Hello, I have this pump working like a charm for a year. It stopped working and indeed it needed a cleanup. I proceeded as the manual said and clean all parts with vinegar. Now the pump has the error 04 which means the propeller is not moving. When I turn it by hand it is indeed kind of hard to turn. What else can be done to make it working again?

• can I try the pump quickly without water? (It is difficult to disassemble and put it in place every time)
• is there some part to disassemble more than the rotor/stator?

Thanks

Hi,

I've just moved into a house with a pond. It had Koi in and now it's empty.

https://ibb.co/TR7s50M

Does it look ok? I have zero clue about ponds and zero clue about upkeep. I assume really you just leave the pump on and let it do its thing naturally. I could empty it and put fresh water in if needed.

We were thinking of getting some goldfish to put in, I've seen you let them acclimatise to the water in a bag slowly. What about general feeding and winter? We get minus weather in winter but I don't think the whole thing would freeze.

Any general hints and tips really would be cool, also as a side thing if it's known, how do you attract frogs? Or do you buy tadpoles?

Hello guys,

After winter my pond has become pretty dirty. I've cleaned the filter, and I've started replacing water in it, about 10-15% per day.

Is that fine or it's too fast?

I'm thinking about building my first pond and I would like some tips and advice for a first timer like me. Things to do, things to avoid, anything. We live in an area where there's a lot of wildlife, should I maybe keep myself from putting fish in it so they don't get eaten by the wildlife?

I need to bond some rubber liner to a large slate rock. What's the best adhesive for this task??

Hello, I have a porch pond with a bare bottom floating plants and hornwort, I want to plant an arrowhead plant in my pond. Should I plant it in some dirt or sand in a terracotta pot? Root tabs? Would planting it in dirt inside a terracotta pot mess with my pond water and make it dirty and nasty?

Hi,

I've had a small (4-5ft) wildlife pond in my garden for a few years. It manages to stay fairly clear by the plants doing their thing but I'm thinking of adding some sort of filter or pump to help it stay clean.

The problem is that I can't get electricity down to the pond so it would have to be solar or battery powered. I've bought a few solar things in the past but they've been pretty useless little blue bubblers that add a nice effect but I doubt do much to oxygenate the pond!

Can anyone suggest a solution?

Thanks!

Moved into a home and it has a pond that will consistently flood. We've cleaned it out, replaced the liner, and made a bunch of improvements but need to deal with flooding due to the fish we added.I have a automatic water pump for my pool (it is huge) that if the water starts raising it will being to pump. Is there something similar (and smaller) for a pond? I've been googling like a madlad and can't seem to find anything that isn't absolutely massive and could just manage extra water from a heavy rain.

Tried to search by google image but can’t get a definitive answer Sorry if this is the wrong group to ask!

Not sure when it happened, lots of lily pads covering 2/3 of 50 gal pond. Was getting rid of older dying lily pads and string algae that started accumulating after I turned the pump of ( pump in filter). Wasn’t sure what that was thought it might be a bulb, no baby bird. Makes me sad because I have over 95% of the pond netted. Small section for cattails not covered, taking them out because I d not want this happening again. Momma and Pappa cardinal moved on. Was wondering why I hadn’t seen them around or heard the baby chirping. So, one, two maybe three days. I have a single five year old comet in the pond. I got the pump back up and running inside a fresh filter and added charcoal in it. Will the fish be ok? I’m worried about the water turning because of the baby bird was bloated when I took him out but appeared self contained if that makes sense. Thanks

It’s taking over all of the ponds in our neighborhood and the service we have for our ponds has been unable to get it under control… any ideas? We as a community have been begging for a foundation or some type of aeration. It’s getting so bad. Being outside near this is causing runny nose, sneezing, itchy eyes, scratchy throat and coughing.

I would like to do some landscaping for this pond to help it look slightly more natural as well as incorporating a large bog filter. I am just not sure on what kinds of rocks, bricks, or anything else that I should use in order to bring this all together and upgrade it to a much more attractive spot in my front yard… any advice would be greatly appreciated to help me with creating a beautiful garden space. I know that much more planting will help with this, but I’m more so talking structurally, thanks :)

Hey! I just started this pond a few weeks ago. I think am going to go to a bait shop this weekend to add fish and snails. Any tips welcome!