water feature

QuestionOur water feature is made out of big stones in a semi-circle shape--two tiers--setting on concrete patio up against a brick wall. We have lined both tiers with thick pond liner that was mortared

fish in pond

QuestionI have a natural pond approx. 30ft circle & 15ft deep I would like to stock it with fish (to keep it free of bugs blood suckers etc.) I also have several large bull frogs AnswerI believe you are asking me w

Water Hyacinth - Overwintering in containers

QuestionQUESTION: I have a Water Hyacinth that Id like to bring indoors for the winter to keep it from freezing. Ive done a little research and found that a water hyacinth will survive quite well in a container of w

pond algae followup

QuestionJonathan, You may recall my inquiry in regard to algae issue with artificial pond in indoor eagle habitat. I took two individual samples at least ten days ago in paper cups, one of the tap water and one of t

Frog in small lined pond

QuestionI live near Chicago and have a small (4.5 by 6)pond with a lining. This year a frog has lived in the pond. My husband says he needs to hibernate in mud along the side of the body of water, but th

my pond fish

QuestionQUESTION: i have 6 goldfish feeder fish and 1 fan tail goldfish in my pond its getting close to winter and i know my fish will start slowing down and i am thinking about moving my fan tail back inside becaus

algae death

QuestionQUESTION: We have a 12 by 18 pond that is about 6 deep with plants at one end and 18 deep at the other with water lillies. The pond is 4 years old and has always been extremely healthy with frogs, mosquito f

blue heron

QuestionI have a koi pond in Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, netted to prevent blue heron from taking the fish. Must I keep the netting on all year to prevent the heron from fishing? Or do they have a

baby koi and treatment

QuestionWe have a pond and we brought them inside for the winter. We believe that one of the koi is sick, we moved him to another tank and put treatment in both tanks, would a baby koi be affected by this trea

coi karp ick

QuestionI filled my new 250 gallon pond with fresh water from my well, in rural Virginia. waited two months, then placed 13 koi carp. They are mostly small, less than 4 inches, one is 6 inches and one is 12 inches b

koi

QuestionWell I never was able to find any answer you sent, which makes me believe the web site is a bunch of b.s...thank you for nothing !!! AnswerI answered your question already. Im sorry if you somehow did

over winter large koi in MN pond

Question my pond My pond is 4000 gallons, 4 feet deep at the waterfall end. Surface size is approx 16 x 8.I inherited this pond with the purchase of my house. This is my third winter. This winter there are many more

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QuestionQUESTION: I have a existing 700 gallon pond with 12 6 goldfish for nine years now. I built a 3500 gallon pond that doesnt have a filter set up yet. I have a small pump in the new pond to circulate the water

Harlequins

QuestionHi, I done a 20% water change from my 90 litre tank, which contains an 8 pleco catfish, 6 female and 3 male Guppies, 2 female and 4 male Cherry barbs, 4 haerlequins, 5 Clouds, 3 penguin tetras, 3 neon tet

Discolored Water, HELP

QuestionQUESTION: I have a freshwater goldfish pond. 7 years. Always ( I mean always) has been CRYSTAL clear. Two filters. Clean weekly. Live in Central Florida. Two berry produ

koi in a bass pond

QuestionI have an approximately 2 acre pond fed by an artesian spring. The water is crystal clear when it hasnt rained for a few days, but is green during normal summer weather. It is around 6 feet deep

science fair fish project

QuestionI teach 2nd grade. Recently I had a Beta fish visit my classroom and it died. We are studying animal needs and habitats in science. My students are curious why the fish died. We made some guesses and now Id

Goldfish dying

QuestionI have a a 4000 litre outside pond with a biological filter with many goldfish and 3 koi. th goldfish have been dying mostly one or two at a time over the last 2 to 3 weeks. I have gone through all the norma

koi with white slime

QuestionI was just outside checking on our fish pond. The all of the koi have a thick white slime that is all over them. just some details there was ice over the pond we had about 3 ft of snow but the water fall and

Sick Koi

QuestionI have 7 fish in a 600 gallon pond in the NE and we had 3 ft of snow. I have aeration and deicer in pond, however snow fell so hard and fast that a drift covered the entire pond, yet the pond did not freeze