pondcare

Questionihave a pond size 6x3x600 keeps going black on sides of pond can see fish but very murky water lilies are in pond but not growing to well any suggestion have clean pond out few times no difference thank you

Shubunkin football appearance

QuestionWe have a 400 gallon pond with 10 shubunkins that are about 3 years old. For the past two months, one of them has swelled to twice its size in the belly and does not eliminate. We moved it to another pool an

koi health

Question koi hi one of my large chargoi has a large lump on its side which oi have no idea what it is water quality is good and feeding with no problems can you help many thanks AnswerDear Michael, It look

green water

QuestionI have a 12x15x5ft deep pond with a rubber liner. the water is pumped from the pond thru 2 large 5foam filters with a uv light in the filters.The wattage is 25 watts ea. I have approx. 40 large goldfish and

Rid of Salamanders in pond

QuestionQUESTION: I read your answer to getting rid of salamanders by adding fish to the pond. The problem I have is we are irrigating with gray water-disposal and the system is getting clogged up because of t

koi/Goldfish/Hybrids

QuestionHi I want to ask; Can carp breed with Common Goldfish or Shubunkins? We have got a black Common Carp and a lot of Goldfish and there are two young fish that have a mix of Carp and Goldfish features.

pond pumps wich one is the best to buy

Questionlooking for a submersible pond pump around 700-1000GPH wanting to buy best made longest lasting / AnswerHi The first question is the pond accessible to humans? i.e without fencing If it is the case I would

Baby fish and filter

QuestionWe have a quite powerful underwater pump in our outdoor pond. We were advised to switch it off during the winter which we have been doing. Today, as the weather is warming up I decided to switch the pu

Small backyard pond

QuestionI bought a house with a small ( Id say 5x3 and about 2 1/2 feet deep) backyard pond. The pond was uncared for all winter and had no pump. Three goldfish survived. I drained the pond, cleaned up all the yuck

Garden pond

QuestionI bought a house with a small ( Id say 5x3 and about 2 1/2 feet deep) backyard pond. The pond was uncared for all winter and had no pump. Three goldfish survived. I drained the pond, cleaned up all the yuck

ph levels

QuestionIn doing some research on garden pond pH levels, I ran across a response from Brigitte regarding treating garden pond pH. The question posed to her was from Gene on 7/30/2007 with the topic of pH too high. S

Fish keep dying no matter what we do!

QuestionQUESTION: We had a small pond (around 300 gallons) for about 20 years with a couple of goldfish in it and a few water plants, a filter, and everything was fine. We never had any problems. We recently expande

pond fish dying

Questionhello, we recently moved our pond to a more shaded location in our yard. That was about a month ago and so far we have lost 6 fish all comets. The only survivor is a large butterfly koi. The fish seem fine a

hailstorm

QuestionWe have had our six koi for almost ten years. Bought when they were about three or four inches long. Now, the longest is long, thin and sleek - about eighteen inches long. Our largest and h

Fish dying in koi pond

QuestionQUESTION: We have large koi pond (appr. 20,000 gals.)w/ top-of-line filtration system, bog filters, waterfall, water lilies, pickerel, etc. Had 2 large koi (12 - 15), probably 15 or so 4-6 comets and p

Help with building patio pond.

Question diagram I live near St. Louis, Missouri and I have been wanting to build a fish pond on my patio myself. I have outlined the basic idea in the attached image. I would like it to be about 4ft by 4ft,

Overnight fish death

QuestionRaf, I need your help. We have a backyard pond approximately 350 gallons. It has a vinyl liner, a Laguna 700 filter with UV lamp and Laguna 1500 pump. The water enters the pond as a f

pregnant goldfish in pond

Questioni have a small pond about 150 gal. i have had the same two goldfish that i started with. they were small .39 cent fish that have grown to 9 inches long.the past 2 summers i thought one of them is pregnant. s

Water lily/Angel fish

QuestionHello, I know that this question isnt specifically related to ponds but there are no experts in the fresh water plant category and you seem to be most qualified. I want to put a water lily in a vase and hav

worm

QuestionPlease could you tell me what kind of worm this is? It came out of our small plastic swimming pool. There were several worms and I put one on a leaf to make a picture.. thank you in advance! AnswerHi Prisc