HI, We have had a successful, small (100 gallon), garden pond for some years. We have lost some fish to raccoons, but with fishing line across pond to deter herons, and a petstore electric fence to ward off raccoons, have recently done well. HOWEVER after a bird commotion today, we looked to see...

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Hello everyone this is my first post My pond is a little over 2 years old now and I can not keep the water clear this year. I live in a very hot climate 100+ all summer, the pond is in direct sun until my trees get bigger. 1200 gallons with 12 ft of water fall length, Pond master 4800 gph pump...

I've got algae with all this hot weather. Suggestions?

In St. Charles, Illiniois, Aquascape Designs just opened "the world's largest pond". It is an impressive feature on the front of their corporate office/warehouse. They are having tours this weekend. I went yesterday, and was duly impressed. I wish I knew about thie earlier in order to give...

Hi ... new to site so please bear with me, I have a small garden pond with a bio filter and external uv supplied by a more than adequate pump. The pond has been up and running for a good two years now and I have generally had no problems but recently the bio filter has started to frequently block...

Im moving house to Northampton soon and the water supply there has a outbreak of Cryptosporidium at present and people are being told to boil water before giving to pets and humans using it. Does anyone know where I stand as far as using it cos I need to store fish in a small swimming pool until...

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Hi, I have a fluid art challenger system running against our pond. I suspect I have a vacuum leak somewhere since the pump starves for water after about 10-12hrs. Any pointers on how one can diagnose the problem? No apparent water leaks while the system is running. TIA

Hi Just a follow up to the Garden Watermill posting. There appears to be some interest judging by the number of views in the short period of time of the posting. To further the interest anyone wishing to view the watermills can do so at www.unique-garden-features.co.uk The watermill shown is...

Hi I've noticed recently that a couple of my fish (goldfish) have lost their tails. I'm assuming this is tailrot\finrot. I've googled the subject and discovered that it's quite easy to treat by medicine and a partial water change but is there anything else I can do to make sure it doesn't happen...

Can any one help? I have built my pond 8' long, 6'wide and 2' deep. I am also building a stream which when complete will be approx 80' long. The height from the pond to the waterfall at the begining of the stream is only about 6'. So my question is! Would I only need a pump with a safe head of say...

We're having a bit of a pond disaster at the moment and I'm hoping for some tips. We had 10 goldfish/shubumkins in our pond but gradually they have all died over the past year one by one. We now only have one left. The pond is about 5 feet wide and 8 feet long and ranges from 3 -5 feet in depth....

I bought some flexible PVC pipe to connect to my pump and filter. However, I am having problem to connect it with the normal PVC coupling, due to the surface of the flexible PVC pipe is not as smooth as a PVC pipe. I have a hard time to push the pipe inside the coupling. Does anyone have similar...

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I set up a small aquarium and used de-chlor. Waited a week and bought a goldfish. After one week it had Ich, used malachite green and raised tank temperature to 80 deg., it recovered. Then at it's 2 week mark the goldfish looked ill and had its tail corroding - I assumed with tailrot. Took a...

Hi Ann, Long time since I've been here! Hadn't you moved away from Houston? Anyway, it might have been my post? When I had city water with chlorimine in it, I used to attach a water filter to the end of my garden hose and just let it trickle through the filter to add water. Not the cheapest...

Hi Ann, Sorry the link didn't work. Goto www.homedepot.com and type in a search for 'whole house water filter' The price can vary from $39 to $70 depending on where you buy it. Yes, it removed the ammonia/chlorine mixture that was in our water. Before I used it, I tested the water before it...

ps, I didn't mean to recommend HomeDepot, it's best to go to a local hardware store so you can check the threading for the filter. You might need a small adapter. -------------= Posted from Ugroups.com =------------- ---= Fast & Free Web Portal to Usenet Newsgroups =--- -------------=...