They ribbit and hop in your pond all spring, summer and fall, but when the cold weather comes, your frogs seem to disappear. Don’t worry – they don’t croak! They simply take a long winter nap…
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Some pond deicers do cost a lot of money to run – but there is an alternative. Unless you’re lucky enough to like in a climate that doesn’t freeze…
Filed under: Deicer, Season-Long Control, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: Aeration, Deicer, faux rock cover, winter | 11 Comments »
The bane of fishpond owners, great blue herons, will make a quick meal out of pricey koi and graceful goldfish. The good news is…
Filed under: Heron, Pond Netting, Predator Control, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: blue heron, decoy, Heron, heron decoy, netting, pond net, Predator Control | 11 Comments »
Who wouldn’t want to enjoy their pond all year long? Whether you live in a warm climate or cold…
Filed under: Season-Long Control, Seasonal Care, WG-Winterizing, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: winter, winterization, winterizing | 10 Comments »
As the temperatures fall, we may be pulling out our winter coats and goulashes, but your fish don’t need them at all! In fact, pond fish, like koi and goldfish…
Filed under: Pond Netting, Season-Long Control, Seasonal Care, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: air diffuser, air stone, prepare for winter, seasonal defense, Thermo Pond, winterization | 9 Comments »
As the weather changes, pond and water garden centers remind their customers to feed a different diet to their fish – a wheat germ based diet. Why? What’s the difference? Do fish experience…
Filed under: Feeding Fish, Seasonal Care, Water Gardens & Features, Wheat Germ Fish Food | Tagged: fish food, wheat germ, wheatgerm | 2 Comments »
If you live in cooler climates – even those that don’t dip too far below freezing – it’s almost time to prepare your plants for winter. Each type of aquatic plant needs to be cared for in a different way, but…
Filed under: WG-Winterizing, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: cleaning, overwinter, preparation, prepare for winter, winter, winterization, winterizing | 7 Comments »
Algae blooms are the bane of most pond owners. All summer, they rear their green heads and turn a beautiful pond or water feature into a soupy or stringy mess. But with some planning…
Filed under: Algae Control, Pea-Green Algae, Season-Long Control, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: Algae Control, algae, algae defense, defensepac, beneficial bacteria, Defense Pack, Filtration | 4 Comments »
If your koi are coming to the surface of the pond to gulp for air, they’re doing more than just saying hi. They’re employing a survival strategy! Due to a lack of aeration…
Filed under: Aeration - WG, Koi & Goldfish, Oxygen Depletion, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: Aeration, Floating Ponstix, KoiAir, LiquidClear | 1 Comment »
If you’re new to the hobby, the thought of adding dye to your pond may seem like a foreign concept! Why would you want to add color to the water that you’re working so hard to keep clear? Well, there are aesthetic reasons…
Filed under: Algae Control, Heron, Koi & Goldfish, Predator Control, Season-Long Control, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: Algae Control, Koi & Goldfish, Predator Control, pond dye, Dye, Blue Sapphire, Black Pearl | 9 Comments »
