Here are some basic guidelines for the number of plants to use in common sizes of ponds. In a 4′x6′ pond use 1 lily, 5-8 bog plants, 3 floaters, 24 submerged plants. A 6′x11′ to 11′x11′ pond use 2 lilies, 9-13 bog plants, 6 floaters, 44 submerged plants. For 11′x11′ to 14′x16′ ponds use […]
Bill, this chemical may indeed be “safe”. However, I believe the point here is the long term health of a pond. The average or beginning pond owner needs to learn where the algae comes from and how to reduce it with natural means for the long haul. That is […]
Yes, Baytril is an antibiotic and works very well to heal ulcers and other infections our Koi and Goldfish may get.
Yours Koily, Lorraine
I would just keep up on the water changes and make sure that your biological filter is large enough not only for the size of the pond but the amount of fish that you have in that pond. We’ve been making our own filters for years and if you would like a copy of […]
Can you give us a little more information on the tank itself, such as size, fish load and filtration used? Test results?
My initial thought is that if they are only doing this for a couple minutes then acting normal for the majority of the time, it may not be a problem, perhaps […]
hi all………new to this group, keeping central and south american cichlids here for quite sometime now…….was wondering tho, all my fish are at the surface of the tank like they are trying to get air…..they are not breathing hard……would stay like that for a few minutes, then back to there usual business and so on….i […]
In general, liquid test kits are found to be more accurate even if sometimes they may take some getting used to at first. The best way to determine the exact color is to hold a piece of white cardboard behind the testing vial. After a while, however, you will easily […]
Come again with that procedure? Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com