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Message: [QUOTE="D&RW, post: 152678, member: 840"] we have had two bouts of fish illnesses. the first or second year a woman sold us some sick fish and i didn't know enough to quarantine then. I fought these diseases for 3-4 months. Lost a bunch of fish. Saved two. since then i've been much more careful. interesting about the water changes. i have often wondered how necessary it really is. if the water is testing out ok on all parameters why change it? BUT, I'd read any number of places that a person should. going to cut down to one pump, one UV. no aerators. and as for plants I have a lot of research to do yet. i love the lillies because we can leave them in the pond. have them on plastic tables. our pond is 6 feet deep on one end and 4 ft deep on the other. on one side along the long axis is a shelf about 3 feet down. it occupies about 3/8 of the width. this is where the lillies are. when they are in full swing they cover over 1/2 of the pond. [/QUOTE]