i have 2 ponds in my yard with plants and fish. i drained the kids pool for the winter and was going to fill it up again for the kids as it was going to be 90 this week. the pool has about 3 inches of water in it from the rain. it is full of tadpoles. some are large and have their back legs already, but some are still babies. can i move them to one of my ponds without hurting them? so i can ready the pool for the kids. problem 2: i was hanging clothes out on the clothes line yesterday and a million termite "flies" came buzzing by me. they were coming from a stump in the empty lot next to me. i was going to put bleach on it (i heard that will clear them up) but there were a lot of lizards on it eating the "flies" so i did nothing. i do not want any termites in my yard...what do i do? thanks cindy

Thanks Nancy, but I have no intention of feeding or keeping them. I play around with hybridizing waterlilies, they are in my seedling tubs and stripping them bare. In order to get them out, I will have to pull hundreds of seedlings first. Corrie

I am so glad that I found this website. This is so wonderful. I am a new goldfish "mommy". My 2 yr old won a fish at a fair and I have no idea how to take care of it. I was told that they like earthworms but I didn't know how to feed them. So now "Fishstick" will be very happy with me when I get home. Thank you all.

For a low light plant that Goldies won't touch, I don't think you can beat Java Fern, that also does well in cold water tanks, but don't use fishing line to tie them to logs. I learned the hard way that the lines eventually stretch and create a deadly trap for fish. It took some web searching, but I found large, SS staples and used them to fasten the fern stems to rootwood logs and ended up with a nice little forest of them in my 130 winter Wakin tank. They are currently sitting on the bottom of a 3 ft. deep, black walled, 350 gal. watering trough/fish tank, where they receive very little light and are doing fine. Fixing java fern to logs also allows easy cleaning, even if you keep gravel in the tank, as you can just lift them, ferns and all, then plop them back down. I usually remove the logs and rinse them and the ferns under running water when I clean the tank, to remove any crud that had accumulated under them. However, it takes patience to grow Java Fern. They are hardy and given mimimum care will last forever, but are very slow growing. You are unlikely to find them in any LPS, but most internet aquatic plant sellers have them. If you feel impatient and are willing to pop for instant masses of green, indulge, and buy what growers describe as "mother plants." Large, but pricey.