biofilter media

Questioni have a 200 gallon pond, a pondmaster 1000 prefilter that is placed into the water (attached to a 500gph pump) with a bottom compartment that i can use for biofilter media. what media should (or could) i us

Earth bottom pond

QuestionI have an earth bottom pond thats around 15 x 30. When we have rain, theres quite a bit of runnoff from the surrounding landscaping. And we have lots of trees and leaves that regularly fall in. &

Water Lilies gone wild

QuestionHey Brigitte, I appreciate your time. I have a large water garden that I have maintain about 3 years. It is about 18 long with a 7 circular end that is 18 deep & a 9 circular end that is 24 deep. The p

putting pea gravel in a raised pond

Questionhi i have a raised circular pond it holds 1400lts of water it has a hozelock easyclear 3 in 1 3000 ltr clearwater fountain pump in the middle with 6 goldfish in can i put pea gravel in the bottom of it and

Water Celery

QuestionBrigitte, I apologize, but I have never been on this site before, let alone ever asked any questions. I have looked through previous postings but have not located any dealing with water celery, but may

water lilly dirt in fish pond

QuestionLast year I transplanted my water lily in just plain sand. They grew but the leaves died and became slimy shortly after reaching the top of the water. I had 4 young koi and a gold fish which I finally lost a

Fantail behavior in pond

QuestionI just went through my second winter with a small pond. I have a comet and a fantail that are about 4 inches long and baby fish that were hatched last spring. It got cold enough to ice the entire pon

dead pond goldfish

QuestionFor the second time in three months, I have lost all of our pond fish quite suddenly. It seems to happen after a few days of rain. My thoughts so far include: :Can rain be the reason? Can somethi

waterfall

Question waterfall barrel I have a 20x25 water pond and the watefall is made out of 55 gallon barrel the top of the barrel shows and it drives me crazy? i have cut a board and set a containter/potted plant but

Frog clinging to my Koi....

QuestionHi, I have heard about this, but today noticed one of the frogs in my pond is clinging to the nose of one of my Koi, the fish doesnt seem stressed but at same time has tried to shake frog off, I tried proddi

Koi Pond Left Unmaintained

QuestionWe just moved into a home that has a good size koi pond. The water is so murky that, at first, I didnt believe that any fish could be living in it. I was mistaken. I began draining it becau

leaking outdoor water fountain

Questioni have a built up rock water fall and pond had it for about six years it is leaking around the base of one side of the rocks almost looks like it has sunk a little the ground ar

New Shubunkin fish

QuestionJust today we installed two goldfish and two shubunkins into our 3m x 1.5m outdoor pond. One of the shubunkins appears to have an issue with its balance - i.e: swims slightly on its side, but doesnt have an

POND CLEANING

QuestionI just moved to a home that has an outdoor pond--it is about 150 gallons and is rubber lined. It is fed by water from a higher area of the yard (no pumps or filters) -- the water level stays correct but it i

plant & fish transfer

QuestionWe have a four foot round stock tank for a pond and it is rusting out and i am about to replace it is there any precautions that i should take before transferring plants or fish besides water conditioning.

Solar fountain clean pond?

Question Pond We have inherited a pond on the property we purchased last year. It is an earthen pond made by previous owner. Instead of being ground level, he just built up a bank around it (picture is not represent

Goldfish with white around mouth

QuestionWe just yesterday bought two shubunkins and a goldfish to add to the three we already had in our outdoor pond. The goldfishs mouth appears to be slightly swollen (in comparison to the others) and is white in

Fancytail goldfish w/swim bladder disease?

QuestionHello - My favorite pond goldfish -- which Ive had for 10 years -- now seems to be suffering from swim bladder disease. She floats upside down at the surface; if disturbed, she can manage to swim down

Fish Ponds

QuestionI am trying to raise the PH, Hardness and alalinity in my 1800 fish pond quickly. I have lost 10 of 12 Koi and 6 of 12 goldfish in 24 hours. I was told by a local petshop that I could use 30lbs of crus

waterfalls

QuestionI want to build small backyard waterfall/pond Answer Water fall Hey Della I dont know if you have a question but building a water fall is not that hard. If you have a flat yard you will have to build up a m