Filter/pump

QuestionGeorge, We have a 125 gallon goldfish pond in our yard. Its only about 5 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 18-24 deep. All we have in it is a lilly pad plant, some small rocks, and about 16 small goldfish. For t

bubbles in the pond

QuestionI started a new Koi pond a few weeks ago. The pond is covered with bubbles. I cannot see the fish. I checked the ph of the water it is between 7.2 and 7.6. I also have some algae in the pond, water is somewh

water lilies and fish

QuestionMy new queen of siam water lily is getting eaten in my pond, maybe by my fish or the red slider turtle. Each time a leaf sprouts, somethings chewing it off at the stem. Any insights, suggestions? My fish

salt water pond

QuestionI live next to the ocean and was wondering if its possible to actually have a garden pond that is filled with saltwater instead of fresh water ? I want to have saltwater fish live in the pond . AnswerI woul

From Pond to Aquarium

QuestionI have a large (1,000 + gallon) outdoors pond with too many goldfish, and started offering fish to others. One said yes, but for a 20 gallon aquarium. Im having 2nd thoughts about the wisdom of t

Fountain

QuestionThe fountain the question was refering to, is the Captain Cook Memorial Jet. Situated in Canberra, Australia, the fountain is in the middle of a lake (Lake Burley Griffin). It suspends up to 6 tonnes of wat

water lilies, scorched

Questionwe bought some lilies and some of leaves apears to be scorched fromsun, or dry and brittle, others seem to just have black spots and soften to a point where they just dissolve in to mesh. should they b co

crane taking my fish

QuestionRecently a crane came into my yard. We spotted him twice in three days. The fourth day he took out 6 of my beloved goldfish that Ive had for 2 years. The other six that are left are totally stressed and will

Pond and mud!

QuestionWe have recently constructed a wild life pond in our garden but have had conflicting advice about whether to put soil in the pond to help plants etc. bed in. While I was out, my husband dumped a whole wheel

preformed pond material

QuestionI bought a preformed pond at Home Depot but need to know if it is made of polyethelene. I want to use pond foam to attach a waterfall made from a small pond liner to the preformed pond. The pond

Mud

QuestionHi, Glad to find you on the internet. My son and I took on a spring project and now we have a Koi pond. When we put the liner in the edges of the liner got muddy, then we had a water truck come in and fill o

Pond Maintenance/Algae

QuestionI have a natural pond in my backyard. I have alot of green algae in it. A friend told me that there are certain types of floating plants that you can put in the water that will live off of the al

Pond loosing water

QuestionMy pond loosing water as much as one inch per day (pond size 7ftx7fx3ft ) . Water lost from the waterfall, not from the pond . Is this normal ? How to stop it ? Thanks AnswerDid you check

construction of ponds

Questionhow thick does a concrete lining of a pond have to be? also what mix would i have to use?? AnswerIt depends on where you are located. In New York, we usually build them with a one foot thick wal

Frogs and goldfish (not koi)

QuestionTwo questions: I have some very large frogs (bullfrogs) as big as my fist...do they eat goldfish? I lost about 10 over the winter and think maybe the frogs ate them before hypernating.There are 4

ponds cont .

Questioni live in a area that will not allow us to dig large hole to put a pond liner in it so my idea is to bulid it in my carport on a concrete slab we only have one car and want inlarge our two carport screen por

What to w/ frogs when re-doing a pond

QuestionHi, Thanks for your time. We have a very old pond (no liner) natural inflow that runs slowly most of the year. We want to have the pond redone,... dug a bit deeper, widened and perhaps something to move the

Brown water in waterfall

QuestionI just got my garden landscaped 6 months ago, and it includes a waterfall with 2 cascades - the first falls into a small pool and the second just on a bed of stones that seeps into the reservoir. The water i

Water quality/ chlorine/chloramine

QuestionI am wondering what would be the best way to perform water changes on a 400 gallon pond. I am concerned about replacing 25% each time due to chlorine/cholramine. I want to do changes each week but get concer

black water

QuestionI have a 5-6,000 gallon pond with plants and goldfish. There are two biofilters up top that feed into a pond that drops over three ledges into the main pond. We just purchased a UV light appropriate for the