Planning a pond or lake means preparing and planning for the 100 year rain storm. The what if scenario of bad weather, rain storms , snow melt even hurricanes can provide such an abundance of water that the pond system may not be able to handle the in coming water, down pipe or even your […]
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Here we go with the first snow fall on the pond of 2014, just getting started and more to come. All the ponds are ready for winter with fountains cleaned, prepped and stored away. The aeration systems are ready as well with moving the diffusers to shallow water to keep a hole in the ice
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Running Diffusers in Winter is a good plan, but we need to doing a couple things first. First up is the water temperature, once it drops to 50 degrees it would be time to move the diffusers to a shallow part of the pond. Let’s say you have one diffuser in the center of the
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As we look outside, we see the leaves changing, cooler temperatures and those fall clouds, sadly it is a reminder that the Pond Season Is Almost Over. What can we do to get the pond ready for winter? First up is all the
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There are bacteria all around us, some good, and some bad even some that can be deadly. Our focus is the good guys we use for healthy, clean water and eliminating muck. The good pond bacteria already exist in and around our ponds, but they’re not overly abundant to do the job, or to keep
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Buying a pond or you are looking at a piece of property and it has a pond. Here are some examples of what to look for or look at when you walk around the pond. The first couple quick things to do is simply look at the pond, is the water clear or cloudy? Is
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Yes we are talking about the Canadian Geese, sure it is nice to see wild life come to the pond but these fowl’s can really foul up a pond. Not only do they leave behind plenty of fertilizer for the pond but when they head out to see other ponds and areas to socialize they
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Yes Spring is here and new life is beginning, perch have already laid their eggs at the pond the grass actually turned green, which looks nice but soon will have to mow. Even starting to see green at the pond with the plants starting to come back to life. Sights and sounds are all pointing
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The best time to start your sub surface aeration system is when the pond water is around 50-55 degrees. Yes it wouldn’t hurt to pull out a thermometer to check the temperature and be sure your are running a steady temp at 50-55 degrees, we are looking at the surface temperature. Why start up at
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At Least the date on the calender says Spring is here. The week after that date we had temps in the single digits the first part of the week and the snow almost melted as the week warmed up a bit just breaking the 32 degree mark. Here comes Saturday and with it Winter storm