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My problem with putting lilies with my kois was the kois ate them. The kois would wait until the leaves were full and start eating away at the edges. I soon had nothing but stalks. They did the same thing with hyacinths. I finally put bulls rush and cattails in. They do not eat these.

I had a channel cat that we ponded well over the winter here in NC. Problem was the rascal outgrew the pond. Got him as a 2 incher and in a few years of well feeding, he hit the 24 inch mark. Started taking over the pond and would not let any of the other fish eat. Most of the true cat fish...

The well was dug when we built the house 15 years ago. If my memory serves me right, it was $10 per foot. That was a turn key price including the pump. The going rate in NC now is about $15 per foot plus the pump. The final cost is going to depend on how far down they have to go to hit water...

I am on well water, but my dad is on city. When the big drought hit 2 years ago, he bought 2 50 gal trash can and used a big tarp to funnel rain water to them. Looked really funny but he always had water to refill with. I sure was glad we did not have any water problems with the well as I was...

The number of gallons depends on how much work you are willing to put into your pond. The bigger the pond the more work it will take. Of course the bigger the pond means MORE fish!!! We are currently adding a second pond with a creek from thefirst. The big pond is 2000 gal and the little one is...

My 55 gal bow front is actually the main part of my head board on the bed. Spent many a night falling asleep watching the fish or listening to the water flowing. Tommie In NC

Thanks for the welcomes. My cichlid tank is actualy mixed sa'a and africans. Not to may though. 1 parrot, 1 green terror, and a couple of blue electras ( one male and one female, hope they will mate). They all seem to get along okay. As long as everybody minds the territory "fences". Thanks...

I have found that my fish let me know when they want to eat. I still will not feed them but once a week between 50 and 60 degrees. Under 50, they don't eat. On warm days they come up to the surface when I walk by and give me one of those "feed me semore" looks. If the water temp is above 60, I...

I am in the process of rebuilding our pond to iclude a second watering hole and creek. This will bring the total water volume to a little over 3000 gal. I know my current biofilter will not be sufficent to acomadate the volume so I am thinks of putting in a sand filter with a bigger pump...

Okay...so I finally scrolled down far enough to see this :) My name is Tommie, guess you could figure that one out on your. I am 40 years old and have been working fresh tanks and koi ponds since I was 20. (See post...

I am going thru the same problem just a different cause. Massive amounts of silt got stirred up and wouild not settle down. Decided to drop the water level down to a little less than 50 % and skimmed it out with an air conditioner air filter. Worked pretty good to. Have been adding about a 200...

Hara I do not know the answer, but, here is a website of a lady in NC who could tell you: http://www.bonniesplants.com She is an expert from what I hee on many different veriaties of plants. You can email her or give here a call. Tommie in NC

Now here is a fish story you won't belive! I got into tanks many years ago to learn one thing. How to CATCH more fish! Yes that is right, how to catch more fish. I was big into competition crappie fishing. I wanted to learn as much about crappie as I could. I decided to set up the biggest...

Thanks for the help Keegan! I think I am going to use the algae Fix. That is after we finish the expansion. Yes expansion. Decided to do a water change. Then wife and I decided to do some rearranging of the main pond. Then we decided to add a creek and second pool. Spent the last two days...

:? This is my first post to the forum. Glad I found it as there seems to be a lot of good info here. The problem: After 2 years of quarter at 4 feet clear water, green bloom algea is trying to take hold. This is the first time I have had to deal with this in my pond. The pond: The pond...