Prime is your friend:
Removes Chlorine, Chloramine and Ammonia
Detoxifies Nitrite & Nitrate
http://www.petmountain.com/product/aquarium-water-conditioners/11442-503274/prime-water-conditioner.html
1. UV
2. Shade
3. Add aquarium poly-fiber to your filter (great for catching green water). Change every 1-2 days
4. Patience - my pump died 3 months ago and it took me 10 days to swap it out and in the meantime all the "good"
bacteria had died from my filters so the water became green...
Rule #1: When building a pond always buy a large enough liner so it extends completely under the waterfall in the event water seeps under the waterfall rocks.
Rule #2: Always place your pump on some flat rock that is about 6" high. This way if you ever spring a leak (and everyone experiences...
The Oase Pondovac doesn't fill up. It has a drainage hose that you place in your garden
and all the water and gunk you suck up goes out the drainage hose. Pays to buy a piece
of mosquito netting and place it on the grass in your garden and the hose on top of the
netting. This way the water...
Granville, OH:
http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20110309/COMMUNITIES02/103100319
If you're interested in some or all of the 125 baby koi, contact Lee Fellows at (740) 334-3298.
I have 3 large plecos in with my koi. They eat algae off the walls but they won't make it thru the winter and have to be caught and wintered indoors every year. That is why I now only add in albino plecos since they are easier to find in the muck.
I rent the Oase Pond-O-Vac3 every year for $25 from a pond supply store 40 minutes from my house. Works great. No idea why the Pondomatic is so much cheaper. Best check out what it doesn't do before buying.