Controlling Pond Algae

The water garden or pond are areas of growth for plants, fish, yourself, and for many other forms of life as well. Algae will grow where water is, but you can learn to balance and control the algae in the water so your water is clearer and cleaner.

Controlling algae is more of a problem for new pond owners who are learning to experiment and balance the water, as well as the spring months, when the water in the pond is not year fully balanced after a winters cold. One important factor that will have an affect on cleaner and clearer water is the pump you use in the water garden. Using the proper equipment in the pond is going to have an affect on how easily you can control the algae from growing in the water garden.

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Algae in the Water Garden

Your water garden is going to be home to many different plants, fish, and tiny creatures that you might not even realize are there. Your water garden is going to revolve all around the water and caring for the water quality, the clarity of the water is important for the life long gardening in the water garden. Algae in the water garden can hurt your plants or fish, depending on the extent of that it is growing.

Your plants are going to be an important function in cleaning the water and controlling the amount of algae that is growing in the water garden. If you are starting a water garden with out plants at all your water is going to turn cloudy, dark and green with the build up of algae in the water.

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Algae Control Part II

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We have talked a little about how the construction of your water garden and continue materials will alter the algae growth in your water garden, but in this article we are going to talk a little more about how algae can be controlled during the continued use and growth of your water garden features.

In maintaining your water garden you will always notice that some amount of build up on the bottom of the water garden is going to occur. The sludge on the bottom of the water garden can be controlled with chemicals, but sometimes with the use of fish and plants, you don’t want to involve the use of chemicals.

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Algae and Nitrogen in your Water Pond

Water ponds are beautiful, but we need to keep the algae from making our ponds ugly. In the spring, microscopic algae often flourish, giving way for green water. Green water offends the pride and spoils the enjoyment of many fish keepers who may have to buy a biological filter to clear up the water.

The largest constitute of algae is chlorophyll, which oxygenates the water in the presence of light but de-oxygenates it in the dark, sometimes leaving insufficient oxygen for the filter bacteria before dawn. Some of the filters are in-sufficient in green water.

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Pond Water Quality

Ok, enough of the pond building stuff. We are going to get started tomorrow with a series of articles on pond water quality articles to give us something to do during the upcoming "boring part" of pond keeping.

Winterizing the Water Garden

You have spent all spring and summer working on your water garden, creating the environment that is both beautiful and functional for the plants and the fish. Caring for your pond before the winter months come into season will be important so that your plants, the fish and the pond itself make it through the winter with out problems or damages.

If you have container plants in or around the water garden, you need to think about the containers that you are growing in. Are the containers the type that can sit out in the weather – freezing and contracting with out the possibility of breaking? If the containers are made out of ceramic or other glass type material, you might find that in the spring your containers could split or cracked and almost useless if you are not careful. Using containers that are made of wood, Styrofoam or other materials like plastic that have a bit of bend in the material that the container is made out of will ensure that you are protecting your plants and your investment through out the year.

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New Website Design

We finally got the new website design finished at www.pondsupply.com. Just in time for ....the end of the season.  Best laid plans and all that.

Soon we will have a matching look for this blog.

Not a lot of new stuff going in in the ponding world right now, most are busy keeping the falling leaves from building up in their ponds. Be sure and do that because any that you leave in over winter will get revenge in the spring when the warmer temps cause them to start decomposing.

Waterfalls

Waterfalls are a genuine part of a natural water setting, the stream, and creek and often in water ponds that are created naturally. Including the formation of a waterfall of some type in your water garden is a feature that you are going to truly enjoy. The soil that you remove from where you are going to build your water garden can be used to build up a back or side of the water garden to create a waterfall. Many types of water garden pond liners that are premade, fabricated will include some type of lip on the pond liner that you can use to allow water to flow into the pond.

To create a waterfall you need to have a source of water, this could be a hose taken from the pond, up through the soil and then pumped back into the pond if you like. This source of water could be another pool of water, or it could be a natural stream or spring that leads into your water garden.

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Water Gardens – Three Reasons to Consider It!

Have you ever been to a home that has a water garden in the landscape? Often you will find various sizes of natural ponds that are also a water garden. I can’t lie to you, creating your water garden is going to be a little difficult, it is a project that does take some planning, a budget, and a little creativity to build the water garden that you will enjoy for years to come.

The water garden surrounding the pond water is a beautiful site all summer long. A water garden adds beauty and nature to your landscape. No other addition to the landscape is as unique and a refreshing as the water garden.  click here for the three reasons to consider a water garden

Water Garden Styles

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Water is one the most basic elements of nature, and it is only natural that a gardener would add water to the landscape for pure enjoyment. Many water gardeners do not have the same needs that gardeners through history have had. Water gardens in the past were created out of necessity as a method of having additional water sources for their vegetable and flower gardens. Today, many water gardens are created and built for pure pleasure of raising fish, watching the water and for listening to the water ripple in the landscape.

In some formal water gardens, the use of ancient is used to create a fabulous atmosphere that is an area that you can relax and meditate at. The earliest of water features and water gardens combined the pictures of the Egyptian deserts, and the flowing rivers of the rivers Nile, Tigris and various others.

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