I’ve just been watching the chaos created by the severe snowstorms in America’s Mid West and it alerts me to how severe those winters can be in the Northern Hemisphere. I’m lucky in that I live in South Africa and miss these extreme conditions.It brings me onto the topic of hot water because what’s better […]
While it it is not strictly water gardening many people start the fascinating journey into the world of water gardening and fish pond keeping by installing a simple wall fountain or other type of recirculating self contained fountain. Lightweight wall fountains are really easy to install since they are made from fiberglass and don’t need […]
Unless your a seriously dedicated koi pond keeper (who wants nothing else but water, oxygen and koi in the pond) you will probably want to have some plants in your garden pond. How do you choose which ones will suit your pond?Well there are 4 basic types: Marginal plants, bog plants, deep water waterlilies […]
Every fish pond needs a biofilter to purify the water in which the fish live and thrive.The fish in a pond eat and metabolize the proteins in the food and then excrete nitrogen chemicals (ammonia) which if allowed to build up in the water will ultimately poison the fish. It is therefore necessary to install […]
Every fish pond needs a pump which in most cases will be submersed within the pond (called a submersible pump).The pump is used to circulate water through an installed biofilter so that the pond water contaminated by fish waste products can be purified. The pump circulates pond water which contains dissolved oxygen required by the […]
The reason garden ponds go green and/or murky is because microscopic algae is suspended in the pond water. These algae come to the water surface to absorb light necessary for photosynthesis. The fish in the pond don’t mind the murkiness but the pond owner does.There are in general two ways to get rid of […]
