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OK:
Gotta read the question carefully…
Does a purely biological filter make the water cleaner or dirtier?
:-)
Bill

Gee, short questions look so easy…..
QUESTION: DOES A PROPERLY INSTALLED UV (ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT) MAKE THE POND WATER CLEANER OR DIRTIER?
:-)
Bill

    I can’t tell you what the fountain pump was my husband suprised me with it a few years ago( a beckett maybe).. we had it on a elevated stand in the pond about 2 feet underwater and 3 feet above the bottom. It had ran constanly for 2 years even through the winter, 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 […]

Rebecca, what kind of fountain pump did you have before? Did you have that pump sitting right on the bottom of the pond, or sitting on some type of platform? If your pond bottom is really loose muck, you might want to sit your replacement on top of a […]

Just out of curiosity, how are you measuring ph? I use the API test kits, and I can’t discern teh results with that degree of specificity. What is more, my ph reagent usually suggests a lower ph than my high ph reagent. I do know if the colors […]

I need a new fountain pump I lost a pump yesterday. Our pond is clay bottom 90′x 90′ aprox 5′5″ at deepest part average deapth 4′. I have a mucky pond the fish stir it up and I don’t know the fish load I know I have put 10 koi in there […]

Ok, did post some tanks pics in photo album. Take a look, if any question, feel free to ask. Jack P.S…. I’m from Northwest, IL. (close to wisc. boarder)

Great to see thsat you finally were able to obtain some items to work with, for your fish. Before I go any further, I would just like to suggest your trading in those two Chinese Algae Eaters for Siamese Algae Eathers. The CAE’s can get to around 10″ long, and […]

As the various smaller Danio species will interbreed, its possible you have a long-fin Zebra Danio — Pearl Danio cross. Without being able to see a photo of this fish, it also sounds from your description that it could be the rather new ZD Glo-Fish with its added anemone gene. […]