koi fish attackby heron

QuestionMy koi pond recently had an unfriendly visit by a heron. Just as the heron had extracted my largest frog with his poor legs hanging out of its mouth I ran outside to scare it off. I found my very

winterizing goldfish pond

QuestionI have a preformed goldfish pond. It is around 2 wide and 3 1/2 long with a shelf on each end. It is 15 deep in the middle. I have a water fall feature. I live in central Missouri where we get so

turtle tank and gnats

Questionhow do I get rid of the infestation of gnats in our turtle tank without harming the turtles? AnswerAre you just finding adults above the water line or do you find larvae in the water? Ive had larvae i

bubbles in my pond

QuestionMy pond is full of bubbles. I have lots of plants and eight goldfish. Are the bubbles created from the plants decaying? more importantly will my fish be ok? Thanks in advance for your advic

Updating old concrete Goldfish Pond

QuestionHi Tom I have just moved into a house that has a 6 x11 x18deep concrete pond. It was full of 10 yrs growth of cattails. I cleaned it and drained it out and it has been dry for 1 week now. Concret

Koi Ponds

QuestionWhy is there foam in my koipond? It is kept clean and filkters all day. 591X1 AnswerHello! Foam on a pond generally means there is an organic waster overload. It can be fixed easily, but takes a bit of time

Cigarette butts in pond

QuestionMy neighbor has been throwing cigarette butts in my new pond. I wont have fish in my pond until next spring. Will the cigarette butts kill my fish if they continue to do this? AnswerYour question is a first

RES

QuestionI live in southeast Texas. I have 2 small red ear sliders that I would like to put outside. I would like to have a koi pond, but would like to make sure that I ma able to maintain one before spending a lot o

gold fish or surbumkins

Questionhi i have a 2600 gl pond with 18 koi an gold fish i has a large swelling on right side the fish is 6 to 8 in an 3in around will this efect my koi an how to treat thanks for any ideas thanks harry AnswerGold

Comets wintering over in farm pond

QuestionHi, Robyn. We have an earth embankment pond 67 x 112 feet, 6 feet deep in the center, here in North Idaho. This summer I put about 70 comets in the pond for the turtles, figuring they had a bet

Coi fish for psmall pond

QuestionHello George, I have found some good healthy coi fish that I would like to have in my small pond outside. I live in southweastern NY so the winters are cold and snowy. I doubt the pond is dep enough t

Acorns in Koi Pond

QuestionWe have just had a 14,000 gallon koi pond installed. We filled the pond in February and introduced our first Koi in the spring. Our koi are doing great but this year (I belive because of the extreme draught

winterizing wisky barrel pond

Question I live in New Jersey and have a wisky barrel pond,with 2 koi,water lilly and iris plants in it. Do I have to bring them in for the winter? AnswerI assume the barrel is only about 20 gallons? I also a

finding a leak in the system........

QuestionI have an 8 foot diameter pond, about 18 inches deep. A submersible pump moves the water uphill 35 feet to a 4 foot diameter pond (10 inches deep) and the water goes back down to the lower pond via a 2

MY KOIS EYES & SLEEPIN HABITS

QuestionQUESTION: I have a beautiful butterfly koi growing well & very happy in its aqaurium yeah its very young lil about 6 but I noticed one of his eyes is solid black with a silver dot center the other complete o

pond frogs

QuestionI have a man made pond in my front garden. I have a couple of Koi that I bring in for the winter. We also have several frogs that have taken up residency. This past spring when I cleaned ou

Salt for slider tutles and kois water

QuestionShould I add salt to my water. I have 3 baby koi and 3 slider turtles in the same tank. Next summer I am building a pond in the backyard. Can I use solar salt for this purpose. AnswerI suggest adding salt f

adding goldfish to 5,000 gallon koi pond!

QuestionI was wondering if you know if I can add 4- 4goldfish to a 5,000 gallon koi pond that holds currently 6- 12+ koi fish??? Also was wondering if it is nessasary to run the waterfall filter all the time

outside pond

Questioni have an outside pond with rain water running through it, Lilly pads and there are frogs and tadpoles in it. Im thinking of getting fish but i just wanted to ask if i need a filter or lining, and Im gett

Koi Fish water temp

QuestionHi my name is Dale Watkins. I have a 2500 gallon pond with 6 Koi, 3 Catfish, 3 snails, and 2 goldfish. I am getting a pond heater for this winter. My question is what temp should I set the temperature? I l