I am thinking about buying a small Shop Vac to help clean my pond. Is there a model that will blow out the water rather than holding it in the tank? That way I will not have to empty it every few minutes. Also, what is the best product to clean green water? I have been using AlgaeFix from Pond...

Mike Patterson wrote: how about a pump? http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=1479 Anyone want to poke a hole in this idea? TIA

I do not have a home page so I posted a few pics on Webshots Community if anyone wants to see. The pond is 12yrs old and so are the fish. The filter is in the waterfall. I've been on the group here for yrs but never had a chance to show my little piece of Heaven!! My yard!! Patty

1) My lily leaves became smaller and smaller during the last summer. Now, I am not sure if it's dead. Rhizome has many roots but no leaf this year so far. The Rhizome is dark brown color. How could I tell if it's dead? 2) What's the ideal pot size for hardy lily? Is 12 inches ok? I read...

i just put up a website showing how my veggie filter develops from when it is started until the first frost or so. also, the plants I have are labeled. Ingrid http://puregold.aquaria.net/mypond/2003/8-2003B.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish...

How waterproof is that stuff? I'm putting in a stream and there are many wide flat limestone rocks that I would like to incorporate, while using EPDM liner for most of the stream. In particular, there is a rock about five feet in diameter, about 4 inches thick that has a nice overhang. I...

It seems every where I read, someone is recommending Water Starwort as a top notch oxygenator yet I cannot find anyone who sells it. Do any of you know where to get it? Thanks, Glenn Lynn

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I've got a bit of a rouge frog. I'ts spawning season for our frogs here in the north west of England. And the ones that live in my pond have been doing what nature demands. Sadly I found a dead frog at the bottom of the pond . Clealy a mating casualty as the male frog was still clinging on to...

This morning there was ice on the ponds again and I noticed that one of the lilies is sending up pads (almost to the surface). I guess Spring is on it's way, but not fast enough! -- Bonnie NJ

Hopefully this will not make any of you jealouse, it is in S. Cal and it is 90 degrees, On Super Tuesday 3/9, I found millions of Koi eggs attached to the string algea in the pond. very exciting. There comes the question: how do I know those eggs are fertilized or not? a few days ago I did notice...

Hi Everyone, I cleared out a ton of trees last year when I built my pond. It's a mix of locust (I believe black), maple and some cheery. Mainly it's maple though. I'm going to use the locust as fence posts because I know that they last a long time in the dirt without being treated. I also wanted...

Last spring I spent a couple of months finding leaks in my liner and patching them. Each leak involved raising the water, waiting a few days for the leak to lower the level, then gentle inspecting the perimeter of the new water level to find the leak (pond is 8x15 so the perimeter is...

I am the one who has been stressing over finding a way for the toads to get out of the pond easier. My neighbor has LOTS of mondo grass i am welcome to. If i plant it where it hangs over and slightly in the water, will that harm anything? As far as dead plant matter, i will clean the pond ...

it's spring pick poppy's warrant out for (jeff) AKA Alan P ). The Day & Night Stalker Is Now (jeff) mail theft, day and night Stalker , Grand Theft Auto , harassment phones calls, cyberstalking, epar, bank robber been in & out of folsom.

DeAnna, She is out of town - probably wont be home for another couple of days... so I don't know. Thanks for asking. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

I'm adding an additional filter to my pond. I have a 3 foot gap between it and the pond and am contemplating various ways of spanning the distance. A rubber lined rock course might be an option. I really don't like the thought of PVC pipe. I was thinking about making a trough using...

Hal wrote: A fish farmer that used to hang around here mentioned they kill off microaquatics eaten by hatching fry. So, if you use UV and want to raise fry you need to feed them and he suggested boiled egg yoke. Does anyone with a UV have a good batch of hatchlings? If the UV really takes out...

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i am putting a small garden pond in, and want to collect some frog / toad spawn, and was wondering if anyone had noticed if the frogs / toads have spawned in the north west yet.