Building a water feature

Question 4 Pots My mom bought 4 flower pots and she wants me to build a water feature out of them. We decided on the order, but we arent sure on how to stabilize the top 3 pots (see image). She wants to stagg

water chemistry

QuestionHello Raf, This spring I put in a small pond with a fountain (150 GALLONS). The filter was a pre filter spong and had sever algae problem.About 2 weeks ago I emptyed the pond and started over after getting a

Winterizing Pond.

QuestionI have a above ground 300 gallon poly tank that I use for my fish pond. This is the first season I have had it up. There are about 10-13 koi/gold fish in it. It gets morning sun an after noon shade. It is s

worm like critters

QuestionI have an approx. 3000 gal pond with a depth of 3-4 feet with 2 bog areas that have a verity of different plants. I have a large amount of fish because of a huge birthrate this year I think I went from aroun

wintering koi

Questionsize: 400 gal.; 4 ft. deep 4 koi; 2 shubunkin filter & water spray faces south, so sun much of the day the water temp is below 50 F hanging around the surface last water test was fine, though that was before

starting a koi pond

Questiontrying to start a koi pond at the bottom of an outside fountain. Fountain is 8ft wide about 10 deep and 7ft tall with 3 ters. is this a good idea for a koi pond. South Carolina weather right now is 60-65 hig

pond maintenance

QuestionWe have a small concrete pond. It is an L shape with the long legs of the L being 4 and the short sides being 2 with a depth of 3. Last year, we drained it, scrubbed it, painted it with pool paint and

Foam in outdoor in-ground water feature with waterfall

QuestionWe just recently rebuilt the above-referenced water feature as we had a leak and was losing water. Now we have heavy foam building up in the standing water at the base of the waterfall. We put in

small pond

QuestionHi Raf. I have a very small pond with no fish. Also there are no plants. I just like the sound and look of the water..so i will have no fish. I have a small re-circulation pump for fountain. The water goes g

copper fountain for a fish pond/water feature

QuestionIm in the beginning stages of planning a pond. I have already ordered a beautiful copper fountain for this pond & plans are to include plant life & fish (probably goldfish). An employee at a pond store told

Small pond fish

QuestionAre there any small goldfish, koi, or other pond fish? (I need fish that wont grow above 5 inches) AnswerHi Miriam, Thank you for your question. It, in fact, will also depend on the size of your pond. Beca

None

QuestionHi, Im recently considering to make an outdoor pond because I believe I do have a lot of infrastructure for it. I have a cemented area which, when filled with water can make a god tank. But heres my plan.

leech problem

QuestionI have a 33 acre pond with a leech problem. What is the best way to control/eliminate this problem. This is a private pond on a camp site for families and children. No motorized boats are allowed. Right know

cement pond sealants

QuestionQUESTION: I recently lined the inside of a 10,000 gallon pond with poured concrete using Quikrete, 4 thick all around. While I am waiting for the cement to cure, I am shopping for a tinted cement sealer that

koi pond

QuestionI have a 8x18x3 Koi pond with a pump and stream filtered at the stream,which I have had for many years last year I decided to clear up the water and used house water the same time the county clorinated the w

query

QuestionHello,I have 3 goldfish and two bala sharks in my aquarium tank. My query is how do these aquarium fish live in the open wild without air pump. I am thinking of leaving them back to their natural habitat but

rebuild/enlarge a pond

QuestionFirst let me say I no longer have fish. 15 Koi/ goldfish died last summer in a matter of weeks. I cleaned the pond and restocked with 2 fish they died also. When I cleaned the pond I noticed worms swimming a

pond

QuestionWe did had smaller pond but liner got hole and we decide go to bigger pond than we had currently hole dug to 6x 9ft and 3 deep. Right now trying figure out would be best use liner or have cement pond.

Koi care questions

QuestionHi, I have a smallish pond, (sorry I dont know exactly how big it is, but it was built for koi by someone a while ago so I know its big enough.) I want to have 2 or 3 koi in it. I have several questions ab

Re: Goldfish

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I just got a feeder goldfish from a crouded tank in petco w/ lots of dead fish. The goldfish I got, though, is very healthy looking. I have a pond I want to put the goldfish in, (it has about