Monday, April 28, 2008

Feeding fish

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Do not feed goldfish because it turns the pond into an outdoor aquarium, but here's yet another reason not to feed them. Fish soon re...
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Friday, April 25, 2008

Wild Plants

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If you gather plants from the wild, you will bring in parasites and diseases. If you must harvest from the roadside ditches and swamps, f...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

New Pond Plants

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It's time to pot up plants after you have divided them. If your pond is like mine, you have many more plants coming up this spring that...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Visiting Wildlife

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If you trap visiting wildlife like raccoons, and want to relocate them, check with the Wildlife Commission to see if 1) You have rights ...
Monday, April 14, 2008

Flower pot pond?

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I just got an email asking if a pond could be in a flower pot. I answered that I have had ponds in casserole dishes just to prove it coul...
Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Water lily question

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I recently introduced 6 fully grown water lilies to my 5000 gal pond. The leaves are starting to yellow and some have small brown/black sp...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Fish Fighting?

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If you see your fish chasing each other like they are fighting, don't worry, they are not fighting. What you see is fish spawning. You a...
Saturday, April 05, 2008

Goldfish eggs

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There is no set time for goldfish eggs to hatch. The warmer the water, the faster they hatch, so don't worry if some take longer than ot...
Thursday, April 03, 2008

Turtles and other critters

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Critters and ponds go together. When we have a backyard wildlife habitat, we get the critters that come with it. Let's do the best we ...
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Sunday, March 30, 2008

Feeding Koi

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Give your koi quartered oranges to nibble on. They love them and it gives them vitamin C. They also love red cabbage. Leave it whole and wat...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Too many fish

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Question: We put a pond in 3 years ago and had to put in an ultra voiet light to clear up the pond not working fast enough what is the next...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Pond and koi problems

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I just got some koi from a friend and now my pond is a muddy mess and stinks and my water lilies are dying. Do I need to clean the whole thi...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Fish feeding

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You are always telling us not to feed our fish. But the fish store tells me I must feed them, Who is right? Pondlady sez: If you have a ...
Monday, March 24, 2008

Leeches?

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Help, I have some sort of red worms growing in my foam rubber filter. Will they kill my fish....or me?

 Pondlady sez:
The worms are leec...
Friday, March 21, 2008

mud and silt

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Hi! I installed my ponds two weeks ago and things are still settling down. I have an upper pond which is 7' round and a lower pond whic...
Thursday, March 20, 2008

A New Pond

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Question: I am a new pond owner and it has been established for about a month, I have added a few fish. At first they were very active no...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Egrets and Raccoons

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From a new pond owner: I have just gotten my brand new pond and already egrets and raccoons are eating my fish and plants. Help, what c...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

More pond questions

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I live in Orlando, florida and have recently installed a pond on my patio. It is a 25 gal. above the ground barrel pond with 3 anacharis and...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Tadpoles and fish

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Tracy wrote: 

Are tadpoles good for my pond? My fish died with a white film over their
 eyes I was told it was because of the tadpoles.

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Friday, March 14, 2008

Spring is coming!

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It's almost 80ยบ here in New Orleans today. We have pond plants sticking their green noses up in the air. The Louisiana iris are gettin...