If you have sixty fish in your 2000 gallon pond, the fish load is way too high. I would suggest you either increase the size of your pond, …. cut the fish load in half (at least by a third), or add a substantial amount of biological filtration to your system. Adding plants […]
I use an API test kit. I always rinse them in aquarium water first including the caps. I have only gotten the big of a drop once, but with a couple of water changes it appears to be coming back up. The reason I thought it was the filter was because I […]
Hello friendly Koi friends. I have a 2000 gallon pond with over sixty wonderful Koi fish. Can you guess what my problem is? I have an Ultima II Filter and Tsunami pump which can handle up to 30- 35 fish no problem. However, now with Sisty fish my Ammonia […]
What time of day did you test the pH? Was it first thing in the morning? Was it later in the day? Do you have any other test results for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, GH, KH?
We went through this recently with someone else so yours may be the same situation.
Do you have live plants […]
When you do your weekly PWC’s, are you vacuuming your gravel good to get the detritus out of the gravel?
I saw in another of your posts that you may have a UGF. Have you been doing proper maintenance and cleaning on it? See my reply to your other post.
What are your water parameter […]
Don’t ever feed them? What in the world are they eating? One reason I ask is some fish could live long by eating what’s overgrown in your tank if there’s enough of it.
Also, it would be very helpful if you could tell us your ammonia, nitrate and nitrite levels. […]
In a message dated 7/16/2008 2:20:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, george.labelle@intel.com writes:
Thought I’d share with the group my near loss of pond, recovery, and lesson learned. Specs. 1,700 Gal. pond, Performance Pro 1/4-49 pump, Ultima II 2,000 filter and Aqua UV 80W. Aloha Oregon, near Portland. […]
Thought I’d share with the group my near loss of pond, recovery, and lesson learned. Specs. 1,700 Gal. pond, Performance Pro 1/4-49 pump, Ultima II 2,000 filter and Aqua UV 80W. Aloha Oregon, near Portland. 6 total KOI about 100″.
Trouble began when the water was more green than it should have been. […]
Absolutely. Once you have your filters running and the tank clear, you will need to cycle the tank. This can be done easily by adding flake food daily to the tank as a food source for bacteria, or by adding straight ammonia to the tank every day… It will take 3-4 […]
In a message dated 7/14/2008 10:08:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jminn5702@yahoo.com writes:
I have a pond full of Koi and at Fleet farm its like a Menards they had a jug of this stuff to help get alge out of ponds. My pond is about 10,000 gallons. On […]