Hi, I have just found your group and have a question. I have a garden pond with a few goldfish and 2 beautiful, large blue orfe. My problem is with leeches, I am in the uk and generally as we come out of winter and the water temp rises I begin to notice leeches feeding on my fish. I have tried to...

For those that need to calculate the size of their pond using salt, or need to figure out how much to add: Salt in a Nutshell 1 lb. of salt in 1 gallon of water = 1% salinity 1 lb. of salt in 100 gallons of water = .12%

I about a week ago, one of my fish came up from the bottom and started gasping at the deicer. This behavior was odd as I have never seen it in the 8 years I have had the pond. A few days later the fish was dead at the bottom. The other fish seem fine, but I am concerned as to what might be going...

Hi, I got rid of my aphids, thanks for the help. But I have some more questions. I have my floating plants in a tub in the basement they seem to stay alive, (after I got rid of the aphids) but the aren't GROWING, just living there. I think they need fertilizer but I don't know what to give them,...

I have a largish green pond. I know it needs more oxygen. The pond is quite large and only has 5 small gold fish in it which seem quite happy and active. Would they benefit from a fountain or would the noise disturb them ? Nick

Here's the tinyurl to the Yahoo! news article... http://tinyurl.com/335cl Also archiving at www.iheartmypond.com. BV.

Is it spring yet. been -10f for the last week. When I shut down my pond last fall, I took the housing off of my MAG 1800 pump. I noticed that the shaft was a little rough to slightly gouged in the center of the shaft but no more than an 1/8 inch deep. Must have ground up some snails that got in...

Hello all!! I am in need of identification of a picture of a Water Lilly i have found. I downloaded the new Webshots Screensaver, and one of the sample pictures was a file called Electric Water Lilly. I have spent days trying to find this plant on the 'net, but alas cannot find this species...

we have tried putting a tennis ball in the centre of our garden pond to stop the water from freezing however, with the bad weather recently this hadn't worked. Can anyone suggest an alternative?

Hello group! I have been gone for a few months and the warm weather down here is giving me the pond bug early! LOL I usually go to justpondliners.com but i remember someone here posted another web site that beat them by $40 bucks on thier liners. Any help or web sites would be appreciated. TIY

I lost three of my biggest goldfish to an egret, so I bought some anti-bird netting which is a nylon type web with about 3/4 inch holes. It seems to me that a bird would not see the net (it's black) and could still cause havoc in the pond if it got tangled in the net. Have I chosen the wrong...

Hi, I would like to build a bog or veggie filter for my pond which is approx 15 by 20 and 3 feet deep. Any helpful sites or advice. TIA. Lucy

A status report... Over the summer I dumped some snail egg cases into a 10 gallon aquarium. They have been reproducing like...well like snails. I move some periodically to my main indoor tank. The loach loves them. Anyway, also in this tank is an umbrella plant. Doing well. Some frogbit and a ton...

Yesterday I found an adult common frog hopping arround inside my unheated greenhouse. I did not think there was a large enough gap for them to get in but I must be wrong. As I am in th UK and it is still winter here should I be concerned for it or am I best leaving it to live in there for...

Was out skimming styrofoam peanuts out of the pond today that blew in with the last couple of wind storms. The pond is very clear and I looked all over it and I can't see any fish. Now this isn't surprising :-( In the beginning of the winter I got caught off guard and had a freeze overnight that...

They are still in their winter home and with all the snow and ice we are having right now, it seems like a long way off till I can start digging my new, bigger pond :-( Check out the koi with the new oriental...

Well most of us can't be playing in our ponds but we can be thinking about decorating.... DKat http://liveclaypottery.com/gallerydoors.htm

I live in North Dakota and for the last week or so the temperature has been VERY cold. The night time temps have been as low as -28 degrees F for several nights with the daytime high temps staying below minus 10 degrees for about a week now. This is cold even for us natives. I have a small...

Is anyone out there using Koi Clay (natural calcium bentonite/montomorillonite clay)? I would appreciate any opinions (pro or con) on the use of this product.

....with a couple of inches of snow on top and I have a NEW LILY BLOOM! OK, it's growing in the basement, but, hey, it's still pretty and cool! Cybe R. Wizard -nice and pink -- Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P. Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P. "Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y.