fish appeared

QuestionWhen I cleaned the filter on my pump I noticed fish swimming in the bottom of my pond,I didnt put any fish in there.I have a lily pad I grew from Menards and I recently purchased some water plants from a loc

Worm like marks on lily leaves

QuestionI have worm like lines on the leaves of my water lillies - both hardy and tropical. What can they be and can I get rid of the cause? AnswerThe damage is from some sort of insect. The easiest way to id

butterfly koi

QuestionI have a butterfly koi which I have had for 7 years in our 10,000.00 gal pond with one other koi and way to many goldfish. His coloration is orange with black spec and white fancy very long tail with f

filtering muddy and or dirty water

QuestionI own a small hand car wash and use six 55 gal. plastic barrels cut in half for the wash water but after so many the water starts to get dirty and having to dump them and refill them 5 to 6 times a day is co

Pond life dying

QuestionQUESTION: I have a very small pond about 8 cubic feet. Since we moved in about 3 three years ago there have always been frogs, tadpoles and healthy plant life. Over the last month the frogs (we saw as many a

Fish reporoduction

QuestionSorry for such a silly question, but are shebunkins egg bearing (in plant roots) or live bearing? And goldfish, too....I have 3 shebunks and four goldfish in a 250gal. outdoor pond, and have noti

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QuestionHow does one control the maggots of the lily beetle as they eat and damage the lilies. The pond is outside, 14 x 7 and 2 deep with a side upper pond cascading into the main pond. It is outside in southern en

my fish

Questioni have a pond 9long by 4 wide the deep end is 4 the middle 3 and the shallow 2 deep in it i have 13 fish 4of which are ghost koi 5 gold fish 2 shurbunkins and 2 comets all doing really well how deep and big

pump cleaning

Questionhi i have bought a second hand pond pump and filter how can i deep clean them so i dont transfer any viruses or bugs that might have been in the previous pond AnswerHaving them sit outside of the water for

Pond & Fish info

QuestionWe have a 650 to 750 gallon pond with waterfall. At present we have around 20 feeder goldfish of varying sizes and ages. Is this too many? Someone mentioned putting salt in the pond, for what reason? Our fis

What is coming out of this fish?

Question turt..fish Thank you in advance for your time. I wasnt really sure about who to direct this question to; I hope you can help. I have a water turtle that I believe is a western pond turtle.  

fish dying

QuestionI have a 1500 gallon pond with a tetra pond filter, one water fall and another rock/water accent. The pond is about two years old. My koi, and two gold fish (about 9 long) out of the blue had died along with

perch dying

QuestionQUESTION: hi i have a 150 gallon aquarium its a native uk setup it has chub carp bream tench and red fined perch. i have a pond for the larger fish when they reach size. all my perch are dying they have clou

fish pond

QuestionHi Ive dug a fish pond 2.4 meters by 1.2 meters by 1.2 meters deep.Please can you tell me how many liters of water it will hold and what size pump i will need. Thank you for your help. Pat AnswerHello Pat.

Filtration system

QuestionI am new at having a koi pond this summer. I have about 8 fish now and the preformed pond holds 100 gal. Also with waterfall. My issue is with the underwater filter i am using. It seems that i have to

fish with hemorrhagic Septicemia

QuestionI moved my 6 remaining goldfish into a small pond in my yard. I suspect they got hemorrhagic Septicemia from overcrowding. I had hoped after a tetracyline treatment in the 80 gallon tank that the

Green Water since May

QuestionHi - I know you have dealt with loads of green water issues previously, but I am now at my wits end having tried everything suggested. My pond has a high ph level, but everything else is okay. &n

bottom feeder for a pond

Questionwell my family has a pond, and we were thinking about getting a bottom feeder or two, to help keep the bottom cleaner and not so green, so we could see our gold fish easier, the pond is around 24 ft wood

BLACK POND

Question POND I RECENTLY TURNED MY ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS BACK ON TO GET RID OF ALL MY GREEN ALGEA, NOW I HAVE BLACK WATER???CAN YOU GIVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? A PHOTO IS ATTACHED. THANKS GREGG AnswerDear Gregg, Tha

KIDNEY POND

QuestionI HAVE A KIDNEY POND ABOUT 3FT WIDE X 1FT DEEP WITH 4 GOLD FISH IN IT ONE PUMP CIRCULATING WATER AND ONE POT WITH WATER LILY THE PROBLEM IS WHEN I CLEAN OUT THE POND IT DOESNT TAKE LONG BEFORE IT GETS DIRTY