Advice for small pond owners
Pond dyes, tints, shading…call it what you want but if you go looking around, you’ll find quite a few options. A question I get quite often is, will pond dye help with algae control? The best answer for this is yes, it can help, but there are a couple of points to keep in mind. … Read more
Green water, or single cell algae that freely floats around in a pond, can be a real nightmare for the pond owners. Usually this stuff isn’t dangerous for fish but it sure can make a pond look ugly. We all want clean and clear water in our ponds but sometimes this isn’t always as easy … Read more
Look around a bit and you’ll find a variety of pond vacuums on the market today. Most of these are used by small pond owners and they can do a good job of helping keep a pond cleaner. Since much of our focus on this site is about algae control, the question often comes up, … Read more
Last week’s pond start up tips and checklist generated a few additional questions from readers and more than anything else, people asked about the use of pond salt in a water garden pond. To clear up some misconceptions about the use of salt in ponds I’ll cover the topic in this week’s pond tip video. … Read more
Last time we talked a little bit about some of the most important points to starting a pond off right in the spring. That generated even more questions and all of them were very good. Most notable was the request for a step by step, routine, pond start up process that could be followed easily. … Read more
This is a common question that comes up every year about this time. And it’s a good one… What’s the best way to get my pond started in the spring? In this week’s video I’ll cover several of the most important things you can do to get things off to a good start. [youtube width=”425″ … Read more