If you live in a climate where autumns are orange and winters are white, maintaining a garden pond will require more effort than if you lived where the seasons stay green. Once you winterize your equipment for the cold months, garden pond maintenance stops. And when it starts again, it can be a bear. If you’ll soon face a spring garden pond that you aren’t sure how to maintain, we list the ideal steps for bringing it back from its long hibernation.
1. Remove Winterization Measures
Winterization measures can be removed after freezing temperatures are past. Turning on your pump to start circulation will help to filter away small debris that can’t be skimmed away with a net.
2. Feed the Fish
Once your pond’s temperature is a steady 50 degrees, begin feeding its fish, preferably with a cold temperature feed until its temperature reaches a steady 60 degrees, at which point you can start their regular feeding program.
3. Clear Away Accumulated Debris
Begin by spooning away leaves, twigs, and other debris that can be removed with a net. Then drain your pond’s liquid into a large tub, placing its fish in the tub when it becomes too shallow to cover them. After draining the remaining liquid, use a shop vacuum to clean away the sludge from the basin, but don’t scrub the pond’s lining free of algae. If the water contains plants, leave them in place or keep them in the tub with the fish. Continue Reading…
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If you have decided to have a pond that if full of Koi fish, then you have made a great decision. These are colorful fish that are full of wonderful patterns, so they will definitely be adding a lot of color to your garden. We like them, because of the unique look, plus they get pretty big in size. When you have a pond full of these fish, there are a number of things you will need to take into consideration. For starters, it is important to know a bit about Koi pond cleaning. In the paragraphs below, we are going to look deeper into this topic.
If you do not do proper cleaning, then the pollutants will build up and cause ammonia to form. It can also cause nitrate and solid organic waste to form. If you do not have the right amount of filtration in your tank, then this is going to cause the waste products to build up to a lethal level, which could be fatal for the fish. When you put it in a nutshell, you will find that pond filters will save your koi’s life.
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Every garden pond owner will soon discover that besides the necessary garden pond products, there will be a variety of garden pond accessories that they will want to purchase as well. Some of these are so valuable that they are considered by many to be a necessity.
The have to have items for the garden pond are the liner, pump, and filtering system. Along with these though, the following items are often added to the garden pond inventory.
Pond heaters
If you are going to house fish chances are you are going to want to make use of a pond heater especially if you experience fluctuations in temperatures. They are usually submersed totally within the pond. There are many makes, models and sizes and vary in price.
Garden pond thermometers
Whether you use a pond heater or not you are still going to want to monitor the temperature of the pond water. Even without having fish, many of the Continue Reading…
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