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Crashj wrote:
On or about Tue, 21 Dec 2004 07:18:32 GMT, "Newbie Bill" wrote something like: I would do a search for the Nitrogen Cycle, which essentially developing adequate bacteria to rid your water of the ammonia the fish produce. Some are squeamish about adding fish to provide waste products with ammonia since the fish may die off, or worse, an undesirable inexpensive fish may proliferate. It is simple enough to provide a human based liquid source of ammonia. Beer helps. "Honey, were out of 'pond helper', I'm going to the beer store." I must be getting old. For a moment there, I really thought you were advocating adding the beer _directly_ to the pond. -- derek |
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1. clean liner, flush with water
2. fill pond, put in plants 2a. turn on aeration and filters and pumps, etc. 3. let pond come to normal temperature 4. wait until pond gets green and then clears 5. add fish ............ in cold areas this will be next spring. in the meantime, get the quarantine area worked out. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. |
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1. clean liner, flush with water
2. fill pond, put in plants 2a. turn on aeration and filters and pumps, etc. 3. let pond come to normal temperature 4. wait until pond gets green and then clears 5. add fish ............ in cold areas this will be next spring. in the meantime, get the quarantine area worked out. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. |
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:55:47 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
I must be getting old. For a moment there, I really thought you were advocating adding the beer _directly_ to the pond. You must be, even I knew they wouldn't waste their beer without running it thru the "proper" filter first. ;o) ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ -----------== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----= Over 100,000 Newsgroups - Unlimited Fast Downloads - 19 Servers =----- |
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wrote in message ... 1. clean liner, flush with water 2. fill pond, put in plants 2a. turn on aeration and filters and pumps, etc. 3. let pond come to normal temperature 4. wait until pond gets green and then clears 5. add fish ........... in cold areas this will be next spring. in the meantime, get the quarantine area worked out. And for the love of god...don't put the beer IN the pond. Unless of course you are placing the bottles there to keep it chilled. -- BV Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com Check out the IHMP forums, ihmp.net/phpbb I'll be leaning on the bus stop post. |
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