How many fish, what kind and how big? While there are several things we can easily test for, like pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, GH, KH, etc.... there are...
Thanks all for your input. I have posted photos of the setup. Album name is "Jane's Fish Tank" It is a 2" x 6" wooden tank with 3/4" styrofoam lining the...
A married couple, friends of mine, bought a house over the winter that happens to have a pond in the back yard. They couldn't tell how big it was with all the...
I think the first thing would be to get it cleaned up, and possibly even drained, to see what is really there. After that, even if there is no bottom drain,...
OK. I just went to the website and started from the beginning since most of the email threads have been chopped off so much that I couldn't remember some of...
Thank you for your response, Lenny. You have some good ideas. We pumped out the water (which took all day long w/ a sump pump). Luckily they have woods out...
Do a series of PWC's (partial water changes) to dilute/remove the clarifier. No more than 25% PWC's at a time but do 3 or 4 of them to remove most of the ...
Hi,Im building my humble house and Im planning to put a small koi pond.For interested people who has knowledge in installing a good pond please text me at...
There's no such thing as a "small koi pond". LOL Since each Koi should have at least 300G each and 500G each would be even better, where the minimum sized...
Hi Everyone, Just joined your group today. I am a newbie from the Philippines and basically my experience on Koi is practically nil. I raised a few pieces then...
I would start reading ALL of the articles/pages on this site: http://www.coloradokoi.com/ And then ask out here and/or Google for more info from other sites on...
Wow. It has been awhile since posting. Obviously that IS a good thing. I have not lost any fish in over 2 years; have survived many harsh Chicago winters, and...
My set up is quite similar to yours but I have a few hundred more gallons. We have suffered through green water the past two summers of our set up. Our pump...
Hi Lenny, Thanks very much for sharing these lots of information. Will bookmark this page so I can go back to it from time to time. Regards, Armand ...
If the ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and phosphate are "fine" (meaning 0.0ppm for ammonia and nitrite, less than 20ppm for nitrate) then that is due to the green...
Hi pond pals. I can't believe Billy Mays died Sun night of an apparent heart attack. I'll never look at my Gopher (grabber) again! I'd grab it and say,...
I hope folks in the group know NOT to click on this sort of link. Occasionally, a member's computer might get compromised and their email client sends out...
All of my fish died last year-my guess is I brought in a sick fish who infected everyone else. I tested the water and it was fine, next I treated the pond...
OK, It's almost 3 AM... This is gonna be harsh. QUARANTINE!!!! You have no business adding fish without quarantining them first. Second... if you do not have a...
How old are you test kits? They should be replaced every year... You have no filtration? How many gallons? Koi require 500 gallons per fish, 250 gallons with...
I too had a really bad fungal outbreak this spring when the weather first warmed up. Fishes were inactive, not eating, attacked by fungus/parasites and...
Same here. I've lost 6 fish this spring. ... From: Bo-Yi Lin To: Ponds-Koi@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:48 AM Subject: Re: [Ponds-Koi]...
I had 1 fish this spring not looking good so I took him out and used a large tote added water from the pond (First) then I used a air stone in the tote I added...
While it's not guaranteed, doing proper pre-winter maintenance and cleaning, not overstocking and doing regular PWC's until they can't be done (pond frozen...
What kind of symptoms were the fish showing? What size pond? If you do not know the gallon volume, how long, round, deep, etc. and we can at least figure out...
I've never heard of any but check with your local pond supply/service store to see if they offer courses that would normally be designed for the home ponder....
... AKCA (associated koi clubs of America) has a Koi Health Advisor program that is a wealth of basic and in depth information. Whether you decide to become...
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