Anne Lurie wrote: Here's an offer for you, skooch -- you go back under your rock, and rec.ponds will forget you were ever here. Otherwise, some of us will be waiting to hear what you have to say and have rebuttals ready before you even have the chance to see your own post in print, as...

Will look it up thanks. The filter is 4 foot tall so it might not be that bad it is large enough to handle the full 3800GPH plus if I was pumping with no head at all. "RichToyBox" wrote in message news:HoFTa.116262$GL4.30407@rwcrnsc53... It is my understanding that you...

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 02:12:16 GMT, "LN \(remove NOSPAM\)" wrote: I was calling the critters in my pond last year toads. Then someone said, "They can't be toads as toads aren't water critters. What you have must be frogs." But after reading on here, sounds like...

I'm new to ponds and I'm trying to set one up. I got a pump that specifies that it takes 1" hose. This will feed a filterfalls waterfall that specifies that it has a 1 1/2" bulkhead. The manuals provided really don't help in how to best hook up hoses to them. Should I just get hose clamps from...

FBCS wrote: Can you rate this product and or set-up. I am over populated and I am increasing pond size (approx 3000 - 4000 gal). This looks like the best system (veggie filter). I really need your opinions before I spend lots of $$$$. If you have a product you like better I would like to...

Hank Pagel wrote: This is the third time this year that I have found a disemboweled bull frog on my deck when I came out in the morning. I would not mind as much if they were eaten, that's nature. But to kill for the hell of it, that's human nature. Plants are trashed,...

Yesterday, I noticed a Box Turtle (I think that's what it was) next to one of my raised beds. Actually, I nearly stepped on the poor guy, because I wasn't expecting any surprises there! The turtle seems to be missing one of its front legs. I don't know how this affects its ability to move...

I have my usual summer bumper crop of SA and am once again trying to figure out how to change this permanently. I know my pond does not circulate very well (filter and waterfall both on the same end) and that my aeration isn't that great (short waterfall), but beyond that I'm stymied. My water is...

Hi Bonnie The Kids (Moses, Jewel, Shadow, and Houdini) wanted me to say hi for them And give you a few messages: Moses -I'm leading my sibs through the Desolate Pond (Quarantine pool) Jewel - I'm as beautiful as ever Shadow - I love playing follow the leader Houdini - I bet you can't guess why he...

Hi, I built a small pond and then 3 toads suddenly appeared. I found out in our area they were called CO. toads. I looked them up in the computer and they are also poisonous to pets, dogs, cats etc. They have poisonous glands. So I went out and within a couple of nights rounded them up and...

I cleaned out my parents pond today and when I got out I noticed about 100 little worms on my feet. But they really turned out to be leaches. We don't know where they came from. Would they have come from an infected fish or plants? Anyway I remember seeing something about removing leaches by...

welll, after several weeks of teen leaves , I found one floating off on its own, with part of the tuber attached!!!! luckily, It was Just the 30 day replacement guarantee last day!!! I have to take the thing back tomorrow,,,,,,,,, but was given the 3rd degree,,, "did" you pull on IT" " how deep...

Sounds like readings from a KH test kit. KH measures the alkalinity of the pond water. I like to keep the KH at close to 140. Or a pH of 8.4... I add baking soda to get the KH reading up. One cup of Baking Soda to 1,000 gallons of water. Only add one cup at a time each day until you have reached...

I received my shipment of duckweed from BenignVanilla & put IT in my pond. ummmmm IT lasted all of 43 min 18 seconds!!!! dang those fish loved that stuff *pout* that was one expensive meal

I was offered a small catfish for my pond. I have 5 koi, and several other small goldfish. Is a catfish a good idea to add? I have plenty of room for an extra fish.

Hi, I'm not a regular here and I don't know too much about ponds but I could use some advice. While out in the garden found a great diving beetle (I assume, it was a good 2 inches long!), swimming around, brazen as you like, in the pond. Grabbed the net and tried to snag it but it plunged and I...

Hey Theo! Honey is fine for them; if you can find bee pollen, that's good, too. The (extremely!) high-end Japanese import foods have honey and bee pollen in them. Another thing you could try: koi *love* garlic!!! When I mix up paste food for them, I always add garlic powder, and they eat it right...

BenignVanilla wrote in message ... I'd... ...have all of my plumbing enter the VF at the same location so I could peel the liner back to re-work the hole. Right now, I have a pipe on one end and on one...

Hi, I'm new to this pond thing and have had mine built and running for about 4 weeks. Its about 600 gallons. However, when we built it we did not think about filtration (mech or bio) and now my pond has turned a shade of brownish red. I think , from what I've read on the internet, that I want...

I have seen a picture of some Red Shiners or Rainbow Dace and I would love to introduce them into my pond here in the UK. However I understand that you need a licence to keep them. How much is a licence and how do I obtain one. The next problem is how do I find someone who stocks them. Finally do...