Well here it is spring again, and the pond seems to have made it thru the
winter fairly well!.

Looks like I lost 1 Koi and 3 Comets over the winter (I suspect some racoon
had a good lunch or two, I never found the carcases, so....)

The water is clear, tho I have a bit of algea still growing on the bottom
where I had some plants growing last summer. The lilys are coming back, two
fronds on each, and I have some new lilys starting off on the edge, along
with some other flowers. Gonna be PRETTY!

However, I have found foam in the skimmer the last couple of days. I don't
know if this is somehting to worry about or not. I haven't had an
opportunity to tote a mayonase jar full of pond water down to my local pond
guy, but thought I'd get good pointers from all the 'netters here in
rec.ponds.

Ideas?

Thanks!

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john burton
Bach 50B3
Bass Trombone, Charleston NeoPhonic Orchestra
South Charleston, West Virginia

check your water parameters... you been reading the posts lately? it is spring, fish
and everything else spawn proteinaceous compounds. they foam. they foul the water.

"John Burton" wrote:

Well here it is spring again, and the pond seems to have made it thru the
winter fairly well!.

Looks like I lost 1 Koi and 3 Comets over the winter (I suspect some racoon
had a good lunch or two, I never found the carcases, so....)

The water is clear, tho I have a bit of algea still growing on the bottom
where I had some plants growing last summer. The lilys are coming back, two
fronds on each, and I have some new lilys starting off on the edge, along
with some other flowers. Gonna be PRETTY!

However, I have found foam in the skimmer the last couple of days. I don't
know if this is somehting to worry about or not. I haven't had an
opportunity to tote a mayonase jar full of pond water down to my local pond
guy, but thought I'd get good pointers from all the 'netters here in
rec.ponds.

Ideas?

Thanks!



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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
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Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Alrighty..

I'll tote a mayo jar full of pond water to the local pond guy for a check.
What should I look/ask for/about? Help me ObieWan...

Since I've been off-net for a while, I haven't been reading posts, tho my
spool here on the local server goes "all the way back" to 4/20... I'm
sorry.



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john burton
Bach 50B3
Bass Trombone, Charleston NeoPhonic Orchestra
South Charleston, West Virginia

wrote in message
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check your water parameters... you been reading the posts lately? it is
spring, fish
and everything else spawn proteinaceous compounds. they foam. they foul
the water.

"John Burton" wrote:

Well here it is spring again, and the pond seems to have made it thru the
winter fairly well!.

Looks like I lost 1 Koi and 3 Comets over the winter (I suspect some
racoon
had a good lunch or two, I never found the carcases, so....)

The water is clear, tho I have a bit of algea still growing on the bottom
where I had some plants growing last summer. The lilys are coming back,
two
fronds on each, and I have some new lilys starting off on the edge, along
with some other flowers. Gonna be PRETTY!

However, I have found foam in the skimmer the last couple of days. I
don't
know if this is somehting to worry about or not. I haven't had an
opportunity to tote a mayonase jar full of pond water down to my local
pond
guy, but thought I'd get good pointers from all the 'netters here in
rec.ponds.

Ideas?

Thanks!



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and pH

"John Burton" wrote:

Alrighty..

I'll tote a mayo jar full of pond water to the local pond guy for a check.
What should I look/ask for/about? Help me ObieWan...

Since I've been off-net for a while, I haven't been reading posts, tho my
spool here on the local server goes "all the way back" to 4/20... I'm
sorry.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.