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Keeping your fish pond healthy

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 are predators to tadpoles, tiny frogs … Continue reading

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Green pond water control

Green water is caused by a mono cellular algae.  It thrives in water which is rich in nutrient and also in sunlight.  As you sprinkle Aquaplancton powder onto your green pond it will turn a paler, milkier green at first, … Continue reading

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Duckweed control

Duckweed, otherwise known as Lemna Minor, is that tiny little leaf that floats all over the surface of the water.  Although it only has small roots that dangle down into the water, it’s the build up organic mud/sludge/silt on the … Continue reading

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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 plummet as the water … Continue reading

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Acidity/Alkalinity and pH levels in Ponds

pH stands for Potential Hydrogen.  The scale is from 1 to 14 with 1 being acid,  14 being alkaline and 7 being neutral.  It is a measure of whether the water in your pond is on the acid side or … Continue reading

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Your Pond in Autumn

It is our belief that the less you do manually to a pond the better; however, there is a minimum amount of autumn maintenance that needs to be done before the winter hibernation starts.  Cut back any dead foliage from … Continue reading

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Your Pond in Summer

Your Pond in Summer At long last it’s warm enough to sit outside and enjoy watching the wildlife your pond has attracted.  You just need to keep on top of things.  Trim off any dead leaves or flowers surrounding your … Continue reading

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Your Pond In Spring

As the weather warms up, the water temperature will rise and the pond life that has been dormant during the winter hibernation will start to wake up and become active.  If you have a biological filter this will also spring … Continue reading

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Algae and Blanket Weed Control

There are many different forms of algae.  There is the type which turns the water green, which is called a mono cellular algae or blanket weed which can either be the long stringy type which clogs onto everything or the … Continue reading

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Pond Odour, Mud and Sludge

Muddy sludge is made up from such things as dead weed, rotting leaves and fish excrement. When the good aerobic bacteria in your pond become inactive, the bad anaerobic bacteria take over which causes the mud to smell.  Aquaplancton stimulates … Continue reading

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