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Pond Heaters And DeIcers

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Of all the useful pond accessories that exist for winter use, a pond heater or deicer is an affordable and easily installed solution to protect your fish in a small pond. The video below will explain how they work, and where they work best. In some ways the name “heater” isn’t entirely accurate although the … Read more

A Simple Pond Tool To Monitor Seasonal Changes

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Watch the short video below where I cover one of the simplest but most useful pond care tools to use during the fall, winter, and spring. It’s such a simple thing, but a pond thermometer will help you keep tabs on where your pond stands as the weather get’s colder. Actually it’s good any time … Read more

Question: Should Beneficial Pond Bacteria Be Used In The Winter?

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One question I get asked a lot in the fall of every year is, “should I continue to use beneficial bacteria in my pond even though it’s getting cold?” It’s a great question and one that I’ll cover in the video below as well as the short article a bit farther down the page. There’s … Read more

Our Recent Pond Tips Survey Results

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Last week I sent out an online survey concerning several questions about our pond tips and my thanks go out to the hundreds of you who took time to answer the questions. It’s important to me to provide you with useful and helpful information but not to take up too much of your time in doing so.

The results of the survey show that, for the most part, we are on a good track that most people like. There are a few areas where we can improve and we’ll certainly try to do that!

As promised, I did want to share the results with you and also announce the winner of the $25 gift card from Amazon.com. And by the way, some folks asked about why we would give away an Amazon gift card and not provide a gift card from our pond shop. It’s a valid question to be sure, but to me, with the holidays approaching, it made more sense to give you something you can use immediately. Pick up a new book you’ve been wanting to read, or grab a gift for the grand kids if you’d like…you can use it for anything that you might want. So that’s that as they say.

Now on to the survey results.

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Leaves And Ponds Don’t Mix

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A few weeks back I talked about doing your best to keep organic debris out of your pond. In the fall this can be a challenge and in that particular video I discussed leaf netting for smaller ponds. Along with a good pond vacuum, these are just about all that a small pond owner needs. But this generated a few very good questions from large pond owners since netting and vacs just aren’t great options for them.

So what’s a large pond owner to do, since leaves and ponds just don’t mix well? You know the story. Leaves fall in the pond, begin to rot and decay, create a lot of compost and muck and this feeds a lot of unwanted growths, like algae, when the weather warms up again.

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What’s New At The Pond Algae Solutions Blog?

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For our regular readers, many of you may not notice much of a difference in the appearance of our little pond blog here, but trust me, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes. As a matter of fact, both our blog and our line store are undergoing a major overhaul, that’s not so much … Read more