Recap - we made a second island, didn't have it supported well enough and it floated off its base and sank. So we redid the base, put a big rock in the middle of the planter and raised Atlantis. It is fine. It is built out of aged builders brick (good for fishy condos) and topped with a large flat...

i previously had two canister type filters on my 2000g pond.one was rated for 500g and the other for 250g. i thought one was rated for 750g but 750g was it's max flow rate. these filters clogged weekly and i could clean them in the morning and by sunset they would be very dirty again. i don't want...

What size leaf pad can I expect from a Nymphaea 'Solfatare' water lily? Alex

I'm located in Northern Pa USA. All the pond stores around here including lowes and homedepot don't really have a large selection of pond plants and such.Looking for a online site that offers a wide variety of plants

A neighbor recently lost all but about 5 fish (he figures he had nearly 40 including a crop of last year's babies) to raccoons. Some of his fish were 10 years old so you can imagine how upset he is. Since I live across the street, I'm concerned about the raccoon(s) stopping by here. I've already...

This one comes from waaaay back in my career as a suburban wildlife wrangler. kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com this week ~ a snake story Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~ http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

I and finally see down a couple of feet! YEA!! :-) . Just about done plumbing for the external pumps. Will post the pics when I get them done. Sure is nice to REALLY be able to see the fish! Have a great Saturday all! W. Dale

This just in, granny has been sighted. Film at 11 and get ready for the real posters to resume

Took a few pictures which I'll post links for this evening. The "Virginalis" hardy lily has a single flower, good old "Fabiola" has blooms all over the place. And Walter seems to have taken up his hot weather residence under a biggish bed of escaped "Sumptuosa" lilies. Notes to self: Digital...

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After building a separate pond for the frogs last year we began to see more frogs around. So last night for the very first time they laid eggs. Where? In the fish pond! I tried to move some of the eggs to the frog pond so the fish wouldn't eat them but when I put them in they sank to the...

Any one ever feed their koi trout food? I have noticed several people have stated they feed catfish food to their koi with no adverse affects. My next door neighbor just bought a 50 lb bag of trout pellets for about $25.00. He is interested in trying it out because the the high protein content...

to the village gate and stone them to death as per the Old Testament. Then we can all have a fine bible study with JABRIOL at the closest Kingdom Hall. -=- A description of hell if I ever reead one!!

A lady here told me about using watercress for my pond helping it filter if anyone know how to use the watercress please let me know I bought some but putting it under a rock as suggested makes it completely under water is this ok and will it grow Please advise on proper use The lady that...

In which Luka, the elderly terrier-based mutt and I walk down to the pond and have a looksee. Mid-eighties, and humidity you can cut with a knife, which means the pond life is happy as can be. The bass are jumpin' and the cattails are high. The over wintered mystery lotus is starting to put up...

My aunt has a 1250 gallon pond with a skimmer and UV light. Apparently her UV light went bad and her pond turned into pea soup. All of her fish died, I suspect from lack of oxygen; but they assumed it was the algae. My well meaning but misguided uncle poured a gallon of bleach in to kill off the...

"Anonymous" wrote in message news:84YWYOSX38512.8553356482@anonymous... Those who argue for abortion contend that the fetus is not a human entity because it cannot live by itself. If that is the case, what is to be said of adults whose survival depends...

Went out tonight to check the ponds and in the bog, I spotted at least six bitty, baby froglets! They were about as big as the end of pencil eraser. Some still had their tails and they were sitting on lily pads, of course. kathy :-)www.blogfromthebog.com this week ~ the damselfly

We had an entire day of heavy rain on Friday. My sisters pond which is about 500g is located in full sun, raised above ground abour 1/2 a foot, and usually has green algae hiding the 8 fish. Saturday morning we came out to find the pond completely crystal clear....and then noticed the fish were...

Thru the master gardener grapevine that jan is privy to there came a painted turtle who needed a home so jan thought of me! Very nice lady and her sweet *almost* 8th grade daughter brought over a large painted turtle, about the size of a salad plate. Turtle slipped right in the water and swam...