Blind fish

QuestionHelp, the eyes of a goldfish that lives in my backyard pond are gone. I know there is not much we can do besides watch him to be sure hes getting enough food, but how can we prevent this from happening to an

stocking problems

QuestionI HAVE A 100 GALLON POND AND WANTED TO STOCK IT WITH FISH BUT I DONT REALLY WANT THE TYPICAL KOI AND GOLDFISH AND WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER KIND OF FISH THAT COULD LIVE IN THE POND I ALSO HEARD TH

Red Worms In Filter

QuestionI have red worms in my pool filter similar to the ones in question dated 8/7/06 from Billie. My question is, where do they originate, in the filter or in the pool? I know you said they were harml

Pond problem

QuestionWe have a backyard pond about 400 gal. The rocks on the bottom developed what appears to be a scale. The rocks are covered with this scale Also, there are clumps of yellow-gold matter on top of the wat

pond set-up

QuestionHi George, I HAVE A 1000 GALLON POND WITH SEVERAL SMALL KOI ITS BEEN AROUND A MONTH SINCE I SET IT UP, IVE CLEANED THE FILTER MEDIA ABOUT 2 TIMES SINCE THE SET UP (SKIMMER, WATERFALL, & 7 GALLON BIO FILTER

LOTS of salamanders in pond

QuestionQUESTION: Help! I am being overrun by salamanders in our ponds. How do I get rid of them? ANSWER: Hi Nancy, Thanx for your question. Can you answer these questions for me please. 1. Where are y

fish selections

QuestionI HAVE A 100 GALLON POND AND WAS WONDERING WHAT KIND OF FISH TO PUT INTO IT. I DONT REALLY LIKE GOLDFISH AND KOI AND WANTED SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFIRENT AND WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY SUGGESTIONS. Answer

Floating pond

QuestionWe installed a backyard pond in may. since then, every time we get a heavy rain, the dirt around the border sinks below the pond and the pond seems to float. weve tried to border the edges with rock and even

pond stocking

QuestionI WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAPPENED TO HAVE ANY REFRENCES TO WHERE TO GET ANY MADTOM OR BULLHEAD CATFISH ONLINE I KNOW THIS SIGHT IS FOR DEFFRIENT USES BUT I CAN NOT FIND ANYWHERE TO BUY THEM THAT SHIP TO THE SO

THE GFI TURNS FOUNTAIN OFF AFTER 20 MINUTES

QuestionThe GFI continues to be set off and turns the fountain off, I reset it and it works again for another 20 minutes. The pump is about a year old and the pond hasnt been cleaned for 3 years. Is it p

side swimming koi

QuestionkoiWe have a new pond and purchased two koi and one Catfish. The white butterfly koi inches. Disappeared for a week (hiding) Finally we found it and took it out of the pond., It looks

Gold fish in garden pond

QuestionHi, I just bought some gold fish at the local pet store. I have a 50 gallon garden pond with some live plants. I just put the fish in the pond and they seem to have responded well within the first 5-10

baby gold fish

QuestionHi.. We have a pond and our fish had babies..They are about an inch long but we are wanting to take them out of pond for the winter since they arent as big as our others for we are afraid they wont survive.

Tadpoles in our pond

QuestionHello, We have a 90 gallon pond in our backyard. For the past two or three years, we have had a frog (or toad, not sure) that always finds a mate, and we end up with tadpoles. They seem to help k

care of baby koi found in pond

QuestionHello, I found a pair of baby koi hiding in the wrinkles of my pond liner in the shallow end of my pond the other day. I was quite surprised, as I didnt think my koi were mature enough to breed.  

Sudden Comet Deaths

QuestionI have a total pond area of 10,000 gallons, with the my bottom pond being 8,500 gallons in total. I have 50 Comets and 4 Koi. BioFall,skimmer, the works... All water tests are within normal limi

dogs in pond/missing frogs & fish

QuestionRecently weve noticed that our fish in our 80 gal. pond were not just dead, but missing. Ive noticed cats around the pond at times, therefor, I thought maybe that was the culprit, BUT, this morning to

papyrus tips turning brown

QuestionI have a small pond with papayrus and water lillys, in the window of my health center in North Carolina. This is the second summer in the window. The room is cool, but the window does get a lot of sun. I add

pump size for small pond

QuestionI have a very small container (16 gal)pond/fountain with 2 fish, 3 potted plants and a floating plant. My pump is supposed to send out water in a bell shape, but the water doesnt come out with enough f

black murky water/blanket weed

Questioni have a 600 gallon pond,the water has gone black in colour and you can only see about 6in down,i have a blanket weed machine,uv filter and have used chrystals,the blanket weed is slimy.the water has been ch