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Comment on Planting Soil for Aquatic Plants by dragonfly

dragonfly — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:37:03 +0000

Cat litter works well and won’t get rock hard as you would think. You need to make sure you get “calcified clay”. It hasn’t been chemically treated or deodorized. It has about the same nutrients and moisture retention as clay soil since calcified clay is mined from the earth, cleaned, baked and pulverized. When transplanting it has the same consistency as clay soil or sand. Its not necessary to mix it with anything else.

Comment on Sensitive Plant by Kevin Warhus

Kevin Warhus — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:48:32 +0000

I just bought some sensitive plants like this. I have often had a hard time keeping things alive in my pond but i recently purchased new pumps and cleaning systems for my pond online and have been seeing much better results. I look forward to now filling my pond with beautiful fish and plants again!

Comment on Planting Soil for Aquatic Plants by Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:06:56 +0000

do you use all clay kitty litter or mix it with something else. won’t the kitty litter get rock hard like clay

Comment on Poor Lily Performance by dragonfly

dragonfly — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:41:34 +0000

Hi Tim
Are these lily plants? If they are how did you plant them? Are they potted and fertilized? Give us alittle more detail and we can better help you.
Thanks

Comment on Creating a Balance by dragonfly

dragonfly — Mon, 10 May 2010 00:47:03 +0000

Kelly
Sometimes there are suspended particles which cause this. We suggest using Microbelift Flocculant or Accurel. This helps group the suspended particles together so they will sink to the bottom of your pond and will be filtered out. Hopefully this will get rid of the cloudy water as you seem to be doing everything else right.

Comment on Creating a Balance by Kelly Hunt

Kelly Hunt — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:59:08 +0000

I have added the submerged plants at the ratio described. in addition i added floating plants that are growing and attaining the the coverage stated however my water is very cloudy. so cloudy in fact that i cannot see my fish. i put in one of the barley bales as well and the algae seems controled. i am at a loss as to how to proceed. i have a biological filtering system and maintain the bacteria as directed. Any suggestions?

Comment on Poor Lily Performance by Timothy Brady

Timothy Brady — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:57:25 +0000

Hi Barb,
have had the plants in the pond for a month and nothing is happening….
what do you suggest??????
Tim

Comment on Spring Chores Continued by dragonfly

dragonfly — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:00:43 +0000

Hi Mary,
Koi would be fine in your pond. We have alot of customers in the warmer parts of the country who raise koi and as long as you have some plant coverage and keep the water circulating for them they will be fine. In the winter they will seek shelter in the deeper part and be fine all winter. You don’t want to feed any fish when the water temps drop below 45 degrees and then in the spring begin feeding them again when the water temps are above that. We suggest feeding them cold weather microbelift fishfood which is especially formulated for cooler water temps since their digestive systems are slower when the water temps begin to drop late in the year and in the early spring.
Let us know if you have any other questions.

Comment on Spring Chores Continued by mary coppola

mary coppola — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:43:30 +0000

Can the koi withstand warmer temps. as we live in NC near Raleigh & the summers can get very hot…part of pond is 4′ deep, but we have a nice waterfall that flows over rocks which could heat the water??? I am very new at this & appreciate your reply. Thanks!

Comment on The Importance of Beneficial Bacteria by dragonfly

dragonfly — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:12:02 +0000

Hi
No the MicrobeLift Pl won’t harm your dogs. I have a Golden Retriever
and I’d drink from the pond before I’d let her if I thought it would hurt her.