plecos

QuestionHi,I live in Mi,I have a shallow plastic liner pond ...i was told I couldnt put a pleco in there because they cant handle Mi weather....I have gold fish out there too....do you have a solution for me ??Lisa

Orfe tail deformation problems

QuestionHello, I`m in the UK. I have a very large pond with mixed fish including Orfe of all sizes. One small Orfe always had a buckled tail from young and has grown to about 6 OK ...but swims with a slight struggle

My pond fish are acting crazy

QuestionOur koi pond is one year old. We have 2 koi, 1 Oranda, 1 Black Moor, 1 Calico fantail, 2 Shubunkin. This morning I noticed that the fish were ganging up on the Oranda and one of the shubunkin. &n

Cheap pond

QuestionHi, I was going to start growing water lettuce and water Hyacinth in 5 1/2inches tall, 16 inches wide, 22 1/2 inches long clear tote like containers. They would be in separated in there own 2 container

ph in the big(8000 gallons) pond

QuestionHow can i change ph6 to atlist ph6.5-7???? the fastest way? i always check water and always use to be ph7 but in this hot couple days water looks little green and ph is 6! i dont have any algae problem becau

rejuvenating pond in S.W. Florida

QuestionI live in S.W. Florida. Have a 100x 30 pit my dad dug in the 80s and Im starting to develop a pond from it. My first project is to develop a waterfall for aeration. 1) how can I preve

building a small backyard pond

QuestionQUESTION: I am in the process of building a small backyard pond. It will be about 8 feet long and about 3.5 feet wide, and the deepest portion will be about 3 feet to 3.5 feet. I purchased about

Listless fish

QuestionI put in a pond last fall. I contains approximately 1500 gal. of water. I have a waterfall and a skimmer box. I have 9 fish in the pond varing in size from 3 to 8. They have recently

babies

QuestionMy pond is two week old. I have had gold fish in there for ten days and Koi for a week. the koi are only 4-5 inches. I see no frogs but tonight found what looks like very tiny 1-2 mm tadpoles. Ar

Natural Fresh Water Ponds

QuestionQUESTION: I am interested in buying a house which has two fresh water ponds (not too big). I worry about the mosquitoes and Frogs. Is there a way for me to get rid of the ponds? sounds crue

Koi problems

QuestionI recently read in a Koi magazine about a problem with Koi involving the female retaining her eggs. I have never heard of that and the article did not discuss this problem in any detail. I have a female that

Reducing lime in new concrete pond

QuestionI installed a concrete in-ground pond about three weeks ago and have been changing the water about twice per week since. I also purchased a water-based sealant that I havent applied yet. Id like

golfish exposed to too much clorine

QuestionMy 2 year old grandson has a pet koe about 8 inches long that is floating on his side after my daughter left the garden hose in their yard pond for hours. Three goldfish have died, eight are doing great but

Koi, Golds & Bass

QuestionI have a big pond on my land, about 1/2-1 acre. It was already stocked with bass, sunfish, and a few cats. the pond is about 7 years old and the fish are about that old also. some of them are on the large si

all my koi fish died

QuestionHi Robyn, im not really sure what happened but I may be answering my own question. we had just gone away for the memorial day weekend and before we left we had checked on the fish and everything seemed to be

little green worms on water plants

QuestionI recently discovered tiny green worms or parasites on my plants in the pond. I noticed them because my lily pads were dying and so where my other water plants once i took a closer look i saw them on t

egg bound or dropsy in goldfish

QuestionThank you in advance! I have a goldfish in an outdoor pond she has been extreemly bloated for about 3 months, huge belly she has been normally active and eating, she now has developed a red blood spot on her

Pond filter cleaning

QuestionI just reshaped my pond and fitted a new liner. Where the plastic coils are in the bottom of the filter box look extremely muddy. Should i empty the filter box completely and wash these coils? Or is it best

bloated sarasa comet

QuestionQUESTION: I have 11 fish in a 1000 ltr pond 3 koi, 3 shubunkins and 5 sarasa comets. All fish bar 1 comet are feeding well, water is ok 1 comet has been lethargic for 2 weeks and has begun to grow fatter, th

do fishes sleep

Questioni have fishes that are very active.and i want to now how they sleep or do they sleep.i am always wondering about it.please give me a good answer. AnswerHi Selma, Thanx for your question. Yes, fish sle