orph

Questioncan u tell me how orphs breed pls and there habits AnswerHi Billy, Thanx for your question. They can grow to 2.5 feet but are mature at around 8 inches. They spawn in weedy or sandy

Bottom feeders

QuestionI live in Nova Scotia and have an outdoor below ground pond. Its a fiberglass tank about 4x8 and 3 1/2 deep. I have goldfish which seem to overwinter alright. I was wondering if there are any bottom feeders

discoloration of fish

QuestionHi there We have a small koi that we have had for 2 years. I noticed that the back have of him had lost his orange colour and is now white. I noticed him because he was staying in a corner by

loosing water

QuestionWe put in a pond and have been trouble free for 5 years . Last year the underground pipe from the pump and filter holding tank to the waterfall/filter sprung a leak. We fixed this easily, the leak was easy t

moving koi into the house

QuestionI recently purchased a 90 gallon tank that I would like to use for the koi I have had in an outside pond for three years. I am selling the house with the pond, but do not want to leave the fish behind.

tadpoles

QuestionWe have had hundreds of tadpoles hatch in our pond. Is there anything we can do to cut down on the number of them or get rid of them all together? AnswerI suggest setting up another small pond from a

Brownish orange algae?

QuestionI have had a waterfall ornamental pond with goldfish in it since last August. We have had the regular green string algae but just this week I have noticed a brownish orange film on the rocks to the waterfall

farm ponds

QuestionWe had a pond dug on our property about 15 years ago. It is about a 1/3 of an acre. My problem is that the bluegill have taken over. We can no longer swim in it because the bite/nibble at you. We now have gr

water iris

Questionhello i was just wondering if you could help me in the last few weeks all the leaves have fallen of my water iris and the base where the leaf was has gone all soft and it seems like theres a milky substance

Backyard pond and fish turtles together

QuestionIs 2 painted turtles and two plecos together in the pond o.k.? plenty of algae for the plecos! AnswerPainted turtles may eat small fish but probably not plecos since they have spines. Plecos die below

ALGAE & DEAD CARPS+MOSQUITO FISH

Question(I live in San Jose,California.)Is there such thing as algae-controlling fish? My pond is about 200 gal. and algae is covering everything. Most of them are on rocks and plants. Also, one afternoon I came hom

Finicky Koi and Algae filled garden

QuestionQUESTION: Im not sure if I need to post two different questions or not but here I go with them at once. Were having trouble with algae. Weve changed the water several times and bought a filter for it. As wel

Raccoons proofing a pond

QuestionHow can one raccoon-proof a pond? One morning I went outside my pond to find my water plants all torn up and my all my koi gone with several little goldfish on the ground all dried up. How do you keep them o

What killed my goldfish?

QuestionI live in Phx. I have a pond (2 ft. deep) which recieves sun from approx. 9am to 3pm. About a month ago I put in 3 feeder goldfish and a small koi. Within a week and a half, all that was left was

water worms

QuestionQUESTION: my son is having the exact same problem as you, with water/pond worms except they are eating the roots of his plants and therefore the plants are suffering have you found any solutions? we are un

My Koi is sick

QuestionI am getting quite upset about this as I am not sure if my fish is suffering in any way? Hi is at the bottom of a large tank having just removed him from my pond. he is floating upside down at the bottom wit

millions of worms

QuestionI have a pond and the whole outer rim of the pond is soft and will not dry up. I looked at it closely and noticed that there are alot and I mean alot of worms in the soil. The worms come out of t

water lily

Questionmy water lilies are being severed. Each day I lose about 20 or so.When I look at the stem , it appears the stems have been cut. They are not chewed into, it almost looks like they have been cut with scissors

pond bacteria

QuestionWe live in North Central Wisconsin. In reading some of you answers you say add a good bacteria to your pond. There are so many to choose from. What is your recommendations

what happened?

QuestionI just got my gold fish today and almost all of them died. What should i do? AnswerIm sorry about your goldfish. I need more information. Tell me about your pond - size, type of filtration, what