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…
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Whether you have a traditional goldfish in your pond or one of the many fancy varieties, you may notice their colors change over time – don’t worry. It doesn’t necessarily mean your fish have some sort of disease…
Filed under: Feeding Fish, Fish Diseases, Koi & Goldfish, Water Gardens & Features, Water Quality Issues | Tagged: Koi & Goldfish, fish food, goldfish, Water Quality, changing color, color, color-enhancing foods, Pond Logic, Growth & Color, Growth | Leave a Comment »
There’s nothing more frustrating than hiding or skittish fish. Part of the joy of having a water garden is to sit by the pond’s edge, feed your fish and relax while you watch them enjoy their underwater world. When they dash off and hide…
Filed under: Feeding Fish, Fish Population, Koi & Goldfish, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: fish, fish food, Fish Population, goldfish, hiding fish, Koi & Goldfish | 12 Comments »
One of the greatest joys of keeping koi or goldfish in a decorative pond is mealtime. When it’s time for the fish’s daily dose of food, they’ll swim right to shore and seem to beg for those tasty morsels! [...]
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You can ask anyone here at The Pond Guy; usually the first question we ask when someone says they have a bad algae problem is, “How many fish do you have?”, followed by, “What size water garden do you have?”. 9 out 10 times, there are way too many fish in the water garden. So why does having that many fish cause algae? Let me explain. [...]
Filed under: Algae Control, Koi & Goldfish, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: algae, causing of algae, goldfish, koi, string algae, too many koi | 16 Comments »
I remember when I first got into water gardening not only did I not know what the heck a water garden was, but pretty much every koi or goldfish I saw in a water garden was a goldfish to me. So how do you tell the difference? Is it by size? shape? Hopefully the following will be able to help you become a basic koi and goldfish identifier! [...]
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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: [...]
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First, you need to find a water tight container large enough to comfortably hold your koi. Kiddie pools or plastic storage containers work well for this. They not only are water tight, but will float on the surface of the water. It is important to [...]
Filed under: Koi & Goldfish, Seasonal Care, Spring Cleanout, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: Koi & Goldfish, Spring Cleanout | 6 Comments »
This is a very popular question I get during this time of the year. As the temperatures slowly start to warm up, your once dormant fish become [...]
Filed under: Feeding Fish, Koi & Goldfish, Water Gardens & Features, Wheat Germ Fish Food | Tagged: feeding koi, Koi & Goldfish, when to feed koi | 3 Comments »
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