goldfish keep dying

QuestionI have a pond that I have goldfish in. It is 10x15 and approximately 2 deep at the deepest area. I have adequate aeration by way of 2 fountains a waterfall and a filter that returns the water back into the p

Koi Pond PH Balance

QuestionMy ph test shows my pond to have high acidity and alkalinity.. I have a good size pond a little over 2000 gallons. It is cement coated with drylock. A water fall and on the opposite side a fish fountain. It

Koi Dying After Heavy Rainfall

QuestionQUESTION: I recently added 5 small koi to a very large koi pond that currently has Koi that are 5 years old and much larger. All 5 of the new Koi added have dyed after going through quarantine and th

pond clearity

Questionhellow i have a unlined pond. aprox 35%deep, my problem is the water is chocklety, i have plants, gold fish,turtles, arritor. everything is good . i cant see past 6 down. any possible answers? also periodic

identification of pond fish needed

QuestionSome 6 or 7 years ago I was bought two pond fish which I was told were tench. Over the next 3 or 4 years I found I had 5 of these. They stay on the bottom but come up for feeding. 2 years ago they produced a

Turtles...

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Robyn, I have recently noticed that our outdoor, 8,500 gallon lined pond, has an Eastern Painted Turtle; that has now taken up residence. I have Koi and Comets in my pond. I guess i

Questions about Half-barrel pond

QuestionI want to apologise in advance for so many questions, I just want to get everything right! Anyways, I am currently setting up a half barrel pond for two of my fish, a common goldfish and a shubunkin, and I h

Koi Fish Beginner

QuestionGreetings Carlo, I recently bought my first house and am interested in Building a Koi pond but have been running across information that is making me think twice about it. I live in Colorado. Any

My Koi fish are dying...

QuestionMy husband and I have a pond in our backyard with Koi fish. Its about 17 inches deep and about 20-25 feet wide. When we moved into the house in April there were 10 Koi, ranging in size from 4 inc

Tadpoles with goldfish

QuestionI have a small natural pond with 16 goldfish of about 4 in length in the pond. The water is clear with a spring trickle feeding into the pond, Recently I have noticed that on occasion a tadpole will nibble a

How to make an old bathtub into a fish pond

QuestionHi I just bought an antique claw foot bathtub and was hoping to convert it into a koi pond. Is this possible? I need to know what exactly what plants I need it clean and what equipment is needed to con

little fish

Questionmy husband was cleaning filters yesterday found 2 little fish almost look like minnows how is it possible for them to be in my pond i have a plastic 500gal. pond 4 koi 2 butterfly and goldf

leeches in upper lily pond

QuestionI have a 17,500 gallon koi pond (converted swimming pool) and an upper lily pond with circulating water from a waterfall/stream through the lily pond in to the big koi pond. I have many very small leec

birdbath fountain

QuestionI have a concrete birdbath fountain with a little boy and girl standing in the center holding an umbrella. The water shoots staight up instead of falling down evenly over the umbrella. Do you thi

big spash

QuestionHello. A few weeks ago our dog tried to drink from the pond. She balanced herself on some smooth rocks that had algae on them and she ended up slipping in. Some small rocks fell in also.She really stirred up

gold fish fighting

Questionmy three fish are budging each other one is a fantail with big eyes the other one is a normal fantail and the last one is a comet goldfish please help there killing each other ive already had to put one in a

koi size

QuestionI have a pond and have 3 8 inch Koi and 4 2 inch the 2 inch are new 3 week to the pond and hide most of the time. I am worried they are not eating. at night they come out but when I t

desease

Questionhelo again my fantail goldfish with big eyes has foungus or fog on his eyes he is in a 14ltr tank with a power filter and a fantail and a comet his size is roughly two inches and he has a ornament in his tan

sick fish in pond

QuestionI had a new larger pond built about 2 months ago. I moved about 25 Koi into the new pond, leaving about 10 Shubunkin in the original pond which is a 7 ft diameter round in ground pond. The new pond is 15ftx7

Swelling on Golden Orfe

QuestionI have several Golden Orfe in my pond and one of them looks as if its swallowed a tennis ball. It has a large swollen stomach. What could this be and what should I do? AnswerHi Lisa, Thanx for your question