My pond test strips I bought on Ebay finally arrived after waiting 19 days for Royal Snail Mail to deliver them, so I did a test. Most things are OK, (NO3=10, NO2=1, a bit high, KH=6d, ph=between 7.6 and8) but the GH is very high at 16d. The instructions with the test strips say to do a part water...

The pond is about a month old now and the resident toad that has hung around the patio the last couple of years found last night he now has a place to sing to the night on top of a turtle spitter... http://arrow-pestcontrol.com/TD1.JPG Tonight it was ..wow that little guy is really getting after...

Hi, Yeh I think thats the best thing to do. When the times comes and I have a better idea what to do. Thanks, Daniel

Hi, Now thats a brilliant shop for bulkheads except I might have forgot to mension im in the UK and we call them tank connectors I just learned. (sorry my fault) Thats a brilliant range of tank connectors if only I could find a UK online shop that did them. Thanks,

sean mckinney Wrote: What is BSP? Sorry, British Standard Pipe thread, its an old imperial spec that given your age you would have no reason to know. Ah ok, Thanks, Daniel

Sorry Im acting like a noob here. What does BSP mean. if I want a 3/4" outlet from the settlement tank into another filter (both at same level so no overflow) would I be able ot use this? http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/733-477 or

I was in the LFS the other day buying some overpriced plants when I saw a tank full of turtles. They were the infamous Red Eared Sliders, so I took a closer look. Then I saw the price, $40 Cdn. Holy Catfish, they didn't look that interesting!

FINALLY got some new pics on the site. Have picture of the new external pump set up as well. VERY simple set up. Take a look, page 8. :-) W. Dale

Hi, I am after the connector which you fit to a tank and attach a hose to the other end. In the US it is called a bulk head. What are they called in the UK and where can I find one? Also where can I get different sized water tanks to custom build filters out of? Thanks,

Our 1 yr old pump stopped, and the impeller had to be manually moved to get it going. It kept stopping, and DH said it was hot. He took it apart and found the front bearing shot. We were lucky enough to have a place nearby where he got the right bearing and replaced it. The pump was so quiet...

I am in the process of finishing up with my new pond bottom drain. I have used approximately 30' of 3" ABS pipe from the center of my pond to a gravity fed vortex tank. I am using a TETRA bottom drain which I have enclosed in concrete (2' x 2' x 2'). At a recent water garden show someone told me...

My Water Lettuce has alomost completely over taken my pond? (take a Look) http://mysocalledpondlife.blogspot.com/ Does this happen every summer? Does anyone sell theres? I saw on Ebay some a bunch of 30 going for $25.... I must have about 200! anyway anyone in LA area interested in some nice...

FINALLY got some new pics on the site. Have picture of the new external pump set up as well. VERY simple set up. Take a look, page 8. :-) W. Dale

Hi, This is my 1st post on here. I'm Dan and I'm 16. Im from the UK and I am a bit of a mad ponder. My current pond is pretty feeble. about 4ft square and 35cm deep with small filter and waterfall. Has 4 goldfish, 1 white/ orange comet and 1 shubunkin. Hypothetically if I were to build a new pond...

Hi, Thanks for the warm welcome. Is this forum a multi country forum. If so thats quite cool. The ones I am on are quite divided. Anywhoo I hope to stick around and I will be more than happy to help anyone who is stuck. I'm not a newbie to the pond game as this new ponds will be my 4th pond...

Hello all! I have been enjoying my new pond until I saw a drowned sparrow in it. I think he tried to land on my water lettuce. How do you deal with this? I was thinking of placing chicken wire under the plants

I came back from holiday on the 19th of July to find my 30cm asagi koi had an infected sore in it's side near the tail. on the 23rd the sore was cleaned, swabed with iodine and given anti-biotic injection. Fish has been treated with idodine again on 26th, 29th, 2th August and today (7th). The fish...

http://mysocalledpondlife.blogspot.com/ well my turtles seem to like the new stream! Been their new sunbathing spots the last two days in the morning when the sun is full strenght there--happy turtles dont you think?

I've only just noticed this fish swimming oddly and hiding in amongst the shallows. On closer inspection the lower half of the tailfin is missing I searched around and think it may be Fin rot. http://www.landshapes.btinternet.co.uk/temp/koi_0804-175907.jpg Do you think it is worth treating or...

Just picked up some bearded iris bulbs from Wal-Mart, and was wondering if they are pondable? -- Gareee's Homepage: http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/ellison/86/mainframe.htm Remove Delicious spam to reply