Archive for July 2015

Question: we have two adult fish and about ten baby fish who are growing rapidly–we feed them small round pellet food–any suggestions on how much we should give and is once a day adequate thanks for your help once again joan Answer: Hello Joan! =”color: rgb(0, 0, 153);”>PondMarket.com Fish Food Brigitte

Question: I have too many fish. How can I get rid of them humanely? I tried pet stores, but to no avail Answer: There are many suggestions online on how to euthanize your fish humanely. In all honesty I have never used any of the methods that I found, so I can’t tell you whole…

Question: Hi I have had my 7 goldfish/koi in a outdoor pond for nearly 3 yrs.. but 2 days ago i added this very large “sucker” fish and now i have lost 4 of my 7 goldfish AND the suckerfish!!! I don’t know WHY this happened? the goldfish were FINE.. could it be because I…

Question: Some of my Koi fish are showing signs of a Fungus and I recently ordered Tetra Pond Pond Fish Treatment and Microbe-Lift Anti-Fungal Treatment from you to treat this. My outdoor pond is in a green house, not heated at all, the water temp is around 40 degrees. My question is can I use…

Question: I came out yesterday to find all my Koi dead. I have had this pond for about 15 years and the fish were about the same age. I have no idea what happened here. we had temperatures at 6 degrees on Monday and then Temperatures at 70 degrees on Saturday. Weo Answer: If your…

Question: Missing fish I had 20-25 fish in my pond,some bought from you all, and have had it for over 7 years with no major problems. It has seemed to be predator proof as I keep a net on it and have steep sides with rocks and have it deep with places for the fish…

Question: I have a 100 gallon pond I have 4 small goldfish in it I wanted to know if I need to feed them during the winter? Answer: Whether or not the fish need to be fed during the winter months depends =”color: rgb(0, 0, 153);”>Generally, if the water temperature stays above 48 degrees Fahrenheit…

Question: This weekend I found my two koi dead. They were the only koi I have. Visibly there are no signs of injury or disease. The other fish, goldfish, are still alive. Any idea as to why the koi died. They’ve been in my pond for several years and I don’t think I did anything…

Question: My pond is about 2mos. old. Test strips are green, slight higher ph. still in range. Pond was murky, fish would come out to eat. 3 Koi 4inches. My goldfish swim around fine, Koi hide under the plants, won’t come out anymore. I’m in Central Florida, raining alot lately. Also have started with a…

Question: I think my goldfish has ick. They have white fugus all over ther body, and they live in a outdoor pond. I live in NC. I was told by the fish store to put salt in the pond, and the cold weather would take care of the rest, and it would be cleared pu…