dying goldfish

QuestionQUESTION: We moved to our home in a rural area of Vancouver Island six years ago and bought 40 goldfish to live in our big pond. The pond is about 15x 20, and 1-3 deep in the middle depending on the ti

Fish problems

Questionmoving to my present address this year, I inherited a large garden pond, 10,000 litres 10 x 8. The water was bad so I did a complete water change,restocking with fish and oxygenating plants but leaving some

Well

QuestionI have a pond that is fed by an underground well. i do not know many specifics of it because it was in place when we bought the property 2 months ago. There is a ball that hangs down and when the water gets

brownish red scum on pond surface

QuestionI have a medium size water garden with fish. ( approx. 1000 gal.) It has developed, almost overnight, a reddish-brown scum on the surface of the water. It began with bubbles on the surface of the pond,

removing muck from a goldfish stream

QuestionI have a small spring/stream in my back yard that I dammed up and created a goldfish pond. Its about 40 feet long.It starts at about 2 feet wide and the dammed end is about 6 feet across. The wider end

swimming pond/kill leeches

QuestionIs there a chemical I can put in to kill leeches in our pond? We do not want any animals ie: fish either, but do want it to be safe for swimming. AnswerThe best I have come across is on Squidoo and wh

catfish-moose

QuestionQUESTION: I have a pretty big catfish that has been in my 3000 gallon koi pond for about 8 years. at the beginning of the summer he ate for a day or two and now he just lies on the bottom and his tail

critters in new pond

Questionhello, there seems to be a very small tadpole like thing in my new pond and water fall......how do I figure out what it is and then what do I do about it.....Also the wasp are loving thise area.... is there

previously clear pond is now brown

QuestionVt.pond approx half acre was drained twice. was ckear in the spring until w eather warmed when it turned brown. Lab tests indicated no abnormalities. no e-coli and p

Two dead fish

QuestionThis morning we found two of our fish had died overnight in our pond. We have approximately a 4,000 gallon concrete pond containing seven koi. The pond has a really good filtration system with tw

leeches, blood suckers

QuestionQUESTION: Is there a way to rid our man made swimming pond of leeches, or blood suckers? I usually only find one on me every other time I go in the pond( we have fish), but yesterday I put on a pair of

tiny black fish that eat algae just appeared

QuestionQUESTION: I have a pond that I inherited upon purchase of my home, it has three goldfish..It is a manmade pond purchased probably from home depot or a store like it..It has a filter in the middle kinda like

Tannin colored water

QuestionI have a mature, well filtered and balanced pond. I keep it lightly salted for the health of my koi. This year the water has turned a tea or tannin color. there is no mulch, wood, or leaves in or aroun

ducks and algae

QuestionDo ducks like algae? do they eat it? can it harm them? Have a 30 foot by 100 foot pond with plastic membrane at bottom and sandfill __ is that appropriate? Should sand be replaced with soil? depth of pond is

Koi spawning

QuestionQUESTION: I recently added a new koi to my pond. I have 3 kois just over 1foot. As soon as I added the new koi (tad smaller) I noticed them chasing this poor koi. Upon closer inspection it has a lump on her

green water in fountain

QuestionHi...I just bought a fountain for my patio. It has a copper pipe that draws the water up from the pump and pours the water into the first basin, and so forth. The water is clear when we start out

Pond Pump

QuestionHi, so I have a question about my parents pond pump- if this doesnt make sence I will ask again and send pictures to explain it better. So its a smaller pond that waterfalls down into a bigger pond. Th

severely bloated goldfish

QuestionQUESTION: I have never even been aware of any disease about bloating goldfish until today. I have a 1000 gallon pond with about 12- 15 fish. I do not use any chemicals. The pond is 8 years old & this is my f

Foam in my pond

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Johathan: My pond used to have a leak and after we repair the leak a lot foaming is forming in the pond and also algees I was reading that foam can be formed from disolved organic, but I do no

Identifying my pond fish

Question Four Fish We have four large fish in our little pond. We have always thought that they were just goldfish as they started out about 4 inches long. Some one has suggested that they could be koi and that they