water garden & dogs

QuestionWe have a pair of Labs who are the main reason we put the pond in our yard. We would like to use water plants to keep the pond clean instead of chemicals. I would like to know if water lilies are safe if the

Aquarium Rosy Reds or Bust

Question I have some semi and aquatic plants (indoors) in a plastic window planter that I want to move to an aquarium and add fish and maybe shrimp. (Overhead fluorescent/grow lights currently maintain [winter

introducing turtles to a pond with fish

QuestionWe have a 1400 gal. pond with 20 + gold fish and one koi. all happy. We were given 2 darling @ 31/2 inch turtles that have lived in their own pond. Do I need to give them an anti- bacterial bath before int

green floatie things on my pond

Questionhi, for the past year i have had some green stuff covering my ponds surface - it looks like tiny floating lily pads with stalks that hang down in the water about half an inch -they look almost like clover -

bubbles

QuestionI have a pond that is bubbling around the falls. The bubbles cover the top of the water and you can not see the fish. They go away when I put food in the pond to feed the fish. What can I d

goldfish in the winter

QuestionI have a small pond in my back yard (90 gallon). I started out with 12 small goldfish and after a couple of weeks, 5 died. The remaining 7 have grown to 3-4 inches. They are doing great. &n

pond turning color

QuestionI have a pond that is 13x6x2 I have a total of 11 fish total. 3 Koi, 2 shubunkins,6 goldfish.I have 3 filters,bunch of hycinaths, 2 water plants. Now with that out of the way. My pond had changed color to a

Algae and Nittie help

QuestionI had to drain my pond to repair two cracks. Since refilling, I cannot get Nitrites down below 0.5 ppm (1+ week ago). Amonia is at zero. Tested tap water used to fill pond. It tests almost 1 ppm!! Anything I

Pond Heater

QuestionHi. I have 6 Koi, 2 goldfish and 2 catfish in my pond. Im going to install a pond heater this winter. What temperature do you recomend I set it at? Also, should I keep it warm enough for the Koi to be acti

pond and gold fish

QuestionI just read where someone was putting goldfish in the house for the winter. I live in So Central KY, so was going to leave them in but came home from MI and found all 11 dead and the pump clogged up from it.

Koi and Goldfish

QuestionMy Koi and goldfish just recently started jumping out of the pond. I have had to ask my friend to check on them once I go to work or they will die. I always think that I am going to come home to

water lily care

QuestionHow do I winter my pond lilys? Do I take them out of the pond, cut them back, or just leave them in the pond. In the past I just left them in the pond but didnt know if this is correct. AnswerHi Dave,

muddy pond

QuestionI have a 18 x 21 pond. The depth varies up to 3. I have a liner, skimmer and biofalls filter. There are several koi and goldfish. We had a bad storm and dirt ran into my pond. I shut the falls off 2 days ago

Pond water quality

QuestionHi I live in Spain and have constructed a small pond, about 1500 gallons. I have installed a biological filter that was supplied by the local pet store(it is only a small store and does not carry a large sel

ghost koi colour change

QuestionHi. Hope you can help. Recently put 3 koi and one ghost ( some tench) in a temporary home while their garden pond was being rebuilt. After about 1 week 2 koi died one night and all the other fish were

koi dying

QuestionMy koi are swelling up,eyes bugging out,scales are standing up,help. thank you AnswerIm sorry about your koi. The eyes sticking out is called popeye. It often goes along with the dropsy (scales

winterizing pond

QuestionI live in Richmond, VA and this spring installed a 2000 gal, 3-ft deep pond with about 15 koi and goldfish. Ive read both positive and negatir to remove the pump. Ive read conflicting advise regarding whethe

plants that like a high ph

QuestionHi, I have a 350 gallon pond that seems to be running well except for a high pH. We are on well water and it comes out of the tap that way. I have tried several things to lower the pH with

Water Lily roots

QuestionThis is my first pond so I am a true novice. All seems to be well except my water lily keeps comin gout of the soil and floats. The plant seems to be healthy, new leaves and flowers are produced often. But t

fish dying help!

Questionplease help my female guppy is upside down on the bottom of her 19litre tank she lives with 2 male guppys and 2 feeder fish and 1 female guppy please help!! sorry if my writing doesnt make sense but im in a