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| Pond in new place | 4/11/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: We have moved into a new house with a manufacture mill behind house. There is a sprinkler system ...
A: The pond is on your land? What does the mill make? The first order of business would be to ...
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| Golden Orfe | 4/11/2008 | Carlo Filho |
Q: Can you tell me how long Orfe live please, we have three and they are about 14 years old. We noticed ...
A: Orfe could live to up to 25 years more or less. As the fish grow, also the level of ammonia in the ...
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| pond water | 4/11/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: i have what i thought might be frog eggs, but when i scoop it out its a green slimy mess and its ...
A: Frog eggs will be a glob of jelly. If you're just getting green slime, that sounds like algae. How ...
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| snails | 4/10/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: Tiny snails ate all my water lilies last year. We tried to treat them and almost killed all our ...
A: Well, as you found out, chemicals used to kill snails also kill other animals. They usually use ...
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| Koi | 4/10/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: We have horses and a large pond they drink out of. I decided to put a few fish in for my enjoyment. ...
A: Great blue herons love to eat fish. With a large pond, you really can't keep them away. The fish ...
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| missing koi | 4/9/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: We had 13 koi, 3 died this winter and we found them floating. The pond was covered with a net ...
A: That opening may have been large enough for some animal. What mammals do you have there? Raccoons ...
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| Overwintering Koi | 4/8/2008 | Brigitte |
Q: Hope you can offer some advise, I'm getting very frustrated. I have a small pond ( 5 ft x 5 ft) and ...
A: I am sorry, but the news I have to impart on you is not that great: The pond is much too small for ...
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| goldfish and frogs | 4/8/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I just googled 'do frogs kill goldfish?' I just looked in my pond and saw a frog holding onto one ...
A: Bullfrogs sometimes eat goldfish. Most other frogs, at least the small ones, don't bother with ...
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| missing koi | 4/7/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: We had 13 koi, 3 died this winter and we found them floating. The pond was covered with a net ...
A: I'm so sorry about your koi. Are you absolutely sure the koi are gone? Are there any places for ...
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| My fish died over the winter | 4/6/2008 | Brigitte |
Q: I had about 40 fish in my pond and they died over the winter. what should I do now can I just get ...
A: If all the fish have just disappeared, then it was probably a predator that took them. If there are ...
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| Frogs in pond!!! | 4/6/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I have a garden pond, its kept quite clean, i have goldfish and carp with other similar fish. I ...
A: Most frogs are rarely a threat to your fish. Frogs carry few diseases or parasites. They do get ...
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| Turning pumps on waterfalls in ponds with Koi | 4/5/2008 | Brigitte |
Q: We live in Chicago. We have two ponds (each 3,000 gallons) Water is pumped from the lower pond to ...
A: Turning the pumps on in a pond should not generally hurt the fish, but there are exceptions. Pond ...
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| Pond maintenance | 4/5/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I need to clean my pond and am alson palnning on dig the hole for it a little deeper. My question ...
A: It is not too cold to work on the pond. If they're moving to an outdoor temporary pond, that should ...
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| Baby Shubunkins ?over the winter survival | 4/5/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I live in upstate NY and have had a pond for a couple of years. Last year my shubumkins spawned and ...
A: Rockets? Did you mean comets? The tri-colored goldfish are shubunkins. Your first circle would be ...
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| Disappearing Goldfish and Broken Pond Pump and Filter | 4/4/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I moved into a house that came with a small circular pond (approx 3ft wide and long, with a depth of ...
A: The huge box is probably a filter. You should figure out how it works and clean it as needed. The ...
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| dropsy... | 4/4/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: Robyn, hi, thanks for the great info. I am fairly positive my 3 year old sons giant goldfish that ...
A: I'm sorry about the goldfish. You can certainly add some antibiotics to the tank. Fish with dropsy ...
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| putting a pond in clay soil | 4/3/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: We have a lot of red clay here on our land, and I am putting in a pond in. I have the hole dug and ...
A: We have heavy clay soil here. My liner has never floated up. The liner may float up if you have a ...
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| Baby Shubunkins ?over the winter survival | 4/3/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I live in upstate NY and have had a pond for a couple of years. Last year my shubumkins spawned and ...
A: I hope some survived for you. How big is the pond? How many other fish do you have and of what ...
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| Dying Fish | 4/1/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I seem to be losing about 5-7 fish each week and have been for about 3 weeks now. Sometimes they ...
A: I'm sorry about your fish. You put methylene blue in the pond? That's pretty strong stuff and may ...
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| frogs and newts | 4/1/2008 | Carlo Filho |
Q: i have got some type of spawn,but im not sure wheter it is frogs spawn or newts spawn.how can i tell ...
A: Frog spawns (eggs) are more visible. Depending on the species, they would look something like ...
