indoor water plants

QuestionI wanted to set up small fish bowls around the house that would only contain rocks, water and either floating plants or half submerged plants(no fish or any animals). I wanted to have this year round. Could

Ghost Koi

QuestionI have about 40 fish in my pond, mainly Goldfish, comets etc and 1 Ghost Koi about 7 long. My problem is that quite a few of my fish are dying due to large wounds around the head, like something has taken a

goldfish bulging sides by tail

QuestionI have a 10 white goldfish whith bulging areas on both sides toward the tail and it is swimming with its head down and tail up. Also I have put water plants under the water to over winter, this is the

Winter - White Koi Dying

QuestionHello, my name is Austin and it is currently winter where I live and it is very cold. I have never had any problems with my koi before but today I walked to my window and saw that my big white koi was belly

winterization of pond

Questionour pond is about 3 1/2 ft deep in the deepest end and 1/1/2 in shallow..the water if freezing up and has almost evaporated...we have a bubbler in the deep end- 15 fish w/ 6 big others 11med. size . th

winter

QuestionWe moved into a house that has a backyard fish pond. I really know nothing about maintaining the pond or what I need to do about the soon to come freezing weather. It has a water fall do I need to turn off t

About goldfish

QuestionQUESTION: Will Gold fish survive in 40 degree Celsius? ANSWER: Hi Padmanaban, I cannot imagine any water climate at 40 degrees C. I know of no fish that can survive in that hot of a temperature for extended

Fishy Fishy Stuff

QuestionQUESTION: Right now, we have a tiny 120 gallon pond. Next year, we are uprgrading it to about 1000 gallons. I have 2 giant questions. 1. If i build it in May, how much of a chance is there that frogs will l

Turtle pond

QuestionQUESTION: I have a 150-200 gallon pond and in the spring I would really like to get a turtle. Is my pond big enough for that? If so, what kind would be best? Lastly, what would I need for i

Cleaning out a very large pond

QuestionI would like to clean out a very large fresh and salt water pond.It has a lot of debris in it as well a muck at the bottom of the pond. It is an old fish pond, lined with large stones. I think it has an unde

bird eating coi

Questionhow can i keep a bird i think egret from eating my coi! AnswerHi Lisa, Thanx for your question. Its truly a tough issue. Once you have the large water birds checking in on your pond the most you

calico goldfish

QuestionDear Robyn, I just brought home 2 small calico goldfish to their own 10 gallon paradise (lol) Their is good filtration and aeration and the tank has been existing for many yrs but before bring them home I va

Winter Algae

QuestionQUESTION: Hey Robyn, thank you for answering our last question! We currently have a Koi Dome. The pond, however, has lots of algae in it. Is there an algaecide we can get that can be used in the winter? A

koi/goldfish

QuestionQUESTION: Hello..I have a small pond with 2 koi appx 5..and 7 gold fish appx 3-4..Well i took them out of my pond which was 27 degrees today and put all of them in a single standard fish tank..They looked cr

electric water pumps

QuestionHello my name is Bobby. I have a small farm in north Texas, and i am trying to pump water from a small natural spring to a pond on my property. i know this is off subject from pond pumps, but just wandering

Pond to raise Crabs

QuestionHi Robin, I love Blue Crabs (for eating) and have grown so frustrated at not having access to them in Jackson Mississippi that I wonder about the possibility of building a SALTWATER POND on my land and rais

algae in tank

QuestionWe have baby yabbies in our tank outside (no room inside for the tank) the tank has turned green recently. Is this because of the warm weather? How can we stop this from happening with out bringing the tank

pond plumbing

QuestionJohn I plan on enlarging my lower pond at the same time I want to add an upper pond so I will have two levels. So that it looks much like the pond in the attached link http://sayersweb.com/ourpond/html/our

Winter pond/fish care

QuestionHi Robyn! Hope your holidays were great! My 350 gallon pond has 9 gold fish and at least one small fry that Ive seen. The H2O temp is hovering around 40 to 45 degrees. Ive made sure the salt levels a

Fancy goldfish pond

QuestionI recently bought two fairly large (around 6 body+ 4 tail) veil tailed goldfish expecting to put them in my pond in the spring. Unlike I usually do before I buy a pet, I did not research this type of f