• Et cetera

    Posted on July 12th, 2005

    Written by cliff

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    Duck Invasion

    Duck Invasion

    Earlier this Spring, we decided that since we have a pond, and a big yard, we would head on down to the hardware store and get three Mallard ducklings. We thought it would be nice to have some quacking around and the thought of them eating slugs and pests out of our garden would be [...]

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    Posted on April 25th, 2005

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    Troubles with NitrItes in colder water

    It seems that we have a lot of koi keepers who need, for one reason or another to bring some of their fish in during winter months. Sometimes they find a sick fish in their pond that needs treatment, or sometimes they just want want to keep some of their best fish in for the [...]

  • Et cetera

    Posted on March 1st, 2004

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    Bio Spira is bunk!

    This past weekend, I was able to jumpstart a filter in two days with Turbo Start. You may have to add phosphate based buffers to get a KH above 80. The Doc has composed a method of getting Turbo Start to work, which can be found on the fritzpet website. The product is about $100 [...]