SUPER START BEAD FILTER BACTERIA
For all bead & biological filters: natural – non-toxic – and non-pathogenic! Like most types of mechanical/biological filters, bead filters rely on [...]
OVER-FILTERING YOUR POND? by Carolyn Weise
I’ve often heard, and have said myself, that you can’t have too much filtration. I believed that. However, the size of your filter [...]
WINTER FREEZE AND THAWS
Winter is never just “OMG, it’s freezing out!!” Winter always has its warm days, too. Those days, you will see fish coming to [...]
WHAT IF (A FISH GETS SICK?)
From now on, this is a difficult time to treat your pond. The “big guns” (such as Microbe-Lift/BSDT) cannot be used in the [...]
WINTER PREPARATION
September is the ideal time to begin preparing for the safety of your fish to over-winter. Here are some of the stress factors [...]
SPRING FEEDING
by Carolyn Weise, Ecological Labs, Inc. When I started in this hobby, we opened our koi ponds by feeding them Honey Nut Cheerios. [...]
SCIENCE BEHIND SPRING SUMMER CLEANER
SSC packets contain strong psychrotrophic* bacteria to work in the warming waters of spring and summer. They also contain cellulase enzymes in a [...]
Sabb/Para Workings
We’re talking about using MICROBE-LIFT/SABBACTISUN and PARAZORYNE. These are very effective HERBAL water conditioners that expel the culprits from the bodies of your [...]
POND GAS EXCHANGE:
If you collect Fancy Goldfish, you probably are able to bring them indoors for the winter. But, Koi are not as easily moved [...]
A FISH DIES… By Carolyn Weise
Sometimes, through no fault of the owner, a fish dies. This is no comfort to the hobbyist who just lost their “favorite” fish [...]