempt it, but the ground here is *so* rocky, that it becomes a massive amount of physical labor. -- Gareee© Homepage:

I just noticed little black snails (about the size of a pencil eraser) all over in my waterfalls. Probably hundreds of them. None in the pond, yet. Will they hurt anything? If I want to get rid of them, can it be reasonably done, or should I leave them alone? None in the pond, because my Koi...

I am wondering what experience/ advice people may have about the use of electric fencing around koi and goldfish ponds. I live in the woods and have gazillions of predators: raccoons, possoms, herons, owls and an occasional snapping turtle that eat my dear expensive koi; squirrels and deer that...

"Madison Lapierre" wrote in message ... We have a 200 gallon stock tank and want to try scrubber pads. Our filter is home made and follow's Skippy's design. Thanks.......... I was just checking around yesterday,...

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SjT wrote: ....... And how to stop the lining from creasing? (Does this affect the amount of blanket weed if more creases are evident?) I think i didn't stretch it enough when i done it last time. Also what is the best way to build a pond that has water right up to the brickwork so ...

Hi First post here hope you guys can help me out. To cut a long story short i had some type of infection in my pond which after treating with all kinds of stuff didn't clear up and i was advised to use Malachite Green / Formalin , which i have done. Two does now 1 week apart so far, not sure if...