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What Can I Do To Maintain My Pond This Season? | Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A

Posted on February 3, 2012 by thepondguy

Your first season with your new pond can be an exciting and relatively hassle free endeavor, as long as you take the right precautions to maintain it properly. Lucky for you, you’ve come to the right place to learn exactly what you’ll need in order to successfully maintain your pond for the season.

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What is waterfall foam? | Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q&A

Posted on August 4, 2011 by thepondguy

What is waterfall foam? Krystal – Howell, MI When you build a backyard waterfall, it’s important to remember that, unlike a natural waterfall, every drop of water that cascades down the face of your mini-Niagara is delivered by a pump. In order to make that limited supply of pumped water – and your waterfall – [...]

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I’d like to create a water garden or feature, how do I choose a size to suit me? – Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A

Posted on August 27, 2010 by thepondguy

Creating a water feature is a fun and exciting process consisting of endless designs and limited only by your imagination. Many people think they are have to have a large amount of land to create a great water feature. In reality, a beautiful water feature can be constructed in even the smallest yards or even indoors. Before you start purchasing materials for your pond project, sit down with a pen and paper and take some time to research and design the perfect water feature that fits your situation.

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Waterfall Foam – Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A

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.

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How can I keep my waterfall free of algae and buildup? – Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A

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.

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Why do people build water gardens? – Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A

Posted on May 18, 2010 by thepondguy

Maybe you’ve entertained the idea of constructing a water garden in you yard but feel you are not quite up to the task. Perhaps you are one of those people who don’t understand what all of the “hype” is about when it comes to back yard waterfalls and pricey Koi. To those of you who…

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What does filter media do for my water garden? – Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A

Posted on April 2, 2010 by thepondguy

Q. What does filter media do for my water garden? – Debbie in Illinois Keep It Clean With all of the pads, balls and nets in this blog you might think The Pond Guy has hung up his waders and opened a sporting goods store. Not to worry pond guys and gals, we are of [...]

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Spring Accessories – Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens

Posted on March 25, 2010 by thepondguy

It is truly an enjoyable experience taking in the sights and sounds of a water garden. Crystal clear water, brilliantly colored fish, and lush green plants all meld together to create a picture perfect landscape…

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How Do I Get Debris or Algae Off of My Water Garden’s Rocks, Streams & Waterfalls? – Water Garden Q & A

Posted on July 7, 2008 by thepondguy

As the Summer progresses, the weather gets hotter and algae begins to grow on your streams, waterfalls and rocks. Sometimes using AlgaeFix just isn’t enough to [...]

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How Do I Properly Size a Pump to Create the Waterfall I’m Looking For? – Water Garden Q & A

Posted on June 30, 2008 by joemejia

We get this question asked to us quite a bit. The following process will help you in determing the correct pump size for a waterfall: [...]

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