yonny Posted June 29 Author Report Posted June 29 3 hours ago, commonly said: Have you got any snails in your pond @yonny? No mate. Quote
commonly Posted June 30 Report Posted June 30 The trap door ones appear to clean up the detritus, which could be useful. Do you know of anyone that's got any experience of them? Quote
yonny Posted June 30 Author Report Posted June 30 58 minutes ago, commonly said: Do you know of anyone that's got any experience of them? I don't mate. commonly 1 Quote
yonny Posted July 2 Author Report Posted July 2 Well the extra air supply looks to be working. All of the fish seem happier and they're all feeding well. One is still heading to the filter return regularly but he's also socialising and eating food. I'll be keeping the extra air going in for now, especially with temps heading back up next week. I now need to get the balance of food right. Digestion uses lots of oxygen so I don't want to pile the grub in for growth until the water temps are down a little. Golden Paws, commonly, kevtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote
yonny Posted July 13 Author Report Posted July 13 Came through the latest heat wave fine. All the koi are happy and feeding really well, it's amazing what that extra air has done. I've been upping the food this past week and the fish are loving it. We now have a prolonged period of 25-28C which is absolutely no problem so it's time to put some weight on. commonly, Golden Paws, kevtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote
commonly Posted July 13 Report Posted July 13 Blanket weed is my only issue, or should I say was... I stopped feeding them about a week ago, it took a few days but they started feeding on it, but not enough to stop it spreading. So i ordered 15 trap door snails. They have been in 48 hrs and I can already see the pond getting clearer. Water quality is better than what comes out the tap crusian and yonny 2 Quote
commonly Posted August 15 Report Posted August 15 So, I'm continuously being plagued by the blanket weeed, it literally grows while you watch it! I added 10 more snails, ive only seen a few lately, so fear that the pigeons, or magpies have eaten the majority of them. I hadn't want to, but am going to try a grass carp, or two. The Copdock pellet is certainly doing the trick @yonny, they're certainly growing and looking very healthy👍 yonny 1 Quote
crusian Posted August 16 Report Posted August 16 On 15/08/2026 at 13:04, commonly said: So, I'm continuously being plagued by the blanket weeed, it literally grows while you watch it! I added 10 more snails, ive only seen a few lately, so fear that the pigeons, or magpies have eaten the majority of them. I hadn't want to, but am going to try a grass carp, or two. The Copdock pellet is certainly doing the trick @yonny, they're certainly growing and looking very healthy👍 After my Son excitedly watched his tadpoles growing in our pond a Magpie went and ate them 🤬 . commonly and yonny 2 Quote
yonny Posted August 17 Author Report Posted August 17 On 15/08/2026 at 13:04, commonly said: So, I'm continuously being plagued by the blanket weeed, it literally grows while you watch it! Relentless innit! Quote
commonly Posted August 18 Report Posted August 18 Oh yeah. Went away for week and pulled out masses of it Ive tried a few treatments, but they dont seem to have much effect. Record temps maybe part of the reason. Well, I put 3 x 10cm grass carp in on Sunday. Haven't seen them since 😕 yonny 1 Quote
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