To whom it may concern. Fill out what you can, leave others blank, but don't delete the questions. Sick Fish or Sick Pond Form Please describe your problem, including fish characteristics, like; whirling, flashing, gasping at surface, wounds, etc.: Pond Size in Gallons?...

Hi ponders My pond is little more than a puddle when compared to some of the ones that I have seen belonging to you pond stalwarts. 6'x5'x2.5'x6 if my maths are correct = 450 gall. The pond is quite heavily planted and the water is crystal clear. The pump feeding the waterfall changes the pond...

Poor Fishie! It sounds to me like it is a SHE ... and She has been chased almost to death. Think Spawning. The black sounds like wounds that are healing. She needs a Rest. If the other fish are leaving her alone I may think about leaving her in the pond. If they still want to chase her, then...

ok, from the discussions on here, I figured,, I'll try a bubbleeye. purchased a 4" one last week, its in the quarantine tank with a few other goldfish with a cover of anacharis & air stone. today, I got a 1 1/2 " one,, (sooo cute),,, in the tank. go to check on it a few hours later..........one...

Hi. I found some fish eggs on one of my plants a few weeks ago, so I took the plant from the big koi and golfish pond and put it in the new, smaller turtle pond. I figured when the goldfish hatched, it would be good food for the turtles. Today I noticed about 10 baby fish (no more than 1/2 long)...

Must be an interesting feeling to semi-spam a news group and then to be mocked, lampooned, reviewed and questioned by forty or so people. Hang in there pond woman. Nice remarks and few spams can rehabilitate an image. The ng is very much into human...

Hello, one of my 13" koi has been looking pretty fat in the belly area. For the last 24-36 hrs one of the other koi has been following nudging this one fat koi. My question is, do the koi lay live fish or eggs? The reason is that there are a thousand 1/16" eggs stuck to my plants, pumps, some...

Hey, I just took a few pictures of my ponds, sorry about the picture quality, my digital camera isn't very good. Thanks for the help everybody I couldn't of done this without you guys. Mike

I want to move my koi to another pond, what should I do to make sure they survive ok? One of them died a couple days ago when I moved them so I want to be sure this time. Thanks Mike

We have had plastic milk crates in our pond for years without any mishaps. Then, about ten days ago, one of our pretty fantail koi decided to push through an opening that was too small. Jim came out and saw it at the bottom, about 1/2 way through the crate, with tadpoles on it. He assumed...

I have a Koi that has developed something very strange and (unfortunately) new to me. I have noticed that for the last couple of days he was acting strange sitting very close to the the edge of the pond between 2 marginal plants and was not moving at all. I had a close look and I couldnt see...

Due to the heavy rains and the flooding we got from tropical depression Biil ......I have to drain and refasten the bottom drain ...........ugh...what a bummer.......I bought 10 foot kiddie pool to put the fish in ....... I think it's about 250 gal............ I have 8 18" koi and 6 small 5" koi...

----- Original Message ----- From: "John Rutz" Newsgroups: rec.ponds Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 11:28 AM Subject: babies my Koi spawned over the last two week ends I moved some of the egg bearing algae into a kiddie pool. cheking it this morning i saw at least...

anyone watch Tremors last night in sci-fi?? well one guy was poisoning the 'poor' graboid with small amounts of PP. & IT finally ate him with the guys pockets FULL of the stuff ( which made him the graboid pretty sick, & they had to make him an antidote).. anyway,, Bert was nearby when he said...

BV, I don't know if you got my email or not...do you have any plants now to spare? If so email me at and we'll make arrangements for payment and delivery. Thanks ~Wilson~

I'm a total newbie, so my suggestion may be WAY off track with your meaning; but I made an 'accidental' filter. I bought a pretty bamboo spout and attached it to the hose from the pump. The hose from the pump is bigger than the plastic hose that runs through the bamboo. At any rate, the...

I bought a couple new goldfish (forgot the actual type) yesterday and noticed today that one was just floating below the surface and not really moving much. He wasn't gasping and would occasionally swim around, but for the most part, just floated. I separated him from the rest and now tonight he...

I put some new pics of the veggie filter and big TT on the Project 2003 page I also put some pics of the surviving Koi on the fish page John Rutz Z5 New Mexico

I have a small pond (500 gallons). I have been given 2 koi as a gift. One is 18" the other is around 6. The smaller is a butterfly koi. Anyway, the butterfly koi seems to swim under the big koi, sort of hanging in it's shadow. Just wanted to make sure this is normal, and not something else I...

Is it legal to take pond plants from a local pond? I have a Pickerel weed (given to me by a friend who was thinning theirs) and would like more. My local pond has a TON. As a matter of fact, it has more plant life than it ever has. Starting to look clogged. Tons of water lilies as well. Is it...