Its me again, I was told that the bell type fountains put a good amount
of oxygen in the water of my pond. Is this the best one for that use?
Also I want to try snails. I have one big apple now but it keeps going
dormant (or maybe its getting old) The water is warm. Also what Snails
grow fast and work in a 300 gallon fish pond? Thank you

Most all snails grow relatively fast if they have sufficient food and
conditions are good. I would make sure my water is 60 or above, and
Apple or ramshorn are both good. HOwever don;t depend on a snail to
keep things clean, as its mainly a myth.,........shops tell you they
eat the trash, and decayed matter etc etc, so you think right off its
a good scavenger, which it is, but it also gives off waste products
which sometimes can actually be more than what the waste products in
the pond would be without a snail adding to it.

Just the same I like snails, have a few ramshorn, and apples, and a
heap of small snails typically found in natural ponds which get about
as large as a marble

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 20:50:08 -0500, (DD DDD) wrote:

===Its me again, I was told that the bell type fountains put a good amount
===of oxygen in the water of my pond. Is this the best one for that use?
===Also I want to try snails. I have one big apple now but it keeps going
===dormant (or maybe its getting old) The water is warm. Also what Snails
===grow fast and work in a 300 gallon fish pond? Thank you


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Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!

I just ran across a japanese trapdoor snail in the
Frog Bog that has grown about half again his
size.
Many times you can find different kinds of snails
on nursery plants.
Snails aren't always liked in the pond world,
as it is worried that they harbor parasites and
or disease, that said,
I haven't had any problem with them. If I owned
expensive type koi or just was very fond of my fish I might
be more picky. But I like as many critters as I can get
my hands on in my ponds ;-)

kathy :-)

www.blogfromthebog.com

Ok thank you, I will try them out. How big do they get?

This particular japanese trapdoor must be the size
of a small egg.

kathy :-)

Wasn't this originally about the bell fountain and aeration? I wouldn't
think a bell would be the best, at least one that meets fully with the
surface. So is the bell continuous flow (how I like mine) or breaks before
hitting the water? ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

The bell fountains sure do look nice when illuminated....Add a tiny
bit of breeze and thy are so fluid acting, its almost like their alive
and dancing. I have bells on a few of the preforms so I can keep the
water circulating for flow thru, and not have all the spray and
movement to disturb lillys. One I have breaks about 4 inches above the
surface the other does not break until it enters the ponds water....

I am not sure if one way or the other aerates more or less, but the
fish in the one that does not break before entering the water love to
hang out up under the large bell of water.


On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:04:49 -0700, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote:

===Wasn't this originally about the bell fountain and aeration? I wouldn't
===think a bell would be the best, at least one that meets fully with the
===surface. So is the bell continuous flow (how I like mine) or breaks before
===hitting the water? ~ jan
===
=== ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~


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Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!

Hi, When I look at the bell at night with the pond light on it looks
like a lot of air bubbles going down into the water and rising. But I
was checking to see if there is a better one for air. Or is there
something I can add to the pump/filter to add more air to the water,
without using a air pump? Or should I add a air pump? Thanks all

The need for additional aeration is usually seen first thing in the morning.
The algae and submerged plants use oxygen overnight as do the fish, and as a
result oxygen levels are their lowest around sunrise. The fish will tell
you they need more oxygen by piping at the surface, gulping air and water to
try to get extra oxygen. If the fish are down and acting normally, then
there is not an oxygen problem to worry about.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html

"DD DDD" wrote in message
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Hi, When I look at the bell at night with the pond light on it looks
like a lot of air bubbles going down into the water and rising. But I
was checking to see if there is a better one for air. Or is there
something I can add to the pump/filter to add more air to the water,
without using a air pump? Or should I add a air pump? Thanks all

Ok thank you, I checked the fish early and they are happy campers with
my green metal chicken wire on top to keep the raccoons from eating
them. The raccoons are not happy. LOL Thank you