The idea is that the roots filter the water "chet" chet-at-surewestDOTnet wrote in message ... A veggie filter is essentially another aquarium or Tupperware container that is heavily planted. Plants in a veggie filter are often emmersed (not immersed),...

It is not for Koi ponds, well most Koi ponds, because the crap will clog very fast. "bk" wrote in message ... Sounds like this would last about two weeks in a pond "Sam Hopkins" wrote in message ...

You should never let a pond dry out like that "Gale Pearce" wrote in message ... Hi Howard If you move plant material from GF pond to Koi pond or buy new plants, you probably have eggs hitchhiking a ride - I have a friend in...

It does sound as if he was stuck somewhere. When GF are injured, they will scab like you or I, this is what that black is. Every part of a GF that is injured will turn black. Now babies can be black and then they will turn orange or whatever color. You need to keep him in very clean, but...

read this as fast as you can....... Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit...

I know that you should stand the pump on something to (hopefully) keep it out of the silt and the most common thing for this purpose seems to be bricks. Well, I haven't got any bricks to hand but I have got a couple of breezeblocks; are these safe to use? Are there any chemicals that could leech...

I just saw this tupe of fish posted... what makes it different from a koi (from a laymans terms). Thanks Carl -- -- http://www.cobaltbluefilms.com

Just searching through the internet to see where we are listed, I cam upon this interesting topic. I find it interesting that someone would include $ signs when referrin to our business and what we do. First of all we have been involved i watergardening for over 14 years, before it became a...

The pumps in my ponds are turned off but I decided to keep the trickle tower running for as long as possible. I noticed quite a bit of activity at the trickle tower and gave it a closer look. The cedar wax wings are back! Looked up in the nearby tree and it was covered with them. Hope they decide...

Hi Everyone, First off let me say that normally I wouldn't post commercial info on a newsgroup, but I think that we are all one big family here and I'm not some person posting an ad and then never coming back. I just wanted to post a message letting you all know of a new product my company has...

Can you put perch and bass in a very small pond like a 125 gallon? If so, how many? About 3 perch and 2 bass sound good? Nathan

Does any one have any surgestions on how to lay a pvc pond liner into a hole 12ft x 11ft x 3ft with a built up bog garden in one corner 4ft x 3ft x 2.1/2 ft do i start by lining the bog garden first, with out walking on it. any surgestions would be helpfull Ian (Mostyn) www.mostynpondlife.com

My water hyacinths and other plant (not sure what it's called) were thriving up until a few days ago now I'm noticing the leaves are turning bright yellow and one is even bown. I know they have enough water (duh) but what else could be wrong? They were growing fast so I don't think it's the light.....

saw this on another group.... North VS South If you are from the northern states and planning on visiting or moving to the South, there are a few things you should know that will help you adapt to the difference in lifestyles:

I have this nasty hawk who keeps eating my koi and goldfish. Any suggestions on how to keep him or her away from the pond? Thanks for your help!!

At a company where I work we use a machine that cuts copper and leaves lots of little copper filings. We use vegetable oil (not mineral oil) as a lubricant on this machine (actually cottonseed oil). Over the past year a brilliant purple growth of what looks like algae under a microscope has grown...

Does anyone have any tadpoles or frog/toad eggs? Or do you know where I can get some?

We live in Michigan (zone 5). Someone said to leave our pump in over the winter so that the seals don't dry out. Is it okay to leave the pump in the bottom of the pond (not running) for the winter, or shall we pull it and put in dry storage? Thanks, Cathy

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Hey all, I am trying to update my list of rec.ponders, and was hoping I could get some assistance. The current list can be found at http://www.iheartmypond.com/topiclist.asp?l=4&c=General&sc1=Amatuer%20Sites& sc2=Personal%20Pond%20Pages or http://tinyurl.com/t5st. If you have a spare moment, and...