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[Ponds-Koi] Fireants at pondside

Lenny, the description of the “budding effect” on your second link explains why so many more mounds are popping up so quickly. Thanks for that link!!!! Yes, I can do the shop vac thing. I was thinking too that I could hotwire an area around the pond to keep the […]

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[Ponds-Koi] Foam and clear Water

You are lucky that you didn’t come home to some floating fish. That much foam could have taken away the ability for the pond to outgas CO2, nitrogenous gases, etc.
Since you have lots of babies, there’s a good chance many of them did not survive and were eaten resulting in a high protein level […]

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Well Water

I think the rest of your questions were answered in my most recent email.
I hadn’t even thought of the chance that they couldn’t acclimate to the new water. That would make me very, very sad. I guess in that case I’d see if my Mom had any of her emergency bottled water stash […]

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Newt trouble

Gina: Have you talked to the place where you bough him? I know they do not have to eat every day - but you’d think he would nibble a bit of something.. Good luck and keep us posted on him. In a message dated 4/25/2008 6:00:56 […]

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Newt trouble

I have been trying the frozen blood worms. he will not eat them. I cant get ghost shrimp or meal worms. i dont think he is very aquatic, is stays on land alot. where i live vets are normally just for cats, dogs, and horses. and no local zoo. so it sucks. i dont know […]

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[Ponds-Koi] Minnesota Winters really Suck!!!

In a message dated 4/19/2008 1:24:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, b-harper@hughes.net writes:
That really sucks! It’s snowing here in western Oregon and that sucks. What ever happened to global warming? Bill
The statistics might be right in that the trend started to reverse 2 years ago!!! Bummer!!! […]

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[Ponds-Koi] Minnesota Winters really Suck!!!

That really sucks! It’s snowing here in western Oregon and that sucks. What ever happened to global warming? Bill

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pH issues

this is a link to the page where i got my substrate (havn’t posted this before althoug i should have: http://www.aquariumplants.com/product_p/ss-1.htm i think you are right. it’s gotta be the substrate. i did add some holey rock the pH went up […]

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[AquaticLife] Paludarium inhabitants

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 […]

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