Having a water feature in your yard is so relaxing and it’s a lot of fun to watch your fish move around or, if you only have plants, to tend to your water vegetation. Make sure before you design your setup that you look at garden pond pumps to see which one will work best for your needs.
This is a very important part of the pond, in fact, it is the heart of it. The purpose behind pumps are twofold: first they circulate the water throughout the entire system and aerate the water with much needed oxygen for both plants and animals. The second reason is not as necessary, but is an added bonus and that is the tranquil sound they make that is so soothing to listen to. Some people will purchase a specific pump just because of the sound that it produces, with the main purpose being incidental.
There are actually four different types of pumps that you can buy, each one designed with it’s own specific purpose:
External Drive Pumps are designed for large water flows, usually associated with features such as waterfalls, therefore, they must be installed outside of the water in order to operate. Continue Reading…
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Not only are they visually appealing and wonderfully fragrant, they provide your fish with cover and help keep the algae down in your pond. Water lilies need at least 5 hours of sunlight a day and calm water. With water lilies you have many varieties to choose from, the two general types are hardy and tropical. Hardy water lilies will reward you year after year with abundant foliage and a wide variety of colorful flowers. Tropical water lilies have leaves with serrated edges and they stand above the water.
Lotuses are popular even though they have a reputation of being hard to grow or tropical. While it is true that they may overwhelm a small pond they Continue Reading…
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The terms “water garden” and “garden pond” are often used to mean the same thing. A garden pond normally contains plants and fish like goldfish, while a water garden will contain a variety of aquatic plants and may contain fish typically like gold fish. The term Koi pond differs entirely, from both a water garden and a garden pond because a koi pond will have a limited amount, if any plants in it, basically because the koi will eat most of them. In general, a pond is a small area of still fresh water. A pond differs from a river or stream as it does not have moving water. Some man-made ponds do have elaborate mechanism for water movement like fountains and waterfall but none of these are natural. A natural pond differs from a lake as they are typically smaller and much shallower, and normally filled by rainwater or by underwater springs. These natural ponds are commonly known as dew ponds.
Another less known fact is the history of ponds. For centuries every village and farm would have a pond. The water would be used by both animals and Continue Reading…
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