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| Refilling pond with city water | 10/2/2008 | David St |
Q: How long must we let the water set in our pond prior to adding back our fish, after filling with ...
A: That would depend on how much of the water volume was replaced with new water... for a partial water ...
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| 50% of koi have died within a 12 hr. period | 10/2/2008 | Brigitte |
Q: My pond is above ground and approximatley 200 gallons. All of the koi have been in this pond for 4 ...
A: It is extremely difficult to diagnose a problem like this when there are no visible signs of disease ...
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| Koi dying due to high PH | 10/1/2008 | David St |
Q: We have lost 6 Koi ostensibly due to high PH. I have run some tests in our 200 gallon outdoor tank ...
A: On some level Physics and chemistry are very closely related... Most newly filled ponds have a ...
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| black bugs in pondw/lilies | 10/1/2008 | David St |
Q: I have thousands of black bugs(looks like grains of dirt) in my pond with my water lilies and fish. ...
A: .. they could be any number of bugs... from water fleas to a parasite. I would see if you can scoop ...
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| Koi dying due to high PH | 10/1/2008 | David St |
Q: We have lost 6 Koi ostensibly due to high PH. I have run some tests in our 200 gallon outdoor tank ...
A: I would think that a couple of things could have happened... first would be that the pump stirred up ...
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| Baby Koi | 10/1/2008 | David St |
Q: We have a Koi pond with apprx. 40 koi. It was here when we bought this house nearly two years ago. ...
A: The larger fish may eat the babies but at this point I would assume the babies are fast enough to ...
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| Mystery fish | 10/1/2008 | David St |
Q: We have a pond with many koi fish in it. All but two are still fairly smaller and the two bigger ...
A: If all you have in your pond is koi... then I would suspect that you have a baby koi... One of the ...
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| koi babies and winterizing | 9/30/2008 | David St |
Q: My husband put in a Koi pond for me in March of this year. We waited about 2 weeks before we put 4 ...
A: Ponds are great peaceful forms of relaxation... I would re-home the baby Koi in an aquarium over the ...
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| white spot | 9/29/2008 | David St |
Q: I have a 12 or 13,000 gal Koi pond. I have a solid black small koi about 5 inches long. When we ...
A: do you add aquarium salt to your pond??? the white spot may be a parasite or even the start of a ...
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| cat fish | 9/29/2008 | David St |
Q: my cat fish are turning white all over. I have checked the water and its okay.I need a solution ...
A: I would try a water change to make certain that there is not something in the pond such as lawn ...
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| repairing of rubber matting in pond. | 9/29/2008 | David St |
Q: I have recently purchased a property with a large pond which has a leak.I would like to know which ...
A: Now is always a good time to repair a leak... leaks tend to get worse when you have no time to deal ...
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| Baby Koi | 9/28/2008 | David St |
Q: We have a Koi pond with apprx. 40 koi. It was here when we bought this house nearly two years ago. ...
A: The big koi may reappear... they will lay on the bottom of a pond for weeks and then appear...lets ...
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| re-cycling of wastewater in garden | 9/28/2008 | David St |
Q: can I use wastewater from kitchen,washbasin and washing machine for gardening and garden vegetables ...
A: hmmmm I would use a bucket or barrel, whichever is most appropriate for the amount of water you are ...
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| insects around pond | 9/26/2008 | David St |
Q: hi i have a problem with insects arond my pond ie small flyes and mosquitos can i do any thing to ...
A: I would check the pond to see if the mosquitoes are breeding in the pond itself.... The only other ...
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| White Spot on Orandas | 9/25/2008 | David St |
Q: 20galls. I filled it put in plenty of oxyginating plants and left it to stand for 2 weeks. I then ...
A: Ich is a parasite that is set off by a drop in water temperature... ICH is present even in our tap ...
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| White Spot on Orandas | 9/25/2008 | David St |
Q: 20galls. I filled it put in plenty of oxyginating plants and left it to stand for 2 weeks. I then ...
A: The trick to treating is to turn up the heat... which is not so easy to do in a pond. If you can ...
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| Sick Red Cap | 9/24/2008 | David St |
Q: We have an outside pond which a pecan tree overhangs. It has began its annual dump of pecans in ...
A: I would put her in a separate bowl with 50 pond water and 50 new water. Feed her a diet of ...
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| muddy water and koi digging up the lillies | 9/22/2008 | David St |
Q: I have a small pond, 15 ft x 8 ft x 3 ft deep. It is 3 years old now, and this year it has been ...
A: You can add a layer of gravel to the bottom that they can sift through. Koi love to scavenge for ...
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| Ponds & Frogs | 9/21/2008 | David St |
Q: I have found a frog on my rockery next to my pond covered with leeches around its ...
A: You can treat the pond with a copper based medication and they leeches will die. If the frog is ...
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| baby koi over winter | 9/21/2008 | David St |
Q: I was shocked to see baby koi in our pond. info: The pond is 23x18 and 8' deep. Waterfall is 13' at ...
A: Treat the babies as you would the adults... Move the pond filter to about a foot below the surface ...
