I cleaned the filters. All they are, are sponges on the end of a submersible pump. They were sucked flat it was so clogged. Probably gotta rig up a better filter one day. Make some boxes with more...
I'm sure it's still a lot to do with the economy. People take out loans for this kind of thing as it's quite expensive. I doubt many use cash. It's a lot bigger hassle to get those loans, no home...
I wouldn't say it's luck. There are millions of gates, metal posts, metal fences, etc all stuck in concrete all over the world that don't seem to have a problem. I think it's probably extremely rare...
I feed mine once a day. A couple handfuls for 12 very large Goldfish (a few are about 12"). It's enough so that it takes while for it to be gone. Maybe be a few floating around hidden in the plants...
When I first started researching ponds I found out about a guy who made a pond with a simple bio filter. I think I even searched low "maintenance ponds" on google. He made a simple bio filter, then...
Doesn't work for me either. It keeps stopping and crashing out. Sometimes changing size. Don't know whats wrong with it. Maybe it doesn't like to work in chrome.
I always had tropical fish when I was little. My first fish ever I think was when we won some goldfish from a fare. My first pond was one of those blue kiddie pools when I was about 10 years old. I...