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| fingerline | 3/31/2008 | Carlo Filho |
Q: why some eggs doesn`t hatch and some hatch from the same parents,sometime all may not hatch.even ...
A: There could be a number of reasons. Inbreeding, contamination, water temperature, and many other ...
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| Pond Fish Predator | 3/31/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: We had two black moors and several fancy fantail fish that had their tail fins snipped off at the ...
A: I'm very sorry about your fish. Yes, I've had reports from people that ducks do eat fish. If they ...
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| pond fish | 3/31/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I started my pond 4 years ago with 1 Koi, 2 red orandas, 3 shubunkins and 3 pond comets. The ...
A: Yes, baby goldfish are brown/black/blah/bronze/gray/natural colored. They normally start changing ...
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| Shy Koi fish | 3/30/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I have Koi fish that only come out at night. During the day they are hiding. They only eat at night. ...
A: It sounds like they are scared. Are these new koi or ones you've had for a while that suddenly are ...
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| dirty pond | 3/29/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: A friend suggested that sludge buster smelt of yeast so could i use yeast to clean our pond? would ...
A: Yeast will not clean the pond. I've never heard of that. The "sludge buster" to which you're ...
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| POND SETUP... | 3/28/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I would like to set up a small backyard fish pond to accommodate 3-4 goldfish. I would like to use ...
A: I've never seen a solar pump with a kit. If it were, it would probably be overpriced. I suggest ...
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| waterfall pond | 3/27/2008 | Carlo Filho |
Q: My daughter installed a small backyard pond & waterfall in Houston with no fish or plants. The ...
A: Do you know where those rocks come from? It looks like they have a high iron content. If that is ...
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| will the fish well??? | 3/27/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I have had a fish for a while and have always filled its fish tank with our tap water from the well. ...
A: I too have well water. We had the option to hook up to city water but one of the reasons we said no ...
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| pond paint colors | 3/27/2008 | Carlo Filho |
Q: We live in the Caribbean and have built a pond that will hold about 600 gals. of water. We want to ...
A: First of all you should use a non toxic paint. It could be something like pool paint. I would ...
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| Proper construction of duck pond | 3/27/2008 | Carlo Filho |
Q: I am constructing a new pond and will be stocking it with ducks instead of fish. I am not to sure ...
A: Everything sounds fine, it looks like you have done your home work. Try looking into Aquascape ...
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| Pond and fish | 3/27/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I have a little pond in the back yard about 30 to 40 gallons and I have emptied it. I was wondering ...
A: You can add the dechlorinator as it fills or when it's done. Or, even half before and half after. ...
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| pond enlargement | 3/26/2008 | Carlo Filho |
Q: I started enlarging my pond to accomadate two large kois I received towards the end of last summer. ...
A: There is no way you could really seal the liner without removing the wrinkles. As a matter of fact, ...
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| Pond and fish | 3/26/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I have a little pond in the back yard about 30 to 40 gallons and I have emptied it. I was wondering ...
A: Yes, you should do a few things. First, if you have city water, add dechlorinator (tap water ...
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| Frogs everywhere | 3/25/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I have a small pond & waterfall w way tooo many frogs for my liking. They are small tree frogs w ...
A: Tree frogs will only come to the pond during breeding season. So, first realize this won't last ...
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| allege | 3/25/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: my fish pond is only 60 gallons. i have a real good filter but i's not working. it's starting to get ...
A: It's harder to keep small ponds clean. I just cleaned out my 50 gallon tub pond yesterday. It was ...
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| white spot on koi | 3/24/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: It is march water temp is around 45 consistently(i have water heater) just noticed on one of my ...
A: If it's fuzzy, it may be fungus. That may have developed if the koi got a cut on his head. The ...
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| Tons of Tiny Green Worms in Pond Filter | 3/24/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I have a 1000gal pond. I was doing my Spring cleanup and I had the carbon and filter may pulled out ...
A: They were green? Most "worms" in the filter are in fact insect larvae. Red ones are bloodworms ...
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| Plants dying =( | 3/23/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: my plants in my 20 gallon which are hygrophilia basalimica and green hedge are dying and turning ...
A: I'm sorry about your plants. You actually probably have more luck with plants than I do! I have a ...
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| dropsy | 3/23/2008 | Robyn Rhudy |
Q: I think one, maybe two, of my pond fish have this and another died before the winter of the same ...
A: I'm sorry about your fish. Dropsy is usually caused by ubiquitous bacteria in the pond. That ...
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| water movement | 3/22/2008 | Carlo Filho |
Q: My 5000gl koi pond(5200g/h external pump w/waterfall, 6000g/h extrn filter) always looks stagnant ...
A: The filter, or the skimmer, should always be placed directly opposite to the waterfall. In doing ...
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