Water Gardening

A visit to “World of Water” for some fish food, prompted me to post this. I noticed that a filter about a third of the size of mine was over £1,000. I can remember some discussions we had in a koi society meeting twenty years ago when “new” filters were being commercially produced. A common...

"WG I've only got the nozzles that came with it and they've got tiny holes. Where could I get a nozzle with bigger holes from and are they all the same fitment?"LMRR I've read this thread assuming you have a low power pump, so it aint going to drive a bigger-holed nozzle (well, it will, but it...

I use these in my small wildlife pond with a small fountain and my water is quite clear

Oh ye of little faith! Its all planned in but yep, you'll have to wait! Too much to do! It's only going to be a small feature so don't get too excited lol

He's a Yank! Looks like diner will be served.

Hi Kandy, I am grateful for your advice and will tackle the Iris tomorrow ... weather permitting of course ! Many Thanks ...Denise.

Yeah its all fine, we phoned around a few places before we started to do anything with the stream and they said everything was fine as long as it was secure with some sort of netting, which we have done Thanks anyways

That's a promise!I always back up my actions with proof....:wink:

I was just so thrilled to find it - i'd hate to lose it!

That is so lovely. The yellow flowers are lovely- we struggle to get much growing in ours. The grass plant is thriving.That's what it's all about, hard graft but look at the rewards

3 years ago I took up an offer through the local council and ordered a water barrel from Blackwater. After a long wait a Graf 200 litre barrel arrived, but the tap that came with it was a Sankey type and would not fit. Eventually the right tap was received. (For information if you are unaware,...

Yes it's a constant problem with the leaks RR, and we a have a pre-formed plastic pond too. We were going to see to the leak last weekend but it poured down for the 2 days.

Drystone wall, viewed from the frontDrystone wall viewed from the "side"My point being drystone walls need to be wide (or thick) to give any support, which would also take a lot of space from any proposed pond. It will be pet proof, but look at all those little spaces for algae to...

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to check for newts , go out at night and look in the pond with a torch - you will be amazed at what you see

I seperate the frog spawn just leave a bit for the newts, I also net the spawn out of the koi pond where a lot of the frogs insist on going to spawn,it's placed in containers all over the garden were the tadpoles develope into frogs in relative safety.

Try adding Barley straw. It's possible to buy it in pellet form,but I just stuffed an old pair of tights with it and weighted it to sink to the bottom...Excellent results too.

Thanks. Next time I go up I'll do a bit of fishing with a jam jar and a bamboo cane

I suggest you look to see what your husband has done and do that. Seriously, some plants will look nice but that is all they will do, if you want to get rid of the green water you need a U.V and filter, only it needs to be in proportion to your pool volume, not as big as you would find in a koi...

Trees can shed their leaves, pollen and berries into pond from a great distance especially if a pond is downwind from them. Laburnum and Yew have to be at the top of the danger list since every part of these trees including the pollen is poisonous. Alder Buckthorn too has poisonous leaves, ...