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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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 on...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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