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[AquaticLife] eheim 2217

Hi Myron,
I can not speak on the condition of the Eheim filter but I did want to address the loss of power from your two Fluval filters. I have a few- well, maybe 6 of these different ones. Over the years I have come to have to deal with the 303 and 304 or 404 […]

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Guppy tragedy…

Hi Sam,
There is no “rule”, whether it’s 1″ per gallon or 2 gallons per fish that works… except for slim-bodied fish that stay under 3″ as full grown adults. For example, a 10″ Oscar certainly can’t be kept in 2 gallons of water, nor will 10 gallons of water be sufficient…. more like […]

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Sand

I couldnt agree more many many moons ago at the university when ever I set up a new tank I always used the diatom filter to remove debris from our substrates before I did anything else works fantastic and eliminates further problems with it as what we were using was collected on […]

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[Ponds-Koi] homemade plant protector from hula hoop

funny you should ask I just made 2 of them
I bought the fine netting (green)they sell at the fabric store. fold it up under the hoop ( so the fabric sits 18″ or so down). I then folded the edges over the top of the hoop, stitched it closed on my sewing machine, […]

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[Ponds-Koi] homemade plant protector from hula hoop

We just use a hula hoop no netting - works great. You can make a small bag with the netting, fill it with rocks and use fishing line to attach the net bag with rock to the hula hoop much like a boat anchor. Teri

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Sand

filters arent on yet, til it settles. I used dried white fine sand for paving. I did experiment on my 10 gal..and it works. I did some netting on top, when some sand articiles or foam was floating, that helps too.
Giancarlo Podio wrote: […]

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[UniQuaria] for sale Java Moss

>>So you have 3 bags of Java Moss
for sale?>You are more than welcome to my
gallon jar trick. >A glass
fish bowl works, too.
And, for that matter, so wlll big old
potato chip bowls.

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[UniQuaria] for sale Java Moss

So you have 3 bags of Java Moss for sale? HERE is your chance, UniQs in the states, to get some healthy homegrown Java Moss !!!
You are more than welcome to my gallon jar trick. The real trick is finding […]

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[Worldwide Koi Club] Pond Pump died. Suggestions for new one?

Dear Colleen,
I have two water pumps by Beckett that I’ve purchased from The Home Depot approximately ten years ago, and are current circulating my 1500 gal. pond. I believe I bought them for around $99.99 each with 1250 gph at 1 foot above water level. They have larger and strongly […]

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[Worldwide Koi Club] Pond Pump died. Suggestions for new one?

Hello Colleen. I can’t advise you about pumps because I don’t know enough, but I can tell you that my new Matala Pond Vac, purchased this spring, is probably the most useful purchase I’ve made this year. I’m attaching a link which will tell you more about it, although you’ll […]

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