I am considering a tropical water lily. Any suggestions on how to winter them in the midwest? Thanks

I have a 75 gallon tub which I will be setting up as a patio pond, I have build a fluid bed filter with plans someone on the NG recommended, but now I need to decide what to put in it. I want plants and a few fish. Please suggest some flora and fauna combinations, I would like a Lilly and thought...

Gina, why are you doing this? Only your post is listed. Confused as to why you would want to post your email addys. Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Gina" wrote in...

"O3raledale" wrote in message ... Hello all, How does one find out what the frost line is in their area of the country? I live in Philadelphia, PA. and my pond is only about 18" deep. Will my goldies be safe in there over...

"Monica" wrote in message ... I keep some golden minnows (and a single brown fathead from one batch) in my water garden. The gold minnows are also called Rosie Reds. We came back from vacation in June to find my water...

Hello Folks, Looking for a Koi group, and am wondering if this is the closest thing in Newsgroups at the moment. Thanks in advance! DK

Ok, So a few weeks ago I get a call from my Dad, it seems he has finally gave in and put in a pond. A small preform, but hey it's a start...... I took him a few spare plants ( pulled some out of the compost heap where I'd thrown them not 5 minutes before ) I poked fun at his puddle, and he said it...

I just built a 750 gallon pond and have 9 goldfish in it. Considering it gets very cold here in Montreal I will be bringing the fish in for the winter. My question is how big of an aquarium do I need for these fish? They were bough in June as feeder fish and the biggest is now no more than...

IMO you will need a whole lot more heat than that. I heat my small pond (about 2000 gallons) in the Richmond Virginia area with a 15 amp immersion heater unit, and cover the pond with a lean-to greenhouse made with several layers of polyethylene sheeting to keep the cold air and wind away form...

Hello, My girlfriend and I recenty bought 2 tropical green tree frogs. We have never seen one of them eat and it hasnt changed in size since purchasing them 2 months ago. The other has doubled in size and eats quite happily in front of us whenever we put crickets or flies in the tank.

I have no bottom drain, I never check my Ph. My fish have been breeding year after year.... This spring I put the final touch on my pond, a 6x4x4 veggie filter and an additional 8 feet of stream. It took some time, but I can see the bottom of the pond, can't see the damned veggie filter though,...

I went out to pond to check things out everything looks good daily routine. The frog that has made the pond his home is sitting in on the island next to the turtle spitter. I decided to check the pump trap so I turned off the pump to clean it out. The turtle stops spitting water because the pump...

Hello ponders, I've been lurking here for some time; I thought I'd share what I found on return from 3 weeks vacation. I have a tiny 35? gallon preform pond with two goldfish. There's an upper reservoir with a 3 foot or so stream leading down to the preform. I have a lilly with about 10 pads,...

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:38:19 GMT "Phillip K. Duncan" wrote: Hi all, I've been lurking for a couple years on and off. snip And you haven't yet figured out that it's bad form to post binaries to a

Did I read something about a wet-dry vacuum cleaner that would clean the bottom of the pond without having to empty the cleaner? That is, that debris and water just pass through the cleaner onto the ground. Or was I dreaming? Pixi

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 21:30:29 -0500, jammer wrote: I am thinking about cleaning out the pond and thinning the plants about the 1st of september. Does it matter? What i thought i would do is fill the kiddie pool with pond water and put the fish in there with saved plants. Sound right?...

Hi; Several of you have posted about using koi clay in the process of making your own koi food. Where do you buy koi clay? I read that it should be calcium bentonite, not sodium bentonite. Thanks-----

I have an external pump that is rated at 3800 gph what size pipe should I use? My pump actually moves around 1800 GPH currently and forms a suction on the 2" inlet pipe. My pump, has a 4' tall p-trap, that has a 2" intake that is located 6" below the water line and can not run with the top off the...

I'm a newbee ponder ..... Does anyone use a shopvac to clean sediment and stufffff off the bottom of their pond? Bob

I know its been asked a million times, and I've asked it before myself, but what I want to know is what material is best for using in a mechanical filter to clean out the green. I've read here to use a biofilter, what is the material? I have right now just a low density foam filter to take out...