PONDS-AND-WATERFALLS

Douglas Cain asked: Water quality is vital to the overall health of your Koi fish. Therefore selecting the appropriate filter for your pond is extremely important and should be carefully considered. Pond filtration is the first step in the fight to keep your pond’s water chemistry balanced properly. The filter’s main job is to remove [...]

Christopher W Smith asked: Those who have ponds want to enjoy pleasant appearing clear water and this can be a real challenge. A common problem in the backyard pond is overgrowth of algae, a microscopic plant that can be really ugly and slimy and detract from any water feature. There are many approaches to controlling [...]

Michael Wezsky asked: While there are different types of filters, they all operate on the same principles. Water is pumped into the filter, gets cleaned and then goes back out to the pond, sometimes through a stream or fountain. Pump, filter and water feature: the combination of these elements is called the Water Filtration System. [...]

Alan Deacon asked: Koi fish are one of the most beautiful aquatic animals and among some of the most adored pets in many families. Due to this, designer koi ponds are in high demand in many gardens. By incorporating a beautiful koi pond design you will not only enhance the look of your garden, but [...]

Jason David Tokushige asked: Have you been inspired after watching a backyard remodeling home show to go out and build your own pond? How hard can it be? Dig a hole, line it with some plastic, add a filter, fill it with water, and watch your fish and plants thrive! After all, they finished the [...]

Brett Fogle asked: Low Oxygen levels Kill Fish Use an oxygen tester and air stones to keep your available oxygen level to at least 7.0 parts per million of dissolved oxygen in 90 degree F. water. Koi and goldfish start showing signs of stress at oxygen levels of 4.0 ppm and will start dying at [...]

Douglas Hoover asked: There are many different types of filters available today for koi ponds which require regular cleaning. The decaying fish waste and pond debris need to be removed from the filter, flushed and cleaned with a garden hose – a labor intensive, stinky, filthy, disgusting job if there ever was one! Biological filters [...]

Adam B Short asked: Any man made body of water is going to need some sort of filtration, and this is just as true with a Koi pond. Keeping the water clean is essential, especially from biological agents and debris. The problem with pieces of biological debris is that they tend to use oxygen in [...]

Anne Clarke asked: When you choose a pond filtration system, you may select one pump, or perhaps more than one pond pump – depending on your needs. Specific pond filtration systems are designed for specific kinds of ponds. There are many kinds of pond pumps. There are many different variables that you need to consider [...]

Barry Graham asked: Pond filtration is an absolute necessity in fish ponds. In larger ponds, pond filtration becomes less important as nature can properly proved filtration, however in ornamental fish ponds, the fish population is often time more dense that it would normally be in nature, thus additional filtration is required to handle the increased [...]