I have a couple koi that started flashing. I wonder whats the best medication for it. I have approx. 2000 gal. pond with waterfall & stream. Is there any medication you don' have to do big water change. Thanks for any info.

I have a 400 gallon pond that has been severely clouded from pollen and a few leaves on the bottom. i have cleaned out the leaves, poured some chemical that is supposed to clump together all the microscopic particles, but my pond is still cloudy. i have even added barley straw. Is there a...

Hi Im starting my pump up probably tonight. Water is pretty murky from winter, wanted to make sure there arent any fish orfrogs hanging out in the bottom drain. Any advice? My bottom drain is just some 3" hosing running over the liner running to a retro bottom drain. Any suggestions?

I bought some new fish on the internet and released them into my empty pond yesterday. I have two 16" koi in the main pond, so I put the 9 new ones in a different pond till they get bigger. They are pretty much staying on the bottom and I have not seen them move much. I fed them this morning and...

What stops a pond from overflowing, and water spilling out into the garden, when there is heavy rain?

I wonder if someone could help... I have seen fibre glass successfully used in the designs of garden ponds and was hoping that you might offer some advice of what materials and resins to use. The finished pond will consist if a raised water feature which will overflow through a small waterfall...

I was wondering........ why are goldfish called goldfish if they are everyother colour then gold =S

When I first started my pond about 2 - 3 years ago I came here to get ideas, advise, etc. I check in and look around from time to time every few months or so and I still see stupid post about some person named Carrol who I still dont know who is and furthermore dont really care. I came here to read...

my koi pond is without a good filter for a good 6 months out of the year. I take my veggie filter out and dont put it back in until April or so because it is too cold for plants. I let the pea soup algae soak up the nutrients until my veggie filter is back up and running. I heat my pond and it...

Hi, Im thinking of building a pond. I am going to build a brick wall in a sort of shape like this looking down from above (well not quite that shape but u get the idea.). |------------| | | \ | \ |

Black_King_Bishop wrote: Dereck better reply Furrfu! Is that the best you can do to try and stir things up? Now, I remember when trolls were creative; when we sat at the feet of Ken Boursey, hoping to catch a few crumbs. Entropy wins, I guess.

So tell us ©anadian Ponder do you swallow or spit, or just gargle to show off?

Even Derek ignores her LOL!!!!! Reel McKoi wrote: "Derek Broughton" wrote in message ... LOL. I thought I'd said :-) That pond is 5' at the deep end, and that's where the best lilies are. ========================= Maybe...

wife has just bought some lillies for the pond but the instructions say to remove the fish etc and that the plants are not suitable for koi carp. why is this? also i am loath to put the plants in the pond as it is currently host to a load of frogspawn, can i start the lillies off in a bucket...

Over time rec.ponds became full of noise, arguments, off-topic discussions and the like that it became very difficult to discuss ponds and fish and stuff, so several folks got together and tried to find some solution. In order to keep noise and arguments and things to a minimum,...

About all I can say is that mistakes were made, and we'll continue to make them, hopefully fewer as we go along. Someone else said: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." -- Galen Hekhuis Illiterate? Write for FREE help

yet another MIMI post. How low did Carol had to grovel and squirm to het posted on RPM Pathetic. Reel McKoi wrote: "Phyllis and Jim" wrote in message ... Will the rose spike jack up the total...

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Pond forum in need of knowledgeable experienced members to help other new to the hobby of pond keeping. The forums are also looking for moderators. The forums are about to seamlessly switch to a dedicated web server so that regardless of numbers of members that joins there will be no or...

HUGE 955g Acrylic Aquarium on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330104488865 This is breaking my heart to sell my 1000 (955) gallon aquarium. I was told when I bought this tank on eBay a few years ago that this tank was once owned by Scottie Pippen the Chicago Bulls Star....