Zac, DON'T PUT A TURTLE IN YOUR KOI POND, ... PERIOD! Don keepkoi [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Don Isaksen
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Mar 2, 2004 8:55 am
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I have used an undergravel filter in my aquariums very sucessfully with NO other source of filtration. When I gave the tank to my b-i-l he raised angel fish...
Hello everyone, I'd like to thank all of you for your suggestions and concerns...You can be sure that I will be busy doing "ALOT" of research and site hopping...
There are a lot of different pond types. Crudely, I divide them into koi ponds, goldfish ponds and natural ponds. (I'm aware that there are subdivisions, but...
bil_wight
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Mar 2, 2004 8:55 am
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try hunting these links http://www.dallaskoikichi.org/ http://www.ntwgs.org/ http://www.kwgcnt.org/ http://www.watergardengems.com/ Seminar and Fish sale in...
... Hi I have one redearedslider in my pond ,but he thinks he is a fish. I have talked to other people that have turtles and they state that the turtles will...
i HAVE HAD AN 8' X 2' HOLE IN MY YARD FOE ALMOST TWO YRS. Hubby started and never finished. like everything else. so im on my own. i have been reading...
I am thinking of getting a turtle. What kind should I get? I want pretty small, I don't want them eating fish. I live in zone 7. Where can I get them? On to...
Hi Gang- New to the board but have been around koi and their ponds for over 20 years. I thought I would go ahead and throw myself into the fire on my first...
The analogy I always use is this. My grandfather, a dedicated smoker, lived till he was 90. That doesn't make smoking A Good Idea. Undergravel filters work...
bil_wight
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Mar 3, 2004 5:43 am
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Hi Gang- New to the board but have been around koi and their ponds for over 20 years. I thought I would go ahead and throw myself into the fire on my first...
Hi Bil, Do you know the depth required for it? Is this where 'southern' swamp gas comes from in the winter?! What about 10 inch deep pots full of loam for...
I am pretty sure that the production of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is in anaerobic areas only, but whether a pot of soil underwater will be lacking in oxygen...
bil_wight
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Mar 4, 2004 4:57 am
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Hello Group Members, I am a new pool owner as of the end of last year. Are there any one in the Dallas and Plano area that has any goldfish/koi are any plants...
I saw a pond skimmer at the local nursery yesterday. It sits on the bottom of the pond, has a pipe upright with a filter basket in the top of it. The pump...
Welcome aboard! QiQe, Thanks ! For reinforcing what Bil had to say. I have to agree with you that new ponders can be so easily Miss guided being one myself....
Thanks for the input. I couldn't have put it better myself. bil...
bil_wight
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Mar 4, 2004 4:58 am
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Red Otter, My suggestion would be to ask as many question's as possible. Such as, do's your plan include fish? What kind? koi? Goldfish? Depending on where you...
Check out this website: www.sacramentokoi.com about bottom drains and a great koi pond set up. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I am still in the process of getting my husband to put in the pond. We disagree about everything, so I was hoping to find a web site,video or book that would...
... of ... I ... one. I HAVE A FRIEND SHE HAD KOI IN A 55GAL. TANK SHE WAS CHANGEING THE WATER TOO OFTEN TO KEEP THE WATER CLEAN.THE KOI GREW FROM 4INCHES TO...
Those are good skimers, just sit it up the way it is designed to operate and it will do good. If your pond in on the highest place that makes bottom drain ...
In a message dated 04/03/04 04:58:43 GMT Standard Time, ... I have always associated a skimmer as a device that skims the floating muck & leaves, etc. from the...
I LIVE IN NEW YORK IT'S OBVIOUSLY STILL COLD,BUT THE ICE ON THE POND HAS MELTED AND THE WATER IS PEA SOUP!! IS IT TOO SOON TO START UP THE FILTERING?I HAVE KOI...
I have a somewhat similar situation here in Ohio. The water has been crystal clear all winter and now that the ice has melted and the past week has been...
Having the pond high is the best. The water flows downhill from the bottom drains into the solids removal and from there into the biofiltration. At the end...
bil_wight
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Mar 5, 2004 3:48 pm
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In a message dated 05/03/04 05:39:14 GMT Standard Time, kimr270@... ... In my opinion you should never switch it off. Everybody should have good clean...