Forum: General
April 26th 07, 07:59 PM Posted to rec.ponds
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Forum: General
April 26th 07, 02:39 PM Posted to rec.ponds
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rec.ponds.moderated
A lot of us share your liking for civil interction and have made the
switch. It is sad to see a good group like this wasted by hostility.
Jim
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Forum: General
April 17th 07, 12:27 PM Posted to rec.ponds
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Overflowing Pond!
In an river or a lake we call that flooding. Ponds too. Ours
overflows in big rains. We built in a place for it to do that by
having a part of the cement edge that is 1 1/2" lower than the...
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Forum: General
April 17th 07, 01:21 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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New pond/koi owner questions
Chereena,
Ingrid is right about lava rocks (lots of surface to start with, soon
clogged). It is good that they are not in your pond. Keep us posted
as to how your veggie filter does once the...
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Forum: General
April 16th 07, 11:38 PM Posted to rec.ponds
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New fish behavior
The big ones won't harm a 5" small one. They may, however, be hard to
catch! Even when Jim isolated several in a 'neck' in the pond, they
were hard to catch and promptly jumped out over a screen...
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Forum: General
April 15th 07, 09:14 PM Posted to rec.ponds
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New pond/koi owner questions
Your top pond sounds as though it could serve as a veggie filter.
Does it have 10% the surface of the lower pond? That is the
recommended minimum for a veggie filter.
If you have good root systems...
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Forum: General
April 9th 07, 02:46 PM Posted to rec.ponds
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Pathetic
On Apr 9, 8:07 am, "Dude" wrote:
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...
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Forum: General
March 29th 07, 01:56 PM Posted to rec.ponds
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rec.ponds.moderated
On Mar 29, 5:40 am, Gary Woods wrote:
"Phyllis and Jim" wrote:
I used to live in Syracuse. Are you near there?
In global terms, yes:...
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Forum: General
March 29th 07, 04:54 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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Views: 3,706
rec.ponds.moderated
On Mar 28, 6:39 am, Gary Woods wrote:
"swarvegorilla" wrote:
But they'll never take...
OUR FREEDOM!!!
AOL
Me too!
/AOL
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Forum: General
February 26th 07, 12:26 PM Posted to rec.ponds
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re.Koi Food -
Gill,
I did not see any advocating catfish food for koi. I wish I had. I
will take a closer look at the ingredients of the food I have been
using when I start up in the spring.
Jim
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Forum: General
February 26th 07, 02:23 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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re.Koi Food -
Jan,
I took your suggestion of Googling. I tried 'koi catfish food'
Interesting results:
-http://www.ponddoc.com/WhatsUpDoc/FishHealth/Fattening.html
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Forum: General
February 26th 07, 01:56 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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Replies: 111
Views: 41,614
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Forum: General
February 26th 07, 01:55 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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Views: 41,614
re.Koi Food -
Jan,
Thanks for pursuing the article. Lots of good stuff in it.
She is very clear about not liking trout and catfish food. I am sorry
she does not discuss the deficiencies of it any further. I...
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Forum: General
February 25th 07, 01:05 PM Posted to rec.ponds
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February 25th 07, 03:46 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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The benefits of UVC - newbie question
We found the UV not useful once the fall cold comes...the water is the
proverbial 'gin' (or tea) clear then. We run it in the spring and
as needed other times. It is easy to tell if it is needed...
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Forum: General
February 25th 07, 03:32 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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February 24th 07, 12:36 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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The benefits of UVC - newbie question
Gill,
We use a Tetra UV to kill the algae. Works fine and is not really
needed all season. It is much nicer for us than waiting for the algae
bloom to pass. Some would feel that it is better to...
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Forum: General
February 20th 07, 01:52 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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Forum: General
January 1st 07, 01:20 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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happy new year
Same to you. May your pond thrive.
Phyllis
linda jones wrote:
hope all you pond lovers have a great new year.
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Forum: General
December 28th 06, 07:40 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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An example of a poster's "advertisement"
If it were a pond book and a regular poster, I would think it unusual
and pass it. If it were a first post, I am not sure. Perhaps take it
up with the other moderators. My concern would be that it...
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Forum: General
December 25th 06, 02:43 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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Forum: General
December 21st 06, 01:26 PM Posted to rec.ponds
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Blocking senders
I would not care how many kittens a person threatened to kill on
another board, but I would consider a pond post threatening to kill
kittens as OT and not suitable for a pond discussion. The rest of...
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Forum: General
December 16th 06, 03:14 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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Controling by various means
You raise an interesting point about control.
Gregory Bateson noted that 'You cannot not communicate.' I have often
observed that there comes a point in many decisions where no decision
is in fact...
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Forum: General
December 15th 06, 03:54 AM Posted to rec.ponds
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Sharing an address
I appreciate the care with which you looked at our post. Phyllis and I
share this address and many other things. She is nice to be married
to.
Jim
Gary L. Burnore wrote:
On 14 Dec 2006 17:08:36...
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