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Wife wants to put a few bales of straw into the pond. I suppose it will promote infusoria. I've been hatching a 1/4 capsule of Moina (similar to Daphnia, but smaller and more heat resistant.) and then introducing that to the ponds about once a week for a while now. Trying to build up an eco...

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midden#:~:text=a,such%20as%20a%20pack%20rat) Living in the country most of my life, we always dug a pit to dump kitchen scraps into. Like a compost pile, but with food and such. -sterling

I have two 5m x 15m x 2.5x ponds, I've just started. We are a bit out of order on the Order of Operations on them as the wife keeps jumping the gun (I'll give the benefit of the doubt and say, she thinks she is helping.) I wanted to drill a well (solar) and dig the ponds on either side of it...

While I had seen the Forum for 'Horses, Farm and Work Animals', it had never occurred to me to look there for information on Fish Ponds. No. Sorry. I'll check it out. -sterling

Found Account Details, but there is no box or field related to 'title'. -sterling

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I am officially old. Had no clue what 'flossing' was. Had to look it up. -sterling

I am trying to get an personal Aquaculture fish pond started (i.e. non-business), and do not see a forum dedicated to that. As we have a forum for non-fish (horses, goats, etc.) would it not be possible to have one for issues related to personal Aquaculture (tilapia, catfish, prawn, crayfish...

Well, of the initial 1kg of duckweed that died overnight, I do not. Thought I did, and looked, but nothing. I do of the Azolla. Unfortunately, it is slowly being burned out. Pics are from Jul 11, Jul 15, & Jul 16. To those that suggested shade trees. Sorry, no trees on the property. We...

It disappeared. I can't testify to its color. When received, the first batch of Duckweed was approx. 1kg, a dark green color, and stank to high heavens. Took one half day for it to disappear, and two days for the stink to wash off my hands. Cut to present. - Day before yesterday I received two...

I wasn't sure on the duckweed, light wise. I read a lot of conflicting information. Duckweed was cheep, (less that $2 for the kilo) so I gave it a go first. It died overnight, so I'm not thinking flow rate would not be enough to cause a die-off so quickly. In fact, I dispersed about 2:00 pm...

This week I bought a kilo of duckweed for my two ponds. Looked good and healthy, but arrived stinking to high heavens (so might have been dead from the outset. dunno.). Divided into two portions and tossed into the ponds within 30 minutes of arrival. Next day, gone. Only a very few white bits...

My concern is that the snail (shrimp, cory, etc.) is bigger than the inlet to the venturi, thus clogging it and unable to get out. I am less concerned that they go for a ride. Never seen one that went trough a pump. Always venturi. Seems the sand would erode the impellors over time, but, I...

As long as no overspray gets inside, the orientation of the tank does not matter. If you lay the tank on its side, cover the top with paper or cloth and secure (painter's tape?). Personally, I'd do the same for the sides, so I did not have to clean or scrape afterwards. Using several light...

Cover the top with paper, cloth, etc. to prevent overspray, or invert and spray with top down. Probably not an issue, but better safe, than sorry. -sterling

So, my next tank will be 60gal (approx) display, with a Sandfall. I‘be seen multiple build videos, so my question is not related to that. I want to know what kinds of critters I should NOT consider. I’m worried they will become caught in the sand return. Obviously, free swimming fish would...

As I understand, not every snail will eat Hydra. 'Pond' snails are supposed to, but that sounds like just a generic term to me. The Thailand (actually an invasive species from South America) Apple Snail, and/or Golden Snail will eat Hydra. They are literally everywhere here, and I crunch dry...

A couple of things are out of order for me. Where is, "I sold everything I owned, moved to another country, and now have to start all over"? When I left I was somewhere about here: 10-Now you have 2-3 tanks 11-Fully-planted biotopes--what is aquascaping? Going to pick back up with aquascaping...

If I want to kill something, all I have to do it make it grow. I 'wanted' duckweed in my tank and could keep it going. -sterling

We are starting two Tilapia ponds and I thought I'd see if I could design a Daphnia cultivation system to work along side them. A little background: I'm in Thailand, so most days are pretty warm. 55 gal barrels will be shaded, wrapped and irrigated with the overflow from the 2 gal regulating...