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I dont know much about tropical fish, but i do know that a 3ft deep pond with little cover in full TX sun can get into the low 90's. For doing tropical fish outdoors, i know there is guy who runs a pet store in New Braunfels that keeps cichlids. I tried to find the name/number but i couldnt...

Another good thing to protect your pond is a nice territorial dog.... keeps out racoons, birds, opossums and anything else you can think of.

Yes koi do eat the greens on plants....all plants. However i dont think they eat the roots, or at least i just havent seen that yet. They do dig in the dirt in search for blood worms though. That could be mistaken as eating roots....

This post may be a little late, but that is common dont worry about it. It is just part of the nostril. Some koi have it some dont... i guess it depends on the breeding. It is really common among Goldfish.

well depending on what you are goig to put in your pond it probably wont be that important. If you are just doing Koi and Goldfish, they can handle such a wide range of PH u probably wont have any issues. I know that you could use fiberglass resin on water proof your concrete but i dont know...

When you start to see the little critters thats always a good sign, just the same as in SW. There are all sorts of of little critters that you will find in your pond. As in SW some are good and some are bad. If you look at your plant pots you will probably see little worms waving back and...

another thing is to get pots and cut a hole in the side and flip it upside down, and put some of your marginals on top of it to keep it down

To accuratly judge what size of pump you will need u need to get a rough estimate on what your head height will be. You start measuring your head hieght at water level from the pond surface that the pump is in. Head height does not just mean how far the pump has to pump verticly. For instance...

so long as there is not a lot of water splashing on top of the pads it will be just fine.

I dont know exact names but Ortho (the fire ant killer people) makes some pretty good books. Tetra have a bunch of really nice books. If you want to dive into some really in depth stuff the Associate Koi Clubs of America have some really in depth books on pond construction, and a really in...

the formula to get your pond liner is Pond Width + (Pond Depth x2) + 1 foot (for edging) + 1 foot extra = Liner Width Pond Length + (Pond Depth x2) + 1 foot (for edging) + 1 foot extra = Liner Length and the formula for pond volume is Pond Length x Pond Width x Pond Depth x 7.5 = Pong Volume...

I would shy away from the Koi, because they get big no matter what. Even only say 3 koi 2ft long (which can take them as little as 2yrs) in 400-500 gal have a HUGE biological impact on the pond. You cannot stock ponds like aquariums, because you not only have to fight all the bioloads from your...

In TX a majority of the floating plants such as Hyacinth and Lettuce are illegal to have. I have HEARD that the fine is in the $250 range...so be careful. One more submergable plant that is really nice in Cabomba, but its likes cooler shady water. If you are intrested in water lilies...

Im sure u know all u basically need to do is pass the water through some sort of media so what biological/mechanical filtration can take place. If you have a submergible pump and u plan on running this filter sumbmerged u have it easy... -first drill a small hole in the side of the bucket at...

I'm in the process of doing all my homework in preperation of setting up a reef aquarium, and like all noobies I'm getting hung up on the lighting end of the process. I already have a 55g tank and I need to build a hood for it, but I'm not sure which lighting I am going with so I dont know how...

From my understanding you can get away with just NO lights. Coraline should still grow but it wont be enough for really anything besides algae and fish.

from my online research i found that www.customaquatic.com has awesome deals on the icecap electonic ballasts.

I wouldnt use that pump for an aquarium. Waterfall pumps are very high torque motors, so they can pump large volumes of water very very high, so there for they are very inefficient. That pump probably uses atleast twice the amount of power as a standard 1800 or 2400 pondmaster.

Ok someone correct me if im wrong..... If you are trying to get rid of both nitrites and nitrates, couldn't you have a your wet/dry system to harvest your aerobic bacteria to convert your ammonia and nitrites. Then in your sump put more bio balls or some other media where they will be...

Runway i was thinking about doing a set up like yours on my 55. I was wondering if you had a problem with your lights raising the temp on you tank, and do you have them under a hood or pendents or what? thanx

You dont need the bubbler for 2 reasons. Your fish are using very very little oxygen being that cold. Also cold water holds much more oxygen than warm water so the natural exchange of gasses though the hole made by the deicer is plenty.

Lol those are some intresting posts and lots of info. So there is one more thing i need to buy before i set up the tank :cry: because i know i have incredibly hard tap water. O Well better to know now instead of later when it could be too late. I really really appreciate it guys...thanx a...

the minimum for the water volume is 1/2 the ponds volume an hour for filtration, anything after that would be purely for decorative purposes such as a water fall or fountian. If you have a waterfall take into account the height you will be pumping it as it wil decrease your flow.

if you want something small. i would go with a whiskey barrel, you can get real ones make of wood and there are also plastic ones. I have seen H-E-B carry the real ones at times for $15. Now remember if you get a real wooden whiskey barrel i would soak it for a min of 1 week then empty all the...

This applys to ALL koi and goldfish as they both originated from carp so most things that apply to one typically apply to they other.