Archive for May, 2008

I’m once again thoroughly enjoying ponding/ koi keeping

welcome back to koi keeping once a week will be enough if your pond is full of algae and mosquito larvae I have tried to feed my koi every other day they are indoors they become thin. The problem is the water quality if you feed them often however […]

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I’m once again thoroughly enjoying ponding/ koi keeping

After loosing every last one of my koi last season I have recovered from the devastation of that experience. It was frustrating, upsetting, saddening, and heart wrenching. In the process though I’ve learned a tremendous amount. I’m a DIY kind of person and I’m also frugal so building my own DIY […]

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[Ponds-Koi] I’m once again thoroughly enjoying ponding/ koi keeping

I hate to tell you but your 2,500G pond isn’t nearly large enough for all of the fish you have. You should definitely rehome the channel catfish as they get HUGE and will eventually get hungry enough to start eating your other fish. If you only keep the eight Koi and do frequent […]

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Which tetras to get?

Well, guess what, I came home with four pristellas and a gold tetra.
Now I’ve got four pairs of huge black eyes looking at me from out of transparent bodies. They’ve been lined up in the front of the tank looking at me for an hour. Fishes’ revenge.
Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX […]

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[AquaticLife] Which tetras to get?

Six our more? Well, I guess not right now - I already got those ugly pristellas. But I’ll keep it in mind.
The three of them sure do seem happy.
Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com

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Update on Gourami

Thank you for your rather harsh comments about it. I am new to the aquarium world, preferring reptiles and my silly little tetras. The gourami is not too large for its tank, since it is only about three inches long. I know I am inept, but wish that you might have words […]

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Saturday night quiz thingee

How much of that price is taxes? I thought the value of the Euro was making oil/gas cheaper over in Europe. Of course, I heard you guys were paying over $5.00 a gallon a few years ago when we were still paying a dollar-something.
Most States over here in the USA have total taxes […]

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Rocks

Jaeda wrote: > Avoid limestone, unless you want to harden the water and get residual build-up that needs to be cleaned. If you do use limestone, you can boil it, but not for too long. Limestone already has a very high moisture content and from experience I can tell you that when used around a […]

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I’m once again thoroughly enjoying ponding/ koi keeping

After loosing every last one of my koi last season I have recovered from the devastation of that experience. It was frustrating, upsetting, saddening, and heart wrenching. In the process though I’ve learned a tremendous amount. I’m a DIY kind of person and I’m also frugal so building my own DIY […]

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Saturday night quiz thingee

Chris =
Just to make you really aware of England in the summer - It is about 3:42pm here in Tucker, Georgia - and it is a hot beautiful sunny day!!
And, just a hunch here, but I’ll lay money that it is getting dark and dreary right this same minute in Jolly Old England!
:-)
Bill

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