What is a Koi Pond? Koi Ponds can be thought of as "Swimming Pools for Koi" or simply big fish tanks. A koi pond is NOT the same as a water garden pond. There are no rocks, gravel, or aquatic plants in the pond that could potentially harm the Koi as within a water garden pond...
Use pH Reducer:Another option is to adjust your pH using apond pH stabilizer. Apply enough treatment to shift the levels 0.5 at a time, wait several hours before re-treating, and test the water often with yourpH Test Kit. Test Your Tap Water:Try testing your tap water, especially if yo...
Water Gardening Blog The Aquascape Water Gardening blog is your resource for learning about the joy of water gardening. Here you’ll find ‘How to’ and tips for maintaining your pond or water garden, koi care, seasonal pond care, and much more....
When the Koi reaches 6 months, the growth rate starts to slow down to 0.2 inches (.06 cm) every day until their second year. By the 7th month, the Koi will be about 5.8 inches (15 cm) and continue to grow at roughly the same rate. The colors of the Koi will change and grow ...
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A Koi Pond retains the earth “behind” the liner, whereas water garden ponds are different by retaining earth in the pond with rocks and boulders. Many different types of materials can be used to retain earth in a koi pond – from treated wood, to concrete, to concrete blocks. In this...
Excess nutrients in the pond are often caused by overfeeding fish, stormwater runoff, stocking too many fish, or a lack of proper pond filtration. Suspended algae blooms often occur in the spring when the season is beginning to change, but the water remains at lower temperatures. Low water ...
How to prepare your plants for winter There are hundreds of different types of pond plants, and they all require slightly different levels of care on the run-up to and during winter. For cold tolerant pond plants like lotuses and hardy water lilies care is quite simple, just prune them bac...
When you look in a pond that contains koi fish, you will often see quite a few swimming around. For that reason, it could be fun to add some more friends to this drawing of a koi fish! You could add as many as you like, and all you would have to do is follow the guide again...
What You Need To Clean a Fish Tank Water Quality Test Kit: Testing your tank’s water chemistry will tell you when it’s time to do a water change. Refer to the parameters above and be sure to test your water chemistry at least once a week. ...