pictures? Here is the umbrella I use. :-) http://southernpatio.com/ssmpages/SSMSouthButter2.html Lori

It's that time of the year (finally) when summer in Chicago has heated up enough that I'm about to compost some of the water hyacinths. I'm also slowly removing as much water celery as I can, as it has been far too invasive, on land as well as in pond. Anybody in this area like any free plants? ...

have any of you made 'up' charts to use for recording water testing, meds added, etc.?? maybe on power point or some other program? want to share with the rest of us??? the koi KHA site has one , but not enough room to write... muffin . looking at scraps of paper.........

I am in the process of building a pond about 1500 gallons. I currently have two submersible pumps. 1 535 gph beckett, 1 200 gph (not sure) My wife wants a waterfall probably about 2 ft high.. I am trying to understand the Pluses and Minuses of a normal pond pump vs a waterfall pump...

Hi, I'm new to this newsgroup, just doing research to see whether I'm going to put a pond in. I already bought some whiskey barrel planters to start off my yard with a water feature to see how it goes. To me, the most intimidating thing about doing a full pond is the electrical...

I wanted to pick up this little twig the other day, but it moved... it turned out to be a butterfly/moth. Never seen something like this before, and I'm not sure it's native. Perhaps it escaped from a house somewhere ? Nature at it's best eh :-) (250 Kb download, but worth it I think ! )

Well, I hope not, I've had my pond in the ground for almost 17 years now, in one form or another, and I have cats and dogs both, they drink from it on a regular basis. None of them has ever taken ill from it. There are plenty of other things in a garden that can make a pet ill. Toads and Frogs both...

Not sure what breed they are, kinda greenish blue, I have been following all the notes about them, and haven't heard of a good control method. They seem to be taking over my small pond, that is already over stocked. When I feed, the Koi and Goldfish seem to stay away from the food, and the dozens...

Hi, I have a small pool about 9ft 650 gallons. I had a problem with cloudy water. I have a ph of 8.1 and akaline of 205 and calium hardness of 330. I put in a little muriatic acid and it cleared up the cloudy water instantly. It seems I still have a high ph and a high alkaline level. I also...

I have a 400 gallon pond with too many fish... just gonna admit that up front. I have a fluidized sand filter and a 1 cubic foot lava filter along with a good plant load in the pond and lava filter. My LFS tests my water for me, and for the past couple of months I have been running at a .02 (or...

Hi, everyone... I posted yesterday regarding my water lettuce turning yellow with amazing speed in an otherwise healthy pond. I am under the gun because of our pond being part of a tour this weekend. I was looking into using PondCare's "Aquatic Plant Stimulant" after researching on the 'net and...

Susan H. Simko wrote: If you were a battery manufacturer in Italy by the name of Powergen what would you call yourself? Powergenitalia? Surely not! Oh yes they did: http://www.powergenitalia.com/

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:52:06 -0400, "NJ" wrote: The pond has been great all summer, but suddenly my water lettuce is yellowing, even the "pups". All the usual levels continue to be fine. I have added potash every two weeks and have not done anything different. Clarity...

Goodness gracious! I turned on the news today and saw that they were digging up someone's pool to look for clues in the 28 year old mystery of the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.... and I remembered the answer to what is mulm? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mulm is stuff that builds up...

I went out to vote in a local election and on the way home stop to dig up some cattails growing in the ditch down the road. It was a fairly busy highway but fortunately only three or four cars went by. Only one had a good piece of root because I had to move fast. The ground was quite dry. I had to...

That poor fishy stuck in the milk crate has got me think'in. I am using milk crates for plant stands, my fish are still fairly small, less than 10 inches, someone said they use concrete blocks treated or acid washed or painted or something. Exactly what did you do to them to prevent leeching lime...

The unique shape makes it almost attractive ....... I think ......... it kind of grows on you. Looks good and seems to do what it was made for. "Rhino" wrote in message ... I have new pix on my webshots site of a shade sail over the...

When I went at my pond design, I purposely included concepts like a bottom drain and a shallow VF to reduce my maintenance. I have A LOT of plants, and do not intend to feed my fish, in the hopes that I can strike a balance of plants and animals. So far, my first season, things are going well. I...

I would appreciate advice on how to eliminate the green tint in my pond water. The water is "clear" in the sense that I can see the bottom but the green tint, which I assume is algae related, is not good. My system consists of the following: - A 4000 gallon concrete pond (with black epoxy coating)...

This year is the experimental year for the 3000gallon pond plumbing since it is the first year. I am thinking of just running the OASE skimmer and removing the aftermarket bottom drain. I live in Zone 4 and the pond will be drained yearly do to freezing. Is this a bad idea? I have a 3800...