greetings, i recall from my reef keeping days that i would initiate a
new aquarium by introducing some mollys. not only were they hardy but
if/when they died, their decomposition helped with the bacteria cycle.
is it the same with ponds? the reason i ask is that we found a dead
frog in our pool yesterday (freshly dead since it was swimming around
an hour earlier) and i went ahead and dropped him in the pond (recently
filled about a few days ago with a few plants). mistake?

also, am in search of a new pump. we currently have a 1HP dynamo that
came with our filtration system. it seems a bit weak to power our
waterfalls and water swirler. any recommendation for a more quiet
(energy efficient) one?

thanks!

Never heard of this method.
(And I'd hate to fish out what's left after
the filter got going...!)
I've heard everything from tossing in a
hand full of dirt, to using water from
another person's pond to using commercial
products.

I'll let the filter folks give some other
suggestions which are probably more
workable than mine ;-)

kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com
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greetings, i recall from my reef keeping days that i would initiate a
new aquarium by introducing some mollys. not only were they hardy but
if/when they died, their decomposition helped with the bacteria cycle.
is it the same with ponds? the reason i ask is that we found a dead
frog in our pool yesterday (freshly dead since it was swimming around
an hour earlier) and i went ahead and dropped him in the pond (recently
filled about a few days ago with a few plants). mistake?

$$ Yes. He could be carrying some disease or parasites from someone else's
pond. I would remove him ASAP.

also, am in search of a new pump. we currently have a 1HP dynamo that
came with our filtration system. it seems a bit weak to power our
waterfalls and water swirler. any recommendation for a more quiet
(energy efficient) one?

thanks!

$$ I can't help you there.

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also, am in search of a new pump. we currently have a 1HP dynamo that
came with our filtration system. it seems a bit weak to power our
waterfalls and water swirler. any recommendation for a more quiet
(energy efficient) one?

thanks!

Check out articles at this site:
http://www.thekrib.com/Filters/

Gail