Koi A'hoy! wrote: Welcome to rec.ponds! Some of us are still here, despite the noise of attack posts. Please post any questions you have, or simply introduce yourself under a new header. We have a lot of talented and knowledgeable people who post here and they may be able to solve...

Sorry if this is a little long, but being a noob, I didn't want to accidently leave out any important details. I have a 6-week old 1000 gallon pond w/ a short stream and waterfall and about two dozen 3" fish. About 1/3 of the pond is covered with water lettuce and hyacinths, plus I have one lily,...

As most of you know (ad nauseum) I've been fighting the dreaded Hair Algae all summer. I've been adding nutrients (Iron, Potassium, Magnesium, Nitrates), Aquazyme and Water Lettuce but the Algae kept marching on at the expense of the other plants. I even tried the miracle grow bath for the WH...

i am having problem with fish getting ulcers in tail what could be causing this . pond is natural gets water from brook which then flows thru two ponds pumped thru Laguna filter then back into brook.

We had pretty bad storms yesterday but todays water readings are; Amonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Total hardness 40 Total alkalinity 120 PH is 7.5 Last weeks readings were; Amonia 0

Hi group, I was hoping some of you might be able to suggest some ideas to help control our string algae problem. Thanks in advance. Our pond is approaching 1 year old now. We have about 5400 gallons with a depth to about 45". One large 4' wide waterfall that is fed by two Savio biofall...

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Hi Cat Litter makes good Aquatic Soil ? Pretty sure I've read about this before here, but memory fails me when it comes to details. I'm assuming no perfumed or chemically treated stuff (obviously) but can anyone tell me what else to look out for? I'm in the UK so non UK brands won't mean anything...

There is no way to net these little goldfish. There are hundreds of them and most of them are small (1/2" or so). I think we will pull the turtles out for a few days when we treat the water and hopefully they will all be OK. I tried googling the works Supaverm and turtles and still can't find...

New entry this week - aquatic snails! On the homefront the pond has been neglected as I ended up in the hospital having my appendix removed. But now I'm HOME and very happy to be here. And just to make life exciting my DH is having knee surgery this week! Luckily the twins are between college...

Dear pond aficionado's, I'm about to apply some natural stone to my cement block (fiberglass coated) pond. The rock (approximately 1-2 inches in diameter) will be tightly layed on the sides and progress to a more sparse distribution on the floor of the pond. I need to grout the rock but the...

I built a pond (fountain) that has a concrete base with concrete blocks around the edge to create the pond. Despite that I treated the block with some water sealer I get seepage to the exterior of the blocks. Is there any type of water treatment that I can add to the water that will stop the...

My water is finally starting to clear, still can't seem to raise the hardness. But now a dang heron is hanging out. I got to get a net over my pond. Not go be easy since its 15x15. Maybe I should have left it green since I didn't have a bird problem. :-( Priss

I have my 4 Red Earred Slider turtles in an outdoor pond and all is going well. However, I have tons of feeder fish and goldfish that have taken over. I really only want my koi and my turtles and the pond company sold me a product called Supraverm. It will kill the goldfish and feeder fish and the...

Hi I am looking to add some fish to my pond,but am not sure what fish to get,I have 5 goldfish at the moment the only problem i have is that the pond is not big enough for koi as it is 9ft long 3ft wide and varies from a foot to 2and a half feet deep. Can anybody help me out with what fish i could...

I just moved my fish from a temporary 300 gallon stock tank to their permanent new pond. I'm planning to keep my old tank as a hospital tank. I'm thinking of putting in some BT (Vectolex or mosquito dunks) into the hospital tank to keep the mosquitoes down. Does anybody know for sure if these...

Hi guys, well I finally got my pond up and running. I put some cheap goldfish in there and they seem to be fine. So thanks to the group for answering my Q's. Now I'm having a big problem finding Watercress for my filter. I think it would be the perfect plant as it likes partial shade and moving...

I am in the UK and am building a wildlife pond. What is the maximum slope desirable for creatures to get in and out, well out mainly, I guess they can jump in ? :-) Also should I plant around it for protection or leave it bare so that domestic cats can't lie in wait?

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Well I guess it had to happen one day. I had my first dead fish in over seven years today. Out of the original 12 feeder goldfish I bought over seven years ago, one died the second day. There have been no more until today... The pond is loaded with plants as is the veggie filter. The water is...