Recent content by Murphy

Post photos of your Aquatic pond.

Hi James, after years of messing around with the ph for my Discus I know how you feel. (frustrated!) Co2 has a habit of lowering the ph in any tank. I would stop using the R/o unit as you are stripping the water of all the natural elements, (buffers etc) and just use regular water from the tap...

Your Platy fry should be fine as long as they have a place to retreat to (plants, rocks etc.)

Inbreeding is fine if you are trying to fix a particular trait such as red eyes in Discus. The problems that can arise are deformaties that need to be culled.

Hi Roger, most Goldfish , Koi etc. love to frolic in fast water.

Reefrunner is right!. Believe me, if I could keep my pond heated all winter I would. The benefits of being able to feed my Koi all winter would be fantastic.....they would be huge! :eek2:

Wow! nothing hurts more than seeing your dreams wrecked. :rocket:

Hi pilotfox, I'm not sure about Wisconsin but up here in Canada the de-icer would'nt do you much good with a depth of only 1.4ft. The de-icer only keeps a hole open in the ice to allow gasses to escape from the stuff decomposing on the bottom of your pond. It does'nt keep the water from freezing...

Heck, I could submit a movie clip but the files are too big! :mrgreen:

Corvuscorax is right, your pond needs to be a minimum of 36 inches deep to overwinter any fish and a small deicer or aquarium heater ( I used a Ebo Jager) 8O to keep a small hole open for gasses to escape. :eyes:

It's a bad time right now unless you are lucky enough to live in the south. The pond is still bare and only a few things are starting to sprout.

Hi Dan, first of all I would clean out those leaves and gunk from the bottom of your pond. Anything that is left in the pond will decompose, adding to your algea problem :( . Second, I would add some barley straw maybe in a stocking or something that would allow the water to flow through it. The...