Green Pond Water – Easy steps to get your pond water clear from algae again!
There are few things more disappointing for the water gardener than to see the water of your lovingly built pond turn soupy green. In the past, [...]
FAQ: Pond Water Quality
Although we instinctively tend to think of water as ‘bad’ when it’s green and slimy and ‘good’ if it’s crystal clear, the reality is that when [...]
Fast Facts About Water
You obviously can’t have a pond without water, but there’s a lot more to the wet stuff than simply filling our liners and providing a home [...]
The Microbes in Your Pond
If you’ve ever looked down a microscope at a drop of pond water, you understand what people say about it teeming with life – and if [...]
FAQ: Pond Water Problems
Keeping the water in good condition is an absolutely essential part of maintaining a healthy pond, but sometimes it can seem to be one of those [...]
Oxygenating Pond Plants – Picking Oxygenators for Your Pond
Oxygenating Plants - Learn & Grow Oxygenating plants play an important role in maintaining the health of a pond, their submerged foliage providing food and [...]
Could Barley Straw be the Cause of My Red Pond?
I’m sorry that you’re having this problem with what I assume is a new pond. Obviously it’s a little difficult to be sure without knowing a [...]
Why Is My Pond Green and Frothy?
It’s always a bit disheartening when a crystal clear pond seems to go wrong, but don’t despair – I don’t think you’ve got too much to [...]
Water features for backyard gardens
It’s not only large gardens that can enjoy the benefit of water features and although those of us with more modest backyards may have to do [...]
Aerating Your Pond
Keeping your pond properly aerated is a key part of making sure it stays healthy particularly if it is stocked with fish. Although a certain amount [...]
Ultra Violet Clarifiers
The scourge of green water – a bloom of single-celled algae suspended in the water – is one of the most common problems to plague pond-keepers [...]
Pond Water Quality
Water quality is the single most important factor in ensuring a healthy pond – particularly if it is stocked with fish – but quality is not [...]
Filtering Your Pond
If you want to keep any more than one or two fish in your pond you are almost certainly going to need to filter it. In [...]
Pond Treatments
Pond treatments are big business – as a quick look on the shelves of most aquatic suppliers will make very clear – and although they are [...]
Fountains and Water Features
Running water adds an entirely new dimension to any garden – whether as part of a pond or as a separate stand-alone feature – bringing life [...]
Controlling Algae
Ponds and water gardens add a new visual dimension to any garden, but when the water turns green and thick strands of algae cover the surface, [...]