Archive for the 'Pond Care' Category

Clean of the Canal Lake Screen

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

How is the best way to clean the Canal / Lake Screen? And is, there any chemicals that can be used? The other question is there anything inside of these screens that would be harmed if a chemical is to be used? There is, just so many of these slots to clean out by hand. [...]

Duckweed and Lily pad problem in pond

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

i have a 1/2 acre pond in my front yard. we were in a drought situation for 2 years and the pond lost 50 percent of its water. when it came back in the last 3 months we have a problem for the first time with duckweed and lily pads have also done well. do [...]

Using Green Clean to treat Pond Algae

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

photo credit: bosscoI have a koi pond of approx. 5300 gals. After 1 & 1/2 yrs. of no algae, suddenly after cleaning out bio falls and dead plants I have what appears to be hair &/or string algae growing. Should I use green clean? I think I would need green clean. But I do [...]

Algaecide to working to control algae in pond

Monday, April 14th, 2008

photo credit: allenellisdewittHELLO I HAVE A 60 X 100 DIRT POND IN CENTRAL FLORIDA THAT HAS BECOME COMPLETELY COVERED WITH ALGAE.I HAVE TRIED COPPER SULFATE AND EARTHTEC ALGAECIDE BUT THEY SEEM TO ACT LIKE FERTILIZER AND MAKE THE ALGAE WORSE. ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR CONTROL? I AM PLANNING [...]

Pond heater for small pump

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

i need a heater for a 500 gallon plastic stock tank witch has my koi and plants. it needs to hang or float it can not touch the bottom. or also what kind of in heaters i could hook up to small pump and filter.?

Pond heater for baby turtles

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

What type of heater do you recommend to heat a pond that has baby turtles. My client is worried they will die. They are huddling around the underwater lights. The pond is 20 ft long, 3 foot wide and 2 foot deep, with a rubber liner. What is the cost [...]

Netting for over the top of pond

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

my pond is 20×18. i need netting to go over it . what do you have?

Weather tight thermostat for pond use

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

The Finnex Compact, or larger Titanium heaters: Are the thermostats weather tight for use outdoors? I have been using aquarium heaters to keep my tropical lillies warm in the winter. I just need to raise the water temp about 10 or less degrees to keep it at 70.

Control Water Level in your Pond Automatically

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

I would like to control the water level in my pond automatically. I have a savio filter and a water fall, approx. 20,000 gals. The system runs a year long. Pipe size for my pump is 1 1/2″, I have a manual drain the back of the waterfall now which is about 3 [...]

Heater for quarantine tank

Friday, March 21st, 2008

What heater would you recommend for your portable 450-gallon quarantine tank?

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