Now in my experience, wildlife ponds are easier and cheaper to maintain than fish ponds. However lovely your fish are they do produce excrement daily so polluting the water. They eat your plants and...
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How to build a wildlife pond.
Customers who are about to build a pond often phone me for advise, asking things like “Should I add plants to my pond?” “How do I increase the wildlife?” “Do I need a filter?” “How do I...
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Oxygen Levels in your Pond
I think we all know that oxygen is vital to animal and plant life. The colder the water the higher the oxygen levels, which is why ponds suffer more in the summer months because oxygen levels...
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What is Blanket Weed and how can we control it?
Blanket weed is a type of algae. There are over 20,000 different named species of algae, so working out which one you have is understandably tricky! Monocellular algae is the type that turns the...
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Slug Pellets
If your pond has frogs, toads, newts or ducks they all love eating slugs as part of their natural diet, so are a great aid in combating slugs. Toads in particular are nocturnal feeders and can eat...
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Pumps and Filters
You don’t need to have any pumps or filters in order to use Aquaplancton, but as most people do, it’s a good idea to keep them running as you apply the Aquaplancton to mix it well round the...
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Wildlife and the Environment
Unlike many harmful chemicals, Aquaplancton is completely safe for the environment. It is not a harmful substance and is used successfully with fish all the time. It won’t harm frogs, newts,...
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Dredging of Lakes and Moats
Apart from the huge cost of dredging a lake there are other disadvantages. The disruption to the surrounding areas can be a problem, but the cost to wildlife is incalculable because, when you throw...
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Aquaplancton Application Tips
Although Aquaplancton can be applied at any time of year, it is easier to apply either in early spring before everything starts to grow or late autumn after everything had died down. Where you have...
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