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Welcome and thanks for joining Koiphen! :cheer: Do you have a link or a picture? Intex makes several different models. Some work better than...

Welcome and thanks for joining Koiphen! :clap: I've never used Hayward filter but found a past thread that talks about comparing it and an Ultima...

so I saw this Intex Above Ground Pool the other day and it had me thinking (which is always dangerous) could I use it for fish? the linear looks to...

I love the greenhouse

Thanks. Mary and I are just getting started but have big plans.

Me too. :) I'm not sure how many places rhododendron's grow wild but they grow here along the highways, in the mountains, just about everywhere....

WOW! What a great looking greenhouse! :)

That is a beautiful greenhouse:drool:

I'm the first admit that I've never made a stream that doesn't leak to some extent. I'm just not good at it! But even though I know I lose water, I...

If nitrit is the problem and you have no problem with ammonia, adding NaCl is easier to do than daily water change. Add so much NaCl that Cl-ions are...

Thanks perniciousviper. Yes, yes, living systems... Having come this far, I'll check the pipe.

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I had a skimmer leak that bugged me for six months after installation, nothing major but with a drum in the system and needing to maintain a steady...

What's your KH level? Add baking soda to keep the buffer up, it seems like your biofilter had crashed and it's restarting, recommending daily water...

Thanks for the thought and the sympathy. I have not dug up the pvc - the one piece I didn't disturb in the system. The pvc runs just below the...

They are putting on a show :like:

That is great! Good luck with your sprouts. :)

Think we can all relate to a pond problem that seems to defy all logic! Have you physically inspected all along the flex pvc, even if that means...

i have the pond vac 4.it workes great.i have had minefor a long time..the shop vac is a pain to use .it fills up too quickly and you have to empty...

Do your numbers not speak for themselves? You are very fortunate. Normally it's great tales of woe. Get the muck from the fallen plant...

So every year before pond start up I open the valve of my 48 inch vortex to drain what ever has settled in my bottom drains. It's normal to see a few...

‘The size of dinner plates’:eek1: wow…I’ve had a couple of big girls in my pond but nothing that big:scare:

Beautiful. I would have to say I really like the white with the splash of purple.:yes:

I do admire your ‘green thumb’ and your plant evolutions. The ‘bird poo caterpillars’ are extraordinary in person, the one’s I’ve seen actually...

Update on the original 'oddball' from the first post. It did bloom and I hand pollinated the flowers and got viable seed. I still have a couple...

So if my plan is to remove my S&G filter and replace it with a bead filter (which I could put in my filter pit below water level, unlike a S&G), I'm...