wine barrel fountain empties when power is off

QuestionMy 2 tiered wine barrel fountain empties its top barrel each night after weve turned the fountain off. There are no leaks, and the water cascades well from top to bottom barrel when the pump is running

Pond depth

QuestionHi, I was wondering if you could help answer a quastion for me? I have a pond which was set up last year and had just goldfish but I have added Ghost koi which are 2x4inches and 4x2.5 inches.The pond i

new liner over old liner

QuestionAs I was cleaning out my pond today I noticed an air or water bubble at the very bottom. I put a new liner over my old one last year. Do I have to pull it up before I refill it or can I jus

algae

Questionhi we have a fish pond in front of our house.there is not much shade around,I was told told if we put some kind of a pump to keep the water moving it would stop the algee and also if we use barley it would w

cloudy pond water

QuestionQUESTION: hi, we have bio filter and pump with waterfall. It has worked great for past 3 years giving crystal clear water. we fitted a new impeller to the pump in the last few days which looks all to be work

soap bubbles in the fish pond

QuestionOur little girl poured her bubbles into the fishpond and its foaming over. Currently there are no fish, but we dont want to kill the plants, do you have a recommendation to counter the bubbles? Answ

cleaning my pond

Questionmy pond got vandalised and had plants, bricks, pots, ornaments and even the filter thrown in it. as a result my pond is ruined and full of soil and dirt. which is the quickest way of emptying the water to cl

Bubbles in the headbox

QuestionWe have a fairly large pond with a river going down a hill. We have a large headbox (approx 5x3x4) with filter material and lava rocks. I started the pond for the year over the weekend and everyt

pond plants

QuestionEric I have a 12 x 15 pond with a rubber liner covered with round creek stones. last year I planted some lilies and a grass type plants directly in the stones on bottom of pond. Now only to wonder if this wa

Leaking waterfall/pond

QuestionI checked both the waterfall and the liner as instructed and found no leaks. The water level drops low after one day. Would you please advise any further actions I may take to solve this problem?

Sudden Koi death

QuestionFor reference, I have four outdoor connecting ponds, with the bottom pond around 8,500 gallons, total ponds, 10,000 gallons. Filtered with Bio-Falls and skimmer. Eric, I lost one medium size Koi last

pond fish not feeding & staying at bottom

QuestionMy fish were feeding & very active until 4 days ago when a heron visited & took some now they are hiding at the bottom I have netted the pond is there anything I can do to liven them up i.e a ton

fish pond oxygen

QuestionQUESTION: We have a 1700 gallon fish tank in the backyard with a 5,000 biofilter, UV, super water circulation system, and bubble pond water feature. This winter we got 20 trout fingerlings and they wer

cloudy water after adding ph7.5

QuestionHi hope you can help, have a 400 gallon fish pond,with a decent pump and fliter, the water was clear but after putting some new stock of small goldfish in 50% have died.went to my local aquatics centre

green water, just after cleaning pond

Questionwe had terrible green water over the past year. But fish due well. But we cant see them, so we went for the full blown clean out the pond. It is only a 100 gallon container pond. Looked great, could wa

Fish disappearing

QuestionI have a garden pond (for about 2 years). Yesterday all the fish disappeared - I thought something had taken them, then last night I went to look and they where all their. Again, today no sign of them. Why i

dead fish

Question Bubbles on water Today I came out to feed my comets - 32 of them in a 2,520 gallon pond. They ranged from 2 inches to almost 5 inches, and Ive had most of them for 2-3 years. Anyways, I noticed bubbles on t

Bullying

QuestionI noticed this morning that two of my fish (One is a goldfish the other is an unknown brown colour) are pestering one of my Shubunkins. Sometimes it looks a little vicious. These three have been living in t

Pond water turned black after refilling

QuestionOur pond is 21 by 17 feet and five feet deep. About a month ago it turned really green and the fish stopped eating. All the test results were okay, though. When the fish started dying we decided we had to do

Need stocking plan on new water feature

QuestionHi Eric, I am in the process of building a nice water feature into my patio - all work in progress at this point. I am nearing the end of the water feature and would like to get some thoughts on what types