Thanks for the suggestions. All seems OK with the fish so far. But my pond is almost entirely surrounded by fireants. Thanks, Liane, for the information about them being members of the wasp family - I didn’t know that, but it sure explains the painful bites. I don’t have systemic […]
It all depends on your starting baseline and then the ecology of the tank will affect the pH after that. The “normal” ecology of a tank will ALWAYS lower the pH over time.
If you have rocks that leach calcium carbonate and/or other minerals, this can keep the pH stable or raise it.. or if […]
Well I finaly got the Koi shilment in from Japan. Treid taking a few pictures but they did not come out that great. I added them to my folder of photo’s on this group.
The fish came in smaller than I expected were suposed to be 4″ to 6″ but there […]
Good subject - I need help here also. I know with ponds “if you build it, they will come” concerning frogs/toads. However, this is ridiculous. I bought this house with this pond and I LOVE IT. The first year was a learning experience. Since I moved in, I have lost 3 of my prettiest largest […]
Good subject - I need help here also. I know with ponds “if you build it, they will come” concerning frogs/toads. However, this is ridiculous. I bought this house with this pond and I LOVE IT. The first year was a learning experience. Since I moved in, I have lost 3 of my prettiest […]
Good subject - I need help here also. I know with ponds “if you build it, they will come” concerning frogs/toads. However, this is ridiculous. I bought this house with this pond and I LOVE IT. The first year was a learning experience. Since I moved in, […]
Keeping in mind that we are usually dealing with aquariums, makes me wonder.. If you are just starting out with fish, are you sure you mean trout? I my humble opinion, TROUT IS NOT and aquarium fish.
joe t
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I just want to point out that this thread has been hijacked and the original poster still hasn’t received a proper response to their question…
“my roller bio ..is starting to slow down.. do I clean this …or do I replace this rolling fillter.. thank you so much.. caroline”
I don’t know anything about […]
Hi Manda,
I see that Steve has already replied and I concur with his reply. Your pond is not large enough to be a “Koi Pond” unless you limit it to only a couple of Koi and even then, you’ll have to do frequent PWC’s (partial water changes).. at least weekly or more often and […]
While many people do 50% or larger PWC’s, doing more than 25% PWC’s at a time can result in a change in water parameters too much, too fast which can result in pH shock, temperature shock, osmoregulatory issues, stress issues, etc.
That article was dealing with a SW tank and did not give any actual test […]