Posted on August 19, 2010 by thepondguy
If someone were to ask you how big your water garden is, how would you respond? Most pond owners have an idea of how many gallons their pond my hold or how many square feet their water feature occupies, but have you ever really measured to see how close your guesstimates comes to the actual numbers?
Filed under: Aeration - WG, Algae Control, Aquatic Plants, Barley Straw, Benefits of Owning, Leak, Oxygen Depletion, Pond Cleanouts, Pressurized Filtration, Pump, Season-Long Control, Seasonal Care, Uncategorized | Tagged: Algae Control, Aeration, aquatic plants, airmax aeration, aeration system, Water Quality, calculate pond size | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 5, 2010 by thepondguy
The key to constructing a quality water garden, or anything for that matter, is to use the proper tools. While you may be able to fashion a lot of your own components or incorporate random on hand materials into your pond build you can miss out on potential benefits that result from years of product testing and development as well as functional design. While this holds true for anything from skimmers, filter media, and waterfall boxes, it is also true of small scale materials like waterfall foam.
Filed under: Leak, Water Gardens & Features, Waterfall | Tagged: waterfall leak, Waterfall, creating a waterfall, foam, water garden, waterfall foam, water garden construction | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 29, 2010 by thepondguy
Having a leak in your pond liner can be frustrating at best, but not being able to locate the source of the water loss can be maddening. While repairing a leak in your pond is never your ideal way to spend time at your water garden, knowing how to locate and stop your leaks…
Filed under: Aeration, Aeration - WG, Leak, Liner, Pond Dye, Tubing | Tagged: auto fill valve, cover tape, leak repair, locate leaks, pond leak, pond liner, pond patch kit, pond repair, seam tape, skimmer box, underwater pond sealer, waterfall box | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 2, 2009 by kathiethueme
To find a leak in your pond or water feature, you’ll need to do some sleuthing. Your fish and waterfall/stream will splash some water out of the pond, and some of it will evaporate (especially during the long, warm days of summer), but if you have an average pond and you’re losing more than 3 inches per week [...]
Filed under: Leak, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: leak in liner, leak in pond, liner leak, water garden leak | 8 Comments »
Posted on June 23, 2008 by joemejia
Having a leak in your water garden can always be frustrating. I hope to shed some light on some great ways to detect where your leak is located. [...]
Filed under: Leak, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: bottom leak, Leak, liner leak, liner patch, side leak, stream leak, waterfall leak | Leave a Comment »
