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?
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Posted on July 16, 2010 by thepondguy
While the warm sunny weather is great for enjoying the outdoors this summer, it can also create some headaches in your water garden. A lot of you may notice that your stream and waterfalls are growing a nice coat of green algae as we continue through the warmer summer months.
Filed under: Algae Control, Seasonal Care, Water Gardens & Features, Waterfall | Tagged: Clarity Defense, defensepac, Muck Defense, Nature's Defense, Oxy-Lift Defense, seasonal defense, water garden, Waterfall | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 11, 2010 by thepondguy
You’ve bought the products; you’ve read the blogs; now it’s time to get your feet wet.
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Posted on October 1, 2009 by thepondguy
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 | 13 Comments »
Posted on September 24, 2009 by thepondguy
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…
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Posted on September 17, 2009 by thepondguy
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…
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Posted on July 31, 2009 by thepondguy
A pond is a pond, right? Maybe not. Decorative ponds and large ponds or lakes do share several similarities. They’re both bodies of water, habitats for fish and wildlife, and they both require upkeep to maintain their pristine beauty. But that’s where their similarities end…
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Posted on June 4, 2009 by thepondguy
There are quite a few customers that I talk with that don’t know why their filter pads build up with “gunk” so fast. I didn’t understand it either when I first stepped foot into water gardens, but filter pads provide a very important role in your water garden’s ecosystem and in reality should not be cleaned very often. [...]
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Posted on April 24, 2009 by joemejia
Cleaning and maintaining a beautiful water garden takes time. We’ve all done it. We’ve all drained the water garden to try and clean out the pond. We’ve all fallen in one time or another to try and get those leaves and muck out. So what can you do? Well, if you haven’t used a Pond Vacuum yet, I highly recommend it. [...]
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Posted on April 3, 2009 by joemejia
Fertilizing your aquatic plants are a great way to ensure healthy and blooming plants all season. Most water garden owners are afraid to fertilize their aquatic plants because they feel that it will cause algae blooms. This isn’t the case when using low-phosphorus fertilizers. [...]
Filed under: Aquatic Plants, Seasonal Care, Water Gardens & Features | Tagged: aquatic plants, fertilize, fertilizer, fertilizing, fertilizing aquatic plants | 2 Comments »
