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Thanks so much, guys! :) Last night I refilled the pond (approx 9ft by 4.5ft) to the "tide mark" 24 hours later I see I have a two inch drop in water level. I never knew there was a paint! I was thinking how ugly a pond liner would look. The paint says it need three coats, any idea on the...

Hi, all! :) I have a concrete pond which has been established for many years, but over this last couple of weeks we have noticed an alarming drop in water volume which cannot be attributed solely to evaporation - we are talking in excess of 200 litres a day. This is costing me a fortune in...

So sad :( I am a biker myself, as is my husband and a lot of our friends. I have lost a very good friend to a motorcycle accident - he was a drummer too. Another good friend was hit by a coach last week, thankfully he is ok though his leg is in a cage for the next four months, and my...

I love the feel of the last one to! :)

Congrats! :) a beautiful girl - even fresh on the day! What a beautiful Elvish name too! LOL! :D I am the eldest of eight, and my kids are almost 10 and 7.5. I was the only one with kids until my sister had a boy prematurely (weighing 4lb) four days before my birthday - now we have to share...

If I were you, I would either add plenty of fast growing real plants or reduce the lighting. You don't say what wattage your lights have, but light+nutrients (Nitrates) will feed algae unless competed for by real plants. Even for heavily planted tanks, 9 hours a day lighting is often advised...

Though they do change colour when shedding :)

Most fish will get startled with sudden light. Make sure your room lights are illuminating the tank before the tank lights go on, so it is not so much of a shock to them. Floating plants are a great cure too, as well as helping keep nitrates down. You will need to stay on top of the pruning...

If it is possible (and feasible) to move the fish, I would do this and move the existing filter with them. If not, you will need to carry out regular water changes - perhaps 15% twice a day, if possible, or larger amounts once a day until the water clears. Good luck!

*smiles* fine, but cold doesn't necessarily mean clean :) Not that it isn't, but I was speaking from an English persons point of view regarding common water supplies over here.

If you have a combi boiler or a "system boiler" system (ie no cold water storage) all your cold water taps will be mains fed. The only issue is with hot water, in a combi system you should run it off for a while (it is heated on demand) in a system boiler system it is advised you do not use the...

Kevin, it might be worth checking (easy to do) but invariably garden taps are mains fed - so ok :) Fiori - exactly! The storage tank is mains fed, but not airtight - open to all sorts of contaminents. Combis are all mains fed - as are "system boilers" (These have expansion vessels and hot...

Not the case. It only takes seconds to run stagnant water from pipework, and so long as it has not been standing for years it will not have been contaminated. As I said above, once you have run the tap for a while it is the source of the water, and not the delivery, that counts.

Unless you have a combination boiler, invariably the kitchen taps are mains fed water, and bathroom taps are fed from a cold water storage tank - it is not advisable to drink from cold water storage tanks, since they are open to contamination. So far as combi boilers go, all water (cold and...

It would be easier to list fish that can be kept in tanks 30 gallons or less.

Taps are invariably made of brass, not copper (it is too soft a metal) but water is commonly drawn through copper or plastic pipework. So long as water is run off for a short while, it does not stand long enough in copper pipework to be contaminated -- where the possibility remains, is when hot...

For the record, comparing the Bronze Cory and The Yoyo, mine are the same size as The Wolf's :)

Is it still alive, Benny? So the headstander is the aggressor, now? Who is in which tank? And you are still avoiding answering questions, just demanding immediate answers. The reason for the "paralysis" is brutally simple, it is as good as dead. This could be caused by any number, or...

Thank you, Blue Ice! :) The fox is a bit of a celebrity in my garden, lol! The kids call him Cody. I am not sure what the flower is in that pic is, but they are truly beautiful. The cobweb and the dandelion seed were captured accidentally though :D

Wow! :) An awesome pic, I love otters! Wonderful detail!

LOL! that is pretty deep for Corrie, black angel! :D Quite a sobering thought, though.

Esha Exit is perfectly fine at full dose with all scaleless fish, as well as harmless to plants and filter bacteria. It works quicker than Protozin too, IMO :)

Just out of interest, Benny, maybe you can help clarify a couple of points. Because of the tone of some of the responses in this thread, I have since read all of your posts on the board and I have determined: The tank size The stock and stocking levels The fact the tank wasn't cycled The fact...

Aw! The first one is a very tender pic! :) I can't spot the odd one though, maybe you need to check your camera settings... ;) Cool stuff! How close did you get? Those look like macro shots! BTW, the flash shot just edges it IMO, not so much for the colouring and detail, but for the expression.

Hi smithrc! :) LOL! It has been a pleasure so far! (awaiting the heavy work, and thankful the lawn is slow growing until we can afford a petrol mower!!) If I had only the garden and the fish, I would be fine, since all of the care is relaxing for me...it is when such care is interrupted by the...

These pics are simply stunning! I have tried for ages to catch these guys on film!!

You have some awesome pics here, and I like how you have found interest in the "not so pretty" stuff, too! *takes notes* I love that maple!! and I wish you knew the name of the purple flower in your Alpine garden, that is so beautiful! :)

Fantastic! :) I love the Passion Flower, do you have it climbing? The Dahlia is (was, lol!) a beautiful colour!

Thank you, Tokis :) Thank you too, Opcn :) The flower in the 7th pic is a Lupin, some of which were attacked quite badly by Aphids :grr: They have died back now, as have the wild Sweet Pea in the last and most of the other flowers in the first post. The beauty of a balanced garden is as...

More excellent pics! :)

These are wonderful pics! The Bird and Bee one especially :)

My pond is in a large mature garden, and I have voted in favour of a garden section in your other thread :)

With my first outbreak of Ich I ended up calling Interpet to check dosage since it was getting worse and not better. Their guy advised I could fully dose because I had hard alkaline water. So I fully dosed the next round of meds, still no joy. I carried out a water change, filtered over...

I wouldn't add anymore fish until you are absolutely certain the whitespot has cleared - especially loaches, who are prone to Ich. Do you know your pH, gH and kH readings? With the interpet med, they advise half dosing as a cautionary measure - but it is safe to increase the dosage if you have...

Thank you all :) Talisman, all the pics are 100k ish, none are touched up etc since I neither have the software or the know how lol! I used MS Paint to resize them to 75% that's all. Erised, I know what you mean! :D I used a bugbuster shortly after the pics, but I was careful to ensure it...

Hi Bigmick, thanks for taking the time :) To complicate matters, I have found that running a new electrical supply to the pond is turning out quite a task. The existing supply is pretty dangerous, the cabling isn't armoured and it is not connected to an RCD. Because my floors are either...

The Cephalotus follicularis is an awesome looking beast! :D Great pics!

Really beautiful!! :)

What size is your tank, Tracey? Try a small water change using cold water only. You need to trickle it slowly to avoid a temperature shock to the fish.