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What’s the best way to introduce new fish to my pond? | Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q&A

Posted on April 22, 2011 by thepondguy

What’s the best way to introduce new fish to my pond? Chelsea – Eagan, MN So you’ve made the decision to invite a few new friends to your home, but are you getting more than you bargained for? As is true with any purchase, you want to make sure you are getting quality before you [...]

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My fish are looking for food, can I feed them? | Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q&A

Posted on March 11, 2011 by thepondguy

Now that the rain and warmer weather has melted the ice away from your water garden you can see your decorative pond fish moving about the pond. After a long winters rest you would think they are hungry and ready to eat but it may still be too soon to feed your fish.

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What are the differences between a true Koi pond and a water garden? | Decorative Ponds & Watergardens Q&A

Posted on March 3, 2011 by thepondguy

When it comes to backyard ponds you may hear multiple names thrown out like water garden, Koi pond, decorative pond or other, more creative, titles. While these names are used loosely and interchangeably by many-a-pond owner there are considerable differences between a water garden and a Koi pond used for spawning and raising Koi.

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How do fish go dormant? Are they really asleep? – Decorative Water Gardens Q & A

Posted on November 4, 2010 by thepondguy

With the warm days of summer now a distant memory and fall following in its footsteps your Koi are left with a few months of cold weather with nothing to do but relax. Since they don’t have miniature submerged Koi calendars to check what is it that tells your fish it is time to hibernate?

Filed under: Aeration - WG, Deicer, Feeding Fish, Fish Population, Koi & Goldfish, Oxygen Depletion, Seasonal Care, Water Gardens & Features, WG-Winterizing | Tagged: , , , , , , , | 7 Comments »

Can Koi and Goldfish Breed? – Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A

Posted on June 25, 2010 by thepondguy

Your fish have finally spawned and after what seems like eons of waiting they are starting to grow into full grown Koi…or Goldfish…or…what are they? Your newcomers seem to have unique new patterns and colors that are difference than their alleged parents, is it possible your Koi and Goldfish have crossbred?

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I found what looks like a sore on my koi. What should I do? Could this have happened over winter? – Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A

Posted on March 5, 2010 by thepondguy

Q: I found what looks like a sore on my koi. What should I do? Could this of happened over winter? – Fred in Kentucky A: As we close in on spring and the ice melts off of our water gardens, our koi start to become lively again. This is a very crucial time for [...]

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How do I know when I can feed my koi again? – Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A

Posted on February 26, 2010 by thepondguy

Now that we’re at winter’s peak, many of us begin to think about the coming spring. As we start the spring to-do list, we remember those poor little koi that are out in the water garden. Since you’ve kept a hole open in the ice all winter, you really have nothing to worry about, right?

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Why do I need to test for carbonate hardness in my lake or pond? – Pond & Lake Q & A

Posted on August 7, 2009 by thepondguy

A number of pond treatments, including some algae-control formulas and other herbicides, contain copper. In certain conditions…

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What Kind of Fish Food Should I Be Feeding My Koi? – Water Garden & Feature Q & A

Posted on June 26, 2009 by kathiethueme

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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Does Having Too Many Koi Cause String Algae? – Water Garden & Feature Q & A

Posted on May 22, 2009 by thepondguy

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. [...]

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