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UV STERILIZER
We all want our pond water to be clear, so how do we achieve this. Well we can get a ultraviolet sterilizer or ultraviolet clarifier, but whats the difference and which one should I consider getting. Read more »
UV STERILIZER
We all want our pond water to be clear, so how do we achieve this. Well we can get a ultraviolet sterilizer or ultraviolet clarifier, but whats the difference and which one should I consider getting. Read more »
THE POND CLEANER
So what about the Tench as an alternative to Koi or Goldfish. Why is the Tench sometimes referred to as the pond cleaner. Read more »
THE MOST COMMON POND FISH
The humble Goldfish, the most common kept fish in outdoor ponds as well as indoor tanks. There are a wide variety of Goldfish, they come in all shapes and colours.. Read more »
WHAT TYPE
When it comes to pond pumps it is the same scenario as the pond filter. What type of pump should I get for my pond and waht size pump will I need. Lets take a look.. Read more »
From Library Journal
This volume by an experienced water gardener focuses strictly on maintaining a garden pond by troubleshooting or preventing problems that may occur to the structure, plants, or fish. Although it is meant to prevent problems for the novice pond builder, a beginner would also need to use a general work on garden pools such as Ken Druse’s Burpee Water Gardening (Prentice Hall, 1993) since Nash’s work offers no general overview of pond building. Instead, it plunges (more…)
What is dropsy? It is a disease that fish can get and once the disease has taken hold of a fish it is almost always fatal. This disease is also known as pine cone disease. Read more »
A garden pond, with the right planning and stocked with the right kind of aquatic plants and fish, will be a marvelous asset to your garden attracting a great many wild animals and eventually becoming a minature natural reserve. It is possible to have a pond which is self sustaining requiring only the occasional maintenance to keep it in good condition.
There are many things to think of when you are thinking of building a pond. How ever obvious that something might seem, it is easy to overlook or forget them. So I thought I would point out some of the obvious. Read more »