I have just hired someone to install a pond/waterfall feature. They used a liner (unsure of thickness) and the concrete was poured yesterday (it looks like a min. of 3" thick), reinforced with chicken wire. I noticed this morning that 3-4 (or more)cracks have formed. Should I be concerned about...

I was netting debris from my pond, and I scooped up a large, almost golfball sized snail. I picked it up to return but when I did, a hard membrane fell off of the opening and the body of the snail fell out, it was only about 3/4 of an inch long. And in the shell there were what looked like eggs. ...

It's that time of year again, when thoughts turn to ponds being unfrozen and useable. Well, for me anyway w/a small one here near Boston. It's been a while since I've posted but you guys/gals have always been a wealth of info! I'm thinking of expanding, I've got a shallow bird-pool going on...

Hi - My water celery sits amongst the rocks of my waterfall. It grew long shoots and bloomed with little white flowers - looked great. Now the flower stalks are looking a little long in the tooth. Should I cut it back, or just leave it alone? Thanks!

We have resumed daily missions patrolling the perimeter. Some east african bull geese have been making low level passes daily, but several short bursts of our sonic weapons have steered them clear of the pond. We developed a new mission this week. When the commander leaves the bunker we run a...

We have a fairly large pond - about 8000 gallons, 4 1/2 ft at deepest point. I'd like to use a skimmer, but we are in a drought here in Colorado, and the water level varies by as much as a foot (not enough well water to top it). Any ideas on skimmer which works over such a height variation? I may...

Does anyone know if you can still order the Ponders Special 8 oz pack of Aquaculture BZT ? I checked the website and it only comes in 3.5 oz jars for $19.95. I think I paid about $35.00 for the last 8oz pack That I purchased. Thanks Bill

Does anyone know of a good source for pond plants in or near Memphis, TN? The Home Depot on Poplar this year does not seem to be carrying any! The fish are happy with temps in the 70s but the pond is in full sun now since we removed several trees, so we need plants plants and more...

I am thinking about creating a bog pond, about 300 gallons, (maybe just mosquito fish), lots of plants, Max about 9'' deep, wants to attract wide animal or bird. To save some money, I have a lot of very thick , big plastic bag (5'x3'), can I use them as regular liner (them looks very tough)?...

I manage a summer camp facility that has a small swimming pond 120' X 240', with a maximum depth of about 10 ft. I calculate this to be about 5 acre feet or about a million and a half gallons. We are located in the San Bernardino Mountains, at about 6000 ft. elevation. We have snow for about 4 or...

I am thinking of adding some fairly large rocks in a "pile" to provide my fish with some hide outs. I have had problems with Great Blue herons and nothing I have done to date seems to work. I am reluctant to put the rocks in direct contact with the liner, would it be Ok to put a layer of padding...

There is still SOOO much to do, but the hardest part is over, she's running! I've added some dechlorinator and once the water warms up (that bottom drain & skimmer weir were COLD putting in) I'll get some little goldfish to start with. I'd like to get some plants then too, water lettuce and water...

Shareholders Pond has gone through 2, maybe 3 algae blooms that I am aware of. We've had pea soup, but we're now gin clear to the bottom. That is of course until I get in there and pull out some leaves, stirring up the muck. The fish are happy, and have been fed a few times. I am not feeding...

Sorry but I just spent quite some time composing a post and still don't see it. Maybe like many things with this new pond stuff I just haven't waited long enough for it to appear. Bill

Hi folks, After many years of dreaming, I've decided to add a small fish pond to my backyard. I'm not that limited on space, but don't want to take up to much room with the pond. I'm thinking Koi are out, given some of the reading I've done about size/gallons they require. I would really...

I have some of the flexible black pvc hose as seen here about halfway down (not the Laguna stuff): http://www.azponds.com/hose.htm Does this use regular pvc glue with the purple primer? Since this says you can use regular PVC fittings, that was my assumption, but I thought I'd make sure before...

In a post about bottom drains you mentioned your home made diffuser. What were you talking about and whats it do? Priss

Not sure if this is an original idea or not, but I am pretty impressed with results, so I thought I would post it. I decided not to net my pond last fall so I could see how bad it would get, and to see how bad the cleaning would be. I have TONS of leaves in the pond, as would be expected....

hey everyone, i was wondering what the ups and downs are for having a cement pond are. its going to be inground, and outdoors. is it possible to still make it look natural? does anyone have pics/information about this? thanx! john

I'm almost ready to expand my pond. On April I will start on my hole. The new pond will be 15x15 and 4 ft deep. I got my liner in. I got my pump. Its a Sequence External Self Priming Series The flow rate is 1500 - 5400 G.P.H. I'm going to have two bottom drains. I ordered Greg's CD to show me how...