My pond and my dog....

QuestionI have a small pond with 2 fish. I just had to clean it out because I couldnt see my fish anymore. It looked like pea soup. Anyway while I was cleaning I found little red worms. My border collie drinks out o

pond construction

QuestionIm in the process of building a 15x12x2 pond and I only intend to have water plants, no fish. I want to know if I need a skimmer or filter or both. If I only need the skimmer then I can run the p

Small red worms in my pond filter

QuestionI keep getting very small (1/4) tiny red worms in my filter of my pond. Its a self contained pond about 200 gallons. Do you know what might be causing this? Thank you. Billie AnswerIve gotten this

New owner of Koi pond/maintenance

QuestionWe have recently purchased a home with a Koi pond. It has approximately 12 generations of fish (information from previous owners) living there. It has very large plants inside the pond (lilies/ca

pond water lillys

QuestionI have a water lilly for my pond. When I put the lilly in it was healthy but now the lilly pads are turning brown and dying. What do I need to do about this. AnswerOften, when you buy a new lily

Re-intoducing fish.

Question Hi there, we just re-did our pond, and our fish have been in a blow-up pool for about 2 weeks. How long do we have to wait until we can put our fish back into the pond? How should we do this? Should t

eating water plants

Questionwe have a pond with water hyacinth and something is eating the bulbs. We live in the city in Ottawa Ontario. John AnswerThe bulbs are the parts with air that allow the hyacinth to float. The whitetai

water coler in Koi/goldfish pond

QuestionWe have just established a 4000 gallon pond in our front yard this spring. The water appears clear, but very black in color. Is this a problem? Also, we have MANY water striders breeding. &

Container Water Garden

QuestionWhat kind of water would be used in a gallon or so containter for floater water plants such as lilies, water lettuce I read an article in a magazine and would like to try it. It gives me all the

Water lillies in farm pond

QuestionThe farm pond is about 30 years old. This is the first year that we have had any problem with water lillies or some sort of lily in the pond. We have had less rainfall than normal here and the pond wat

Mud in pond

QuestionHi, During a couple of violent storms, I had quite a bit of mud wash into my pond. Do you know of a way I can remove it other than by draining the pond. It is a lined pond, approximately 12 in d

Frogs, turtles and fish living together?

QuestionHi Robyn, We have a good sized pond in our backyard (>1500 gallons) currently stocked with many healthy goldfish ranging from 2 to 9. The problem is that they spawn like crazy, and now I have hundreds of

Feed value of Eurasian Water Milfoil?

QuestionHave you ever heard of Milfoil being usedis as a wild edible green for humans or livestock? I know my koi fish love to gobble it up. I see it harvested in mass and if dried, I wondered about usin

murky water

QuestionMy pond water seems to be cloudy and dirty after ot rains, there is quite alot of aquatic soil that has come out of the plants on the shelves and on the bottom. I have a pump, filter uvc and water fall. Is i

Water Lilly

QuestionI have a very nice and large water lilly that has gotten to large for my pond. Most of the center of the lilly stands up out of the water. Can a lilly be seperated and moved to other ponds. Thanks AnswerYou

vanishing goldfish

QuestionMy pond is about 2m x 2m with a max depth of about 1m. About 75% plant cover. About 14 goldfish ranging from 3 to 6 + frogs. Until about 3 weeks ago, the fish would gather near the surface around mid-day fo

pond maintenance-lily pads & cattails

Questionwe have a country pond about an acre in size, which is being overgrown by lilypads & cattails. Is there any pond treatment that would not be toxic to the fish or to swimmers? AnswerI am against herbicides.

ph 8.4

QuestionHow do I lower the ph in my 7000 gal pond.I have well water but the ph is naturally very high. Having an awful time this year with green water even with my uv and biological filter. I am hoping that if I low

Barley straw extract

QuestionDear Robyn, Our pond holds approx. 250 gals (US) and has 7 comet goldfish. Each fish is approx. 3-1/2 inches long not counting the tail. I monitor ammonia and pH levels on a regular basis. We have 2 Pondmast

catching fish

Questionive tryed countless times to catch fish idividually by food when they come up to eat, but dont seem to have much succes, every time they see me coming with the net they disappear under the plants. its hard t