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a yearly cleaning of the quartz sleeve when i change the bulb..usually May

I'm still undecided. I've bred showa each of the last few years, but I may switch it up and try kohaku. Who knows, if they won't go for whatever...

Perry's Baby Red

Pennywort. :)

Pennywort?

Loved seeing this thread with your beautiful impatiens. Weren’t you the one who started planting impatiens in your stream?

ammonia: ~ .10, but well under .25 pH: 7.9 nitrite: just above 0 KH: 6 degrees

Orange Sunset is a pretty lily, but there is also Ostara and Orchid Star? Here are pics of Orange Sunset and Orchid Star! :whoo: Now on to the...

All be working with these three at the end of the month:)

250 gallons (retired IBC tank) and a mature fllter. There is a little white cloudiness in the water and I think my pumps are not giving me quite...

What size tank are you holding them in? Is your filter mature or are you starting from scratch? Right now I would not feed at all to maintain...

You can breed koi in 350 gallons of water like Matt stated above and I've also used the same method but for a novice the problem comes when you have...

No need as most here read all the different forums and additional posts that are identical just adds confusion. I deleted the duplicate one.

You are right! It is a canna and the type is Bengal Tiger. It is one of a few cannas that can stay in a pond with a few inches of water over it's...

I think that some have developed eggs as early as late 2 year olds, but generally 3.

Update + new situation Since 24/1 I had not treated the koi again until 3 days ago when I examined them again (it has gone 40 days). I found that...

To get more opinions from different section of members. Thanks

Why did you post in two different locations?

Not sure if your in the Chicago area, but on facebook marketplace someone has free concrete steppers. They look at least 18"x18" and looks like about...

Good to see it came apart. Mine the sleeve is held in with a compression fitting and O ring.

Thanks Batman, I was trying what you said and I felt a very slight movement back at the palm of my right hand. It turns out that the quartz sleeve...

Looks like they might still be available. maxponds.com

Yeah, that's a Rotating Drum Filter.. although that would work as a filter, I'm looking for the multi-bay enclosure itself.. without any media....

The head, the pecs, it looks like it's all cockeyed. The mouth, jaw and eyes all appear to be offset to the right. The pecs do not look...

Thanks Nancy but not anymore I am afraid

Hi Rich, How early can a koi get eggs? I think my Ake Nisai are getting eggs but unsure. It's pretty round now. Thanks

UV tubes have an active life span of about 9 months. They light up, but are probably not going to burn your eyes. They need replacing each...

Your pond and plants are always so beautiful. You are the Taro & Impatiens KING!!!

When I bred my showa, i built a 3ft x 4 ft x 2ft high for a spawning pond. I have 300 gallon rubbermaids tank, but I didn't used it for breeding...

I remember when my pond and plantings looked good but its been many of hard years ago.

Pretora.