Hi Karen, There should be no problem with you running the new hose above ground. About the only real difference it will make is during the very hot sunny days. If the pond is in an area that gets a lot of direct sunlight, the hose will be apt to heat up the […]
thank you so much for sharing your knowledge of kois with me, i do have a couple more questions. -do kois have heats or can they breed whenever? -my tank water does smell putrede and i thought it was just needing a good cleaning, but it still smells awful? -i would be interested in breeding […]
If your goldfish is a male and your koi is a female (as I assume it to be from your description, they can interbreed. It will be come VERY evident when that happens as they goldfish will become very aggressive and start pushing the koi around while attempting to get her to lay her […]
Barbara, I’m not an expert on growing pond lily’s, so I won’t make any lengthy suggestions about planting them. I would think your clay soil would work just fine, but someone else needs to inform you about that. If you’re going to place it in the pond on something to elevate it off […]
Hi Dave, It sounds like your pond cleaning plan is a pretty decent plan. If you have eight fish of 5-8 inches, you won’t need a container as large as the kids swimming pool you were planning to buy. You can get away with a container that holds much less water than that […]
Don’t know how the post from sexy angel anisha managed to get posted, but I deleted them (I hope I did) and have blocked her/him/it from making any further posts or uploading files to our groups site.
The email from her/him/it was received for moderating yesterday. I did not approve the email […]
Hi laniers03, Ph levels should be maintained between 7.6 and 8.4. Once you get your Ph into the middle of that range, it would be a good idea if you could find some crushed oyster shells to put into your filters. Place them in a very fine net bag (panty hose works good) […]
The Ultima series of pressurized filters is an outstanding biofilter system. The Ultra Bio-Tube (Plastic bio do-dads) the Ultima filters uses is specifically made with of a material that has very high surface area for the bacteria to colonize. The media is designed for high flow rates with low head loss, is designed […]
Darren, Your filter system should be adequate for the size of pond you have, as long as at least 1/2 of it is set up with biofilter media. If more than 1/2 is biofiltration, so much the better. You can never really have TOO MUCH biofiltration with koi in the pond. The […]
Brenda is correct in the pH levels she says are acceptable for koi. It’s a good idea to try to keep the pH levels in the 7.8 to 8.2 range if you can.
If you don’t want to have large swings in pH levels in your pond water, try to find someplace you can buy […]