Will this years goldfish fry (less than an inch long) be able to over winter in a garden pond? (I'm located in the midlands, uk) -- Skippy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk

i'm getting really, really tired of this. i'm all for capital punishment here! well, maybe that's a bit drastic. how about incarceration without possibility of parole? what other devious punishments can we ponders come up with? how about 40 lashes with a koi tail? mad -- There will be a rain dance...

anybody else's saved messages turn to unreadable text and the subject lines erased????? WEIRD

I brought my redcapped oranda inside for the winter..(this was the one I thought was missing) 'her' behavior puzzles me. 'she' sits on the bottom of the aquarium most of the time. 'she' will swim around every-now-&-then, & 'shedoes eat. but 'she' is usually 'sitting'. 'she' is about 6" long. does...

Hi There are some strange goings on in my pond. The pond is only six weeks old and I have 4 goldfish and 2 shubunkins. Fish a is chasing fish b and shimying down its side......looks a lot like they are spawning, ( blush) but surely its the wrong time of the year? Is fish breeding seasonal or do...

hey, im going to start getting ready for winter within the next month or so..... i need some info.. i have some hardy lillies in my pond, they are not in pots of soil. I have a small pond thats completley natural,( no liner) can i put them in that pond over the winter? or should i set up one of my...

Have not seen him post since Isabel, has anyone heard from him or Donna? Joann

I feel like a sub-moron in this pond building business. I cannot find anything as to precisely how to connect the pump to the piping or hose. One end screws into the pump and has an adapter which turns into about of 2" inch flexible (?) pipe about a foot long. Believe this is called the...

Don't suppose you could give up using Chlorine bleach? DK "Marc" wrote in message ... These a low spot on the side of my house that gets a lot of standing water during the spring or whenever we get allot of rain...

Thanks to all those here that encouraged me to not give up on my Lotus. After months of no sign of life, it only began to put up aerials in the beginning of August, and I just had my first blossom today, September 19th. We're expecting 48 degrees tonight, and I thought I would just have a...

I've got an Aquascape Designs system installed (almost ready to add water). It's not set up to accommodate a bottom drain . Based on advice here, I installed a bottom drain anyway, and stubbed in behind the skimmer (4"). The plan is to use a separate 'sump pump' like thing, and once a week or so,...

well, I lost several new purchased koi & the ones IN my pond to KHV 6 weeks ago. the shipper is replacing the fish,,(thankfully) but it is a PIA.. luckily I did NOT have a large assortment of ones in my pond already. (ok do NOT yell at me,, for not quarantine...... new pond,, fish IN the pond were...

Reported hurricane sited in Richmond area hope Rich (RichToyBox) and Donna are fairing well. Joann

Aside from the question, "UV or not UV" . . . Does the UV source go on your pump outlet line, so that all of the pond water passes through it? I see 'clarifiers' of about 7 Watts, for a 1500 gallon pond, and 'sterilizers' of about 40 Watts for a 1500 gallon pond. What's the diff? Seems like it...

This morning I caught and removed the 4th bullfrog of this season. I don't remember having any last year -- this is only my second year for the pond. We have seen frogs eat a variety of creatures this year. The first one ate toads and two of my large fish. This last frog ate a field...

Hello- I have gotten a lot of good info by lurking here. I really enjoy all the nice pictures, and the great advice. I am a beginning ponder, with a small 'kit' preformed pond. It is a 125 gallon Bermuda pond, with a 35 gallon spillway. I had it going very nicely, but we had a mishap involving a...

how many koi can you keep in a 2500 gallon pond, presuming a mature filter is in place.

I have a tadpole that i recently purchased at a pet shore here in IL. They don't know what kind of tadpole it is, however they thought it was a Bullfrog or a Leopard. It's very olive colored, with a yellow belly. Body is smothly round, and tail is longer and smooth (the profile from the side is...

Concerned. Power just came back on, down for two hrs when it was not really bad, what are we in for. How long can they go without water pumping? Hopefully I will be able to get the answer later. Joann