I bought some calcium bentonite yesterday. I have green water in my pond and it won't clear. Its been up and running since March. 15x15 4ft deep. About 9 Koi of various sizes, none bigger than 13 inchs. It has 3 bottomdrains witch goes into a 4x10 4ft settlement/filter pond. My pump is a Sequence...

Good grief the water lettuce has taken over the pond and is making moves to break for the house! It looks like you can walk across it. Turtles do not seem to like to eat water lettuce but they are sure enjoying the water hyacinth. The hornwort, which started as a sprog, has also gone gonzo. The...

Is it normal to loose some water like around 1/2" inch or so over a couple of days? it has been dry here and partly sunny over the weekend.But this is the first time i noticed it. Thanks..................

Good evening, Today for the first time all season I can see the bottom of my pond. It was just a matter of waiting and letting nature take care of the algae. I just read an article on the MS State University website about new recommendations for fertilizing our state's catfish ponds. It seems...

hope everyone is enjoying this morning it is very nice and cool here in nebraska I will go out today and enjoy my flowers and my pond you are invited to join my groups http://groups.msn.com/ourwatergardeningadventures http://groups-beta.google.com/group/watergardenfriends have a sunshiny...

Just added 2 of these suckers in my pond and I think they are trying to escape.....is this normal? They are jumping at the edges as if they are trying to bust out of the place. Should I invest in a net??

Hello folks, I was hoping that someone here could help me with a problem. I have a 2000 gallon pond with a biofilter waterfall and a skimmer. I have many water plants including 5 lillies. This is the second summer for this pond. Earlier this spring I had a string algae problem, but with patience...

I found them. It's Tetra-Fish, not Tetra. :-) I'll give them a call in the morning. -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

I'm trying to find out what this thing is. I'd appreciate your ideas. Here are a couple photos of it: http://photos.yahoo.com/billgangley2005

Today we tossed five bushels of plants out of our berm ponds. Nutrients that are not growing algae! Hyacinth, celery, mostly. Mississippi is HOT. The koi hang out under the plants a lot of the time. We thought they might use the 7' deep well, but find that the circulation makes that about the...

I need some sort of bacteria starter/sludge eater for my ponds. I can not get to www.pondguy.com to pick up any CSA that is so highly recommended on this group. I was looking at buying some Pond-Zyme as it seems to be about what I need. Is the CSA no longer available? Is there a (inexpensive)...

I got a lifetime supply of 10 lbs delivered right to my door for $31.49! :-) The ChemestryStore.com Excellent service and nice people to deal with. -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ ...

Just added a new pond Messae Board to My So Called Pond Life Blog So Now feel free to come and discuss pond related issues. Build and Design Questions? AS well as questions and help for your little pond critters! Thanks and enjoy http://mysocalledpondlife.blogspot.com/

http://mysocalledpondlife.blogspot.com/ check out some Birds Eye View pictures of my pond taken this morning! Tons of other phots--so check it out! Archive containts the pond build!

Does anyone in the Balimore area have a spare couple of female long fin blue shubunkins? Alan -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Please use address alanh77comcast.net to reply via e-mail. **

CArol is getting kill filed across the board, since she refuse to use a filter, it seems she will be filterd out. LOL. poor newbies however. Inbreeding will kill the group no matter how well a filter is put up. solution: talk.free.newsservers moderated. Mike Dee wrote: Maxx Pollare...

1) I bought some FLoating Hearts and there are no traditional roots, just stems. If I want to plant it so it doesn't float all over the pond and take over, can I just put the stems in a put? I don't know what would keep the stems in and not floating away... 2) I also bought some water forget me...

Hi, all! We have now over 340 members since we started back in March 05. The new URL is http://www.slipperorchidforum.com There is also a new addition, an Auction Section. Check it out! Thanks for looking! Pete

I have two half barrels, each with a types of platy. One has sunburst, and the other has red wag.......I initially bought 12 of each type with 10 females and 2 males in each group. Within 48 hours all 4 male platys were dead..........water parameters are dead on and the water is perfect.......I...

again and again and again http://mysocalledpondlife.blogspot.com/ check out my pond blog-Tons of photos added all the time--check back in the archives to see my pond build! Tons of pictures of turtles, ko, frogs, etc! Lots of supply links and info on pond building--check it out-thanks