small koi vortex replacement filter midea i'm after the cirlcle pads can;'t seem to find them anywhere is there anything else i can use instead? -- roboticnat

i'm sorting soem guys pond out or him as he doesn't have a clue its a big 10k litre to 15k litre i'm not sure hwat the filter is caleld so i have included photos of the filter and all...

Greetings Just discovered this site and as i'm owning my first house with a garden i think it may be invaluable. Anyway i have bought a house with a pond, not a big pond. It has a fish mate 2000 fountain and just discovered the pump round the back (a fish mate 2500UV) which feeds a mini...

Hi Folks I have a stream that worked well many years ago it made from granite stone and is approx 5 inches wide and 2 inches deep. The base and sides are made from granite and are set on a concrete base with a liner under the granite sets to stop leakages. Over the years cracks have appeared in...

We're all over here having a pondy old time. http://groups.google.com/group/rec.ponds.moderated/topics hth

Our Aquascape pond is 3 1/2 years old, and now looks as if it needs cleaning. The pebbles that cover the entire pond and streams are covered in algae and look unsightly. We have had two cleaning estimates: One proposed power washing the rocks; the other said that the algae on the rocks should be...

Hi After three or four power failures in quick succession my pond pump has stopped working, there seems to be no power to the motor. I have checked a looked at the obvious wiring and fuse faults all ok. So im just wondring if the pump has had it or can it possibly be repaired. The pump is a...

Hi, I excavated a 5 x 3m pond last April, lined it and filled it, bought masses of oxygenating plants and potted up some pond plants but now one year on, despite clearing all debris in the autumn and again this week, the water is brown, stagnant and all but a handful of oxygenators are dead. I...

HI there I have a oase biotec screenmatic set and to the right of it near where the uv screws on to it there are long white tubes with like stone in them. Sorry I cant be more specific. I heard from someone that you are supposed to dip them in salt water anually cos there something to do with...

Taking off the netting today I have just had a good look at my pond after the winter - and was dismayed to see that blanket weed appears to already have started to sprout , which considering the coldness I find amazing. Last year I had a real job keeping it under control. I am sure its been asked...

My clay pond dries out in summer. I want to plant it up. Any ideas for suitable plants. -- PreMonier

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Hi everyone, I found a great resource for sharing ponds (and other garden things too!) at http://www.YardShare.com. There are loads and loads of pictures of all kinds of ponds (on of my favourites is http://tinyurl.com/ybjeube) Tell me what you think!!

Hi I am a newbie here and I need some advice about filtration. I have a small pond approx 2m x 1.5m x 0.5m with an underwater pump and a small waterfall. It has no fish(I may want to add a few later) but some lillies and a couple of other oxygenating plants. Sounds pretty basic, I guess, but my...

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have been digging up sod in yard and finding quite a few grubs...........ok to feed these to comets?

I've sold my house with my pond, the new people don't want my fish, so I'm moving them with me, I'll be building a new pond at the new house, 200gal. I need to buy a pressure filter, I would like to hear some anyone who can give me any ideas as to what brands work for a reasonable price and...

I am very new to this site and new to gardening overall, and therefore apologise for this very basic question. I have quite a large garden and am thinking of building a largeish pond (22m x 17m approx 430,000 litres using internate calculation tools) My question is how do I fill it with water? (as...

Hi, Im new here, this is my first question, please be gentle I have what looks like orange scrambled egg on top of the pond, it is a well established pond of about 8 years, ive never seen this before, and as fast as i take it off it comes back. Is it some sort of algae? How can I get rid of it?

We have recently cleaned out our pond and pulled out some plants as the pond was overrun with iris' and lillies. Before this our koi were swimming about, feeding well and were almost tame, ie: approaching surface and fedding well and sociable. Now however, they have "sunk" to the back of the pond...