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| Golden Orfe | 9/20/2008 | David St |
Q: I have recently bought a golden orfe at a pond fish store. He is maybe 4 inces long. We are ...
A: Koi and goldfish are scavengers and as such they put everything in their mouth and then decide if ...
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| which dechlorinator is best for koi pond top-offs? | 9/20/2008 | David St |
Q: I have a 1000 gallon koi pond, 6 months old. The installer gave me some Sodium Thiosulfate ...
A: I would start by understanding the contents of your tap water. Contact your local water department ...
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| goldfish | 9/20/2008 | David St |
Q: my pond has only one comet goldfish, and that is it. i defiantly can have at least 5 more fish in ...
A: They should be fine I would however recommend moving the pump closer to the surface so that it ...
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| Man forgot to turn off the water! | 9/19/2008 | David St |
Q: Please help.. Hopefully not to late. Boyfriend was adding water to the pond and forgot to tun it ...
A: Im sorry to hear about your pond and your fish loss. I would actually change the water out and add ...
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| Missing fish | 9/19/2008 | David St |
Q: I recently purchased a house with a fish pond and 12 koi, 2 of them larger ones... about 6". I have ...
A: Raccoons, opossums, heron, neighborhood cats are all excellent fisherman. If you have a missing koi ...
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| fish dying | 9/18/2008 | David St |
Q: I have a new pond, 3 months old, with young fish. After two weeks, I lost two butterfly koi and ...
A: What are you feeding your koi?? and how often are you feeding them??? Out door ponds are subject ...
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| Pond Goldfish | 9/17/2008 | David St |
Q: I have several comet goldfish in my pond. I notice the other week that one of them has reproduced. ...
A: goldfish are so heavily cross bred and selectively bred to enhance the wild traits such as the ...
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| cloudy water in fountain | 9/17/2008 | David St |
Q: I have a fountain on my patio that gets direct sunlight about 3 hours/day. The tank at the bottom ...
A: I would do a 50% water change and add in a product called algaefix. It should kill off your algae. ...
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| Advice on products for pond use | 9/16/2008 | David St |
Q: I have contacted my local aquatic centre for some stress coat and melafix/primafix for my pond koi ...
A: Stress Coat, malafix and pimafix have variations that are made for the pond setting. The dosage is ...
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| Koi fish missing | 9/15/2008 | David St |
Q: I have a 60 gallon fish pond with 3 Koi fish. I have had them over a year. I just found out 1 of the ...
A: Depending on the size of the fish anything from a neighborhood cat, raccoon, opossum, or even a ...
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| freezing pond water | 9/15/2008 | David St |
Q: My garden pond is 15' x 30' and has three levels in depth. It starts at about 1', second section ...
A: Colder water holds more oxygen then warmer water and in winter... the fish slow down so much that ...
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| Pond fish Dying | 9/14/2008 | David St |
Q: I have a well established pond which my ex husband used to maintain. Since we split 5 years ago, I ...
A: I would take a sample of pond water to the local fish store and ask them to test it for you. Most ...
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| Develop a minnow pond | 9/13/2008 | David St |
Q: Can you tell me how to go about setting up a minnow pond? What do I need to know about diseases? Do ...
A: I would invest in a how to book about ponds. The basic requirements are: a water proof hole, a ...
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| Glazed Pots as Ponds | 9/12/2008 | David St |
Q: Do you see any issues with using a very large glazed pot for a fish pond? One that is 20" wide and ...
A: These container gardens do work much as you have described. Because this is a surface pool and not ...
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| copper fountain in pond with fish | 9/12/2008 | David St |
Q: I have a 42" round formed pond in which there are 5 gold fish and a fairly large copper fountain. ...
A: Geri: its probably the sunlight that is causing the algae growth and the smells... The fluctuations ...
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| Mystery Pond Film | 9/12/2008 | David St |
Q: I am currently in charge of maintaining a storm water run off pond for work. I was out there today ...
A: There are only a few substances that are lighter then water or that would float. My biggest fear is ...
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| Pond Goldfish | 9/10/2008 | David St |
Q: One of the goldfish in our garden pond thinks it is a dolphin! It rises halfway out of the water ...
A: I would have the ponds water tested to make sure the water chemistry is normal. If the water is ...
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| PRUNNING POND IRIS | 9/9/2008 | David St |
Q: I'M WONDERING IF I CAN PRUNE POND IRIS LIKE I DO MY GARDEN IRISES? THE POND IRIS CAN LOOK A LITTLE ...
A: If the iris have already bloomed and are dying back then feel free to prune them. If they are still ...
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| pond fish | 9/8/2008 | David St |
Q: I have a 250 gallon pond and was wondering if I could put a kind of catfish in it such as a ...
A: Koi would be fine as long as you keep the pond from freezing over. I am not sure if I would put a ...
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| fish tub | 9/8/2008 | David St |
Q: About a week ago I found an article about tubing and I thought that it looked really interesting. ...
A: The barrel garden or sometimes the planter garden... such that it is is a very close relative to the ...
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