How to get rid of snails

QuestionHelp! We have a 10X10 pond, with a couple of waterfalls, a few fish. Suddenly we have an infestation of thousands of little snails. Any suggestions? Thanks AnswerSome fish are more apt to

All of my grandfathers koi died.

QuestionMr. Nesfield, My grandfather installed a koi pond two years ago. He never had a fish die untill he put some sponges in the filters(he read that this would help with the algie) a few

Side floating Koi

QuestionWe transported 3 Koi from one pond to another today, travelling was approx 2 hrs. The fish seemed fine when they first went in the pond but now one keeps floating on its side and seems quite lifeless. What s

koi, white spots

QuestionI put in a 60,000 gal pond in march fish are doing great, got lots of babies this season, and lots of green!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today I noticed what looked like a white bump on the back of one of my koi, but its r

Koi fish dying from exygen deprivation from copper sulfate side effect

Question ------------------------- Followup To Question - About 40 koi in the pond. The fact that eight have died tells me theyve all been compromised. Assuming we get oxyen levels back up to 8ppm o

koi fry moving

QuestionI started with 200 (a declining number daily) koi fry in an old tub. When is it safe to move them to an indoor aquarium? They are to small (1/4 inch) to survive the winter out in the pond. The evenings are d

PH off the scale

QuestionYou said sulfuric acid, I know in a swimming pool you can use muratic acid to lower ph, will that harm the koi in small doses? I dont like you!!! You know how much time I had building the falls? just kidding

Moving fish to the pond

Question Hello Robyn, We have a fantail goldfish that has been living in a 5 gal. aquarium since May. When I bought him, he was maybe an inch long - not counting the tail. Today he is about 2 to 2-1/4 inches long a

Pond size

QuestionDear Robyn , How are you Robyn ?. Im from Malaysia . Below is my question . My pond measurement (not including the filter chamber ) is as follow >lenght=11 feet , width=5 feet and depth =3.5 feet . Based

new pond owner

QuestionHi Robyn. I recently bought a new house which has an ornamental pond with waterfall -- maybe 8 x 15 feet. The pond has in it two buckets with irises in them, and a few water-lillies, and I think

mosquito larvae

QuestionI have a recirculating fountain in my garden that has a solar powered pump, so it doesnt pump all the time. As a result, sometimes the water stands, and Ive found what I believe to be mosquito larvae i

Agressive fish

QuestionHello again, I wrote to you the other day about moving my fantail (approx 2 long - not counting the tail)from the 5 gal. aquarium to the 275 gal. pond which had 7 common goldfish in it (each goldfish is abou

Liner sealant

QuestionOn 6/23/06 someone asked a question about enlarging their pond and wondered how they should seal the pieces of liner together. They asked if aquarium sealant could be used. In your answer, you stated they sh

Fish eating the plants

QuestionI have an indoor pond, about 180 gallons, located in a skylit atrium. I have six Comet fish, and had six water hyacinth plants. All the roots have either fallen off the water hyacinths, or they were eaten of

Worried about my Minnow

QuestionHello, I have a 30 litre coldwater Biorbe, in it I have 2 x 3 orfes, one gold, one blue, and 4 minnows. One of the minnows has always been noticably smaller than the rest of the shoal. All the fish have

Winterizing pond plants

QuestionI have a 2500 gallon pond that was built this year, winter is coming and i am not sure how to winterize the water plants. I do not want to lose them. I have waterlilies,water hyatitis,mexican petunia and oth

Lilypads

QuestionHow do I promote lilypad growth in our ponds at work? They may be high in nitrogen and potassium but we are trying to clean that up. AnswerAre the lilies planted in an earthen bottom or in pots? Eithe

water-plants and white-fly

QuestionI have an influx of white-fly,or moth on my plants in my large outside garden fish-pond which holds a large Koi and about twenty goldfish of varying sizes. Can I spray white-oil on the plants,or will the oil

small goldfish pond

QuestionA week ago i set up my water garden. 4x6 i think it is around 100 gallons. i have the measurements I am just not sure if I calculated them properly. I was told that 1/2 of the fish that I b

Koi minnows/fingerlings

QuestionI have at least 3 dozen koi minnows in my 10x 12 pond with water lillies and water hyacynth plants. we spotted them about a year ago and several are now 5-6 long. The larger ones are getting a little lighter