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Bog Gardens / Re: Death Trap!

« on: June 06, 2009, 07:47:09 PM »

here is mine in bloom this is in my bog

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Bog Gardens / Re: Bog Garden Design

« on: June 06, 2009, 07:35:16 PM »

This is the design that I used and it works GREAT my water has never been so clear                   http://bogfiltration.com/making_your_own_upflow_bog_filte.html

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Pond Chat / Re: What is this, please??

« on: May 30, 2009, 03:54:40 PM »

It sounds like you have a case of string algae. here is a link that will help try the kitty litter it works great http://www.americanponders.com/forum/index.php?topic=8739.0

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Pond Chat / Re: BABIES !!!!!

« on: May 30, 2009, 03:47:11 PM »

they are koi fry. They had to have spawned on monday or so

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Pond Chat / BABIES !!!!!

« on: May 29, 2009, 08:16:09 PM »

 I got home from work today and I have a whole bunch of babies!!  I work out of town and gone for a week at a time so I never got to see that anything had happened.

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Pond Chat / Re: Baquacil Oxidizer

« on: May 19, 2009, 05:23:39 AM »

what kind of dosage did you use

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Pond Chat / Baquacil Oxidizer

« on: May 18, 2009, 06:46:58 PM »

Has anyone ever tried this stuff. they talked about it on koiphen I was thinking about getting some of it to try to kill my string algea

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Pond Chat / Re: crazy fish

« on: May 09, 2009, 10:22:20 PM »

bass will eat just about anything especially when the water starts to warm up

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Pond Construction & Filtration / Re: How much water can I spill ??

« on: April 28, 2009, 07:37:11 PM »

in order to get a higher flow rate you need a larger pipe. I have 3" pipe for my inlet it is about 10' it has a 3 1/2 ' lift from the bottom of the pond to the leaf basket. My outlet is also 3" that is about 5' long. I have an 8500 gph pump

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Pond Chat / Re: My wife helping around the pond

« on: April 07, 2009, 05:07:19 PM »

That is exactly how my wife helps

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Pond Chat / Re: The BOG

« on: April 05, 2009, 08:09:45 PM »

The plumbing is pretty simple. The 12" pipe that is standing up is the clean out. The 6" pipe is the manifold that has slots cut every 5" half way thru the pipe. On the end it has a 6" -3" reducer bushing with a 3" elbow up with 3" pipe for my inlet. I will use a submersible pump to clean with all I need to do is drop it inside the 12" pipe. this is the link to the website I found for more directions http://bogfiltration.com/making_your_own_upflow_bog_filte.html. It was very easy to make and it didn't take very long to do.

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Pond Chat / Re: The BOG

« on: April 05, 2009, 06:21:14 PM »

Here it is planted. Thanks Leeanne that place was wonderful. The display pond is amazing. And best of all it is about 4 miles from where I will be staying up there.

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Pond Chat / Re: The BOG

« on: April 03, 2009, 07:18:16 PM »

I do have a list I will probably get a bunch tomorrow at a place leeanne told me about I am getting some iris marsh marigold thalia and some grasses I would also like to try a spider lilly

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Pond Chat / Re: The BOG

« on: April 03, 2009, 05:41:59 PM »

A couple more pics

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Pond Chat / The BOG

« on: April 03, 2009, 05:41:08 PM »

well here is my bog. I filled it with rock today and now it is running. Now all I need to do is get some plants to go with it. I did put one of my lotus in there but I left it in the pot.

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Pond Chat / Re: Poll: Ponds & Spouses

« on: April 02, 2009, 06:07:02 PM »

My dw does not like to have anything to do with our pond. The only thing she likes to do is sit by it on summer evenings and listen to the waterfall.

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Pond Chat / lotus

« on: April 02, 2009, 05:38:03 PM »

I have recieved some lotus tubers but I am not sure when they should be put in the pond. My temp is about 53. I have them in the house right now and they have about 6-8" stems on them.

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Pond Chat / Re: Present in pond from neighbor's

« on: March 31, 2009, 08:14:02 PM »

I hope it didn't hurt anything. I used to get those at my old place. There are not any trees at my new house to drop anything like that. I have had one thru my roof.

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Pond Chat / Re: expanding pond!!

« on: March 31, 2009, 06:14:18 PM »

This most of the way done with the falls the area in the back is for the bog. It is 7'x3' and 20" deep I am going to fill it 2"- round rock. Then later on in the spring when my local pond store starts selling plants I will fill it up.

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Pond Chat / Re: expanding pond!!

« on: March 31, 2009, 06:00:35 PM »

I found this before picture today

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Pond Chat / Re: I see lily pads!

« on: March 31, 2009, 05:59:21 PM »

when I drained my pond on saterday I found this little tropical that I thought was gone. The fish must have knocked it out of the pot.

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Pond Chat / Re: expanding pond!!

« on: March 30, 2009, 08:42:16 PM »

I dug it with a machine it is the only way to go. My DW is not happy with me right now because she didn't think it was going to be that big. I got most of the rock layed out today for the water fall. I will finish the falls tomorrow and seal it as long as it doesn't rain.

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Pond Chat / Re: expanding pond!!

« on: March 29, 2009, 06:20:04 PM »

I got most of the rock placed today. Tomorrow I am going to start on the bog filter. The fish seem to be a lot happier also

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Pond Chat / Re: expanding pond!!

« on: March 29, 2009, 12:30:55 PM »

well that calculator was a little off I ended up with 2370 gallons but that is still better than what it was before

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Pond Chat / expanding pond!!

« on: March 28, 2009, 03:26:30 PM »

I decided to expand my pond! I started to dig at noon  today and it is filling with water as we speak. According to all of the calculator things it should bi in the 2700 gallon range. A lot better than the 1000 gallon before. I will post pics soon

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Pond Chat / Re: My Potting Recipe...

« on: March 25, 2009, 06:31:08 PM »

Is your recipe safe for fish ponds or will the compost cause an algae bloom. I thought I read somewhere that you shouldnt use the compost in a pond where there are fish

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Pond Construction & Filtration / Re: Putting Lava Rock in a filter

« on: March 13, 2009, 07:02:44 PM »

I use hair curlers in a recycled in ground pool filter

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Pond Chat / Re: Another contender or breeder

« on: December 19, 2008, 05:44:15 PM »

nice I really like the way they fade

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Pond Chat / koi in a pool

« on: December 13, 2008, 05:24:47 PM »

I need to drain my pond and was thinking about putting my koi in the kids pool while I do the work would they be alright in there?

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Pond Chat / Re: Complete beginner questions

« on: September 12, 2008, 06:54:13 PM »

I have 2 black moores in my pond one of them just finished turning orange and is now getting a white area on its back. The other is just starting to turn orange