Hi Kim,
Have you been keeping an eye on the water parameters in your pond? When the fish died, you said they looked to be in good condition. Did you look at their gills at all before disposing of them?
I think it would be wise for you to remove the koi from your pond […]
Much worse than that is that one of those guys will be your husbands daughter which obviously luckily enough will have children. Grand children come over to there grandma which is your wife.Wife nags that she is afraid that grandchild will drown in your pond, and sooner rather than later you will have tofill it […]
Hi group, Years ago, I read that you can trap and kill snails by leaving a saucer of stale beer outside. They smell the beer, crawl in, get intoxicated, and drown. NO KIDDING! I did read it on internet. […]
Hi everyone I’ve had My pond for about 3 years now and I’m obviously still a beginner at all of this stuff. I started with basically a garden pond about 7′x9′ and about 18″ at the deep end with a shallow bog area at the other end. […]
They are really cool but unfortunately, I have already told my hubby I won’t do crickets. He is seriously bug-phobic and I even have to keep the friuitflies hidden, they gross him out so much, but he tries to ignore them cuz he knows how beneficial they are for the fishies. It really […]
Yes, the Oriental Fire-bellied Toad http://www.amphibian.co.uk/bombina.html http://www.amphibiancare.com/frogs/caresheets/firebelliedtoad.html
They have been known to live up to 16 years in captivity! I posted about them a little while ago. You need to make sure they can get a foothold from the aquatic part to the land part. Barring that as a problem, they are very […]
I have a 24″x18″x24″ exo-terra terrarium done up with about 1/2 water and 1/2 land. It is heavily planted, well lit, and unheated. I’m looking for ideas for potential inhabitants. I would like something relatively inexpensive and easy maintenance that DOES NOT require crickets as a dietary staple. I don’t mind […]
Here are some ideas for a rain forest vivarium: http://www.vivariumconcepts.com/content/view/8/11/
You neglect to mention what kind of critters you wish to put in there. The natural habitat of the critters needs to be replicated, obviously. That’s where you start. A rain forest vivarium/terrarium is NOT a plaudarium. If you put frogs in a […]