Had a freak hail storm on Saturday in Chicago. There was about a1/2 inch of hail (1/4in size) on my deck. The size of the pond is 10'x4'x3'D. I lost 7 goldfish (about 7" in length). What happened? Did the hail cool the water too quickly? This never happened before. Ken

I haverecently set up a whiskey pond barrell. I'm having trouble keeping fish alive in it.They seem to be gasping at the surface and are very lethargic. This would suggest a lack of oxygen? I have several plants in there including a lily the leaves of which seem to blacken after a while. There is a...

i have found a lot of dead frogs in my pond, has enyone else had the same /? -- jakson

Taking off the netting today I have just had a good look at my pond after the winter - and was dismayed to see that blanket weed appears to already have started to sprout , which considering the coldness I find amazing. Last year I had a real job keeping it under control. I am sure its been asked...

When I top my pond up how much dechlorinator should I use. I top up from the tap and our water is chlorinated. Do I use sufficient to de-chlorinate the full pond (it is a fairly small pond), or do I just use sufficient to dechlorinate the amount of water I am adding? I have had a few problems with...

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hi i need some advice about this please, i have bought a 1/2 whisky barrel to replace the plastic pond i had. its 24" deep by 36" diameter. i filled it with the original water from pond and put lilies in it plus some pond weed and then topped it up with tap water which i then added de...

Can someone please advise i have large-ish pond in our garden it contains pond plants is about 5-1/2ft deep in the deepest part and stepped at one end.I am no expert in pond keeping/fish but have managed to maintain a healthy environment for our fish. Recently we have had the regular attentions of...

I have a 2000 gal pond with an EPDM liner. When it rains the ground water pushes the liner up and pond water is pushed out of the pond. I have lost two batches of fish this way. I am considering digging a hole at the deepest point of the pond under the liner and putting a 10 gal galvanized trash...

On Sat, 28 May 2011 13:59:34 +0100, Janet wrote: When I fetched my orange comet goldfish out of their winter quarters (buried tub) in March 2010, I found that during winter they had produced a single baby. It was dark brown-olive and barely an inch long. A year and a bit...

Another Beckett pump started shorting out and flipping the breaker. What's with these pumps? This one is epoxy filled and water still got in. What else could it be? This the second one to do this. Suggestings anyone? -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. My Pond...

We have recently cleaned out our pond and pulled out some plants as the pond was overrun with iris' and lillies. Before this our koi were swimming about, feeding well and were almost tame, ie: approaching surface and fedding well and sociable. Now however, they have "sunk" to the back of the pond...

HI there I have a oase biotec screenmatic set and to the right of it near where the uv screws on to it there are long white tubes with like stone in them. Sorry I cant be more specific. I heard from someone that you are supposed to dip them in salt water anually cos there something to do with...

I am very new to this site and new to gardening overall, and therefore apologise for this very basic question. I have quite a large garden and am thinking of building a largeish pond (22m x 17m approx 430,000 litres using internate calculation tools) My question is how do I fill it with water? (as...

Does anyone know where I can buy a pre-drilled flat bottomed urn . Currently, the pipe from my filter goes into the urn, to be poured into my formal pond (9' x6'). Unfortunately the urn has been cracked. A few years ago urns like this were in every 'water garden centre'. Now they seemed to have...

My clay pond dries out in summer. I want to plant it up. Any ideas for suitable plants. -- PreMonier

The top skimmed surface of my pond is in poor health and I an now considering either re skimming with concrete or applying a fibrglass coat. If skimming with concrete what is the best product/mix. If I go the fibre glass route will it adhere to the painted surface of the pond? --

I have Hyancth(sp?)parrot feather, water lily.,lily pads.How do they winter over? I was told the hyancth will die off,I was wondering if I can bring them indoors and let them live in a bucket of water? Kathy

Just designing my first pond. My plan is to build a largish pond using the Atlantis Pacific rigid pond liner 1400. From the research I have done there seems to be three types of pond which I could call Koi, Goldfish, and Natural. If i have this correct. I want my pond to be natural as possible -...

Hi, Im new here, this is my first question, please be gentle I have what looks like orange scrambled egg on top of the pond, it is a well established pond of about 8 years, ive never seen this before, and as fast as i take it off it comes back. Is it some sort of algae? How can I get rid of it?