I'm in Zone 10, just digging the hole, but wondering: What are the plants that you definitely don't want near your pond ? I know that a Queen palm eats-up liners. Any others that I should definitely avoid in close proximity? Any comments specifically on: Fig, Ficus, Pygmy Date Palm? Thanks!

Hello all, I've been reading here for weeks and learned much from all of you and my little 250 gallon pond is doing great. Thanks! I just picked up the remainder of my stone today and I'm planning on moving my bio-filter back about a foot and left about a foot. I'll then add an extension to my...

This is my first pond and although familiar with aquariums this is a bit different. 1 - Do I need to remove the goldfish and shubunkins to an indoor aquarium or something for the winter? It gets cold here but not terribly. Can dip below zero in the winter but not often. Snow rarely sits on the...

"FBCS" wrote in message ... ??? I am going to enlarge my pond to 3000 - 4000 max gals. Can I use one of my preforms (250gal, 18" depth) to make a veggie filter? Joann Your VF should have roughly 10% of the surface area of your...

NJ and it is MOM who takes care of business It is ever so, world without end, amen! ;-) k30a and the watergardening labradors http://www.geocities.com/watergardeninglabradors/index.html

My second bloom never made it. For some reason it fell over, and once it touched the water, it was done for. I don't know if I bumped it, or a fish bit the stalk or what. I have another coming, and two on my dwarf lotus, so I am not too upset. Anyway, can I cut this stalk off or will the then open...

Matt thinking about your plant problems,, when purchasing plants for the pond look for plants that are native or near native to the natural water sources in your area. I hav had no luck introducing "non wild" plants into my pond system. the ones that grow in the large man made fishing ponds...

I refill my pond with nutrient-filled tap water, which I'm sure adds to my SA problem. Eventually I may install a rainwater collector, but until then, what do you think: do the benefits of water changes outdo the harm they may do to my SA population? I had been doing 5-10% water changes weekly,...

I'm not sure of the cost but I think it is relatively inexpensive. We use black vinyl screening that comes in 25 ft. rolls at Lowes. It acts as both mechanical and biological (veggie is the monster water hyacinths we float on the top). With 50 yards in a 150 gallon stock tank we clean it once a...

....thorns....?? -- Wendy* in N. California, "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness." Dalai Lama "claude rogers" wrote in...

Has anyone ever had any of their fish jump out of the pond? When I came home from work today my son told me my big koi had jumped out of the pond. He was flipping around on the patio, thank goodness my son was home and got him back in right away. Mind you my pond is half above ground so he had to...

We took the kids to the National Zoo this past weekend, and near the Ape house under the Orang Utan (which is two words, I never knew that) towers, there is a great little pond. I say little, but it was easily 20 feet across. I too some pictures, and thought I'd share them with the...

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My gambusia and local snails are having a competition this year... who can single pondedly fornicate & reproduce the most offspring!!! Wilt Chamberlain...look out. I thought my 4 gambusia that multiplied into 4 billion were bad enough. Now, it appears that snails have overtaken even them in...

I just posted some new pictures from today... http://members.cox.net/bokowski/080703.html The pink lilly in the picture is about 4" and the pads are averaging around 6". The current pads are pretending to be a lotus and are inches above the water... even though the plant is 2 ft under...

Oh, wow! I could spend the day here, no problem :-) k30a and the watergardening labradors http://www.geocities.com/watergardeninglabradors/index.html

I know I may sound like a looney but... My lettuce was yellowing. My lily was yellowing. I had roughly 3tspns. to my pond last week. This week, almost all of the yellow is gone. *gulp* -- BenignVanilla

The Big Dig Update! In this issue: - Our first lotus bloom! - Roof finished. - Plants going crazy. - Clear water and first reasonable Koi pictures! http://www.popperian.com/pond/page22.htm

Row, Row, Row Your Bug Colorful Experiments Solve Water Strider Mystery: Their Middle Legs Serve as Oars By Guy Gugliotta Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, August 7, 2003; Page A06 Scientists have deciphered the mystery of how the tiny water strider -- a familiar denizen of your local pond --...

new to koi - 5 nice sized koi in 700 gallon cement pond - the local experts tell us that you never put plants in with koi because they tear them up and make a mess. Seems like they would like a little shelter with plants. Please share your experience with us. TIA L.