Great question Maggie! With the onset of warm weather, now is the time to get outside and begin enjoying the water feature season. Your pond has been dormant all winter and needs a little care to make it beautiful. Follow these ten simple steps to prepare your water feature for success. [...]
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Duckweed can take over a pond. This prolific grower can come from many sources although most commonly brought in on the [...]
Filed under: Duckweed, Pond & Lake | Tagged: controlling duckweed, Duckweed, nature's blue pond dye, pond dye, pondweed defense, pondweeds, redwing, whitecap | 2 Comments »
Spring is a great time to add fish to your water feature, but you have to be careful when adding fish not to simply toss them into their new environment. You must acclimate them first. I’ll explain: [...]
Filed under: Koi & Goldfish, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: acclimate, acclimating fish, acclimating koi | 3 Comments »
At first sight or when controlled properly, cattails and other emergent weeds can add natural beauty, structure for fish and act as a buffer to reduce nutrients andsediment caused by runoff. But, beware! Emergent weeds can [...]
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Many of you find yourselves in this same situation, where it seems like you are battling algae year after year with no end in sight. The thing I want you toknow is that in order to fully understand how to control algae, you really have to [...]
Filed under: Algae Control, Aquatic Plants, Pea-Green Algae, Water Gardens & Features, Water Quality Issues | Tagged: algae, aquatic plants, defensepac, fish load, proper filtration, string algae | 14 Comments »
Turning your pond a blue color is a great way, not only to provide your pond with a beautiful blue shade, but also will reduce the amount of sunlight that [...]
Filed under: Pond & Lake, Pond Dye | Tagged: black dyemond, nature's blue, pond dye, pond shade | 10 Comments »
A fish lovers nightmare…the heron! Ever wake up in the morning, walk out to your water feature with a cup of coffee (or orange juice for you non-coffee drinkers) and discover a [...]
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During the early beginnings of spring have you ever took that first stroll around the pond and discovered an awful musky smell that filled the air? That smell is [...]
Filed under: Algae Control, Chara (Algae), Pond & Lake | Tagged: algae, chara, get rid of algae | 8 Comments »
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