Hassle-Free Fish Ponds & Water Garden Secrets.

This water gardening and fish pond care site is a large collection of garden pond keeping articles that we've written over the last 5 years or so. We've tried to make the navigation to the important areas easy (see right hand side for products and information links).

Take small chunks at a time and come back often. Everything you need to know about fish ponds is here. You'll also find links to all the leading brands of products ... and online suppliers you can trust.

For quick reference: check these detailed specification tables for most important pond pumps and pond filters. For more practical advice on water gardens and fish ponds click the link.

 

Expert Articles To Learn From

You'll find a wealth of pond and fish keeping articles on this site all designed to ensure your pond remains clean clear and healthy and that you minimise the costs associated with keeping your garden fish pond in such a condition.

For a quick overview of the challenges facing new pond keepers and as an aide memoir for established water gardeners check out the new pond solving & FAQ's web page .

At some time or another in your water gardening experience you may well have asked yourself some or even all of the following questions ... If you're still asking these questions or you think a friend is then you'll find this site useful. Feel free to explore and get the absolute best out of your garden fish ponds ... Make it the main feature of your garden for the added life and sparkle it will bring.

To access the articles that may interest you choose the category from the links to the right.  These articles will provide answers to common questions and hassles as noted below ...

Solutions to Common Problems ...

  • My waterfall needs more water. How can I improve this without buying a new pump for my pond?

  • My ponds are always dirty, murky and often greenish or brown in colour. I can't see my koi fish What can I do?

  • There is always slimy green algae floating on my pond during the day but not at night. What's going on here?

  • In Winter my water garden is clear. In Summer it goes green because of algae. Why and can I improve this situation so my ponds become a joy and not a problem?

  • I can't afford to continue paying what I do for koi fish food. How can I save?

  • I think I've got too many fish in my koi and goldfish pond? How do I know if this information is true so management of my pond can be a its best?

  • With recent hikes in fuel bills how can I reduce my pond's electricity cost without harming the fish?

  • I need to know my pond's volume. How do I calculate how much water is in my pond?

  • Is there an easy way to install a pond or waterfall?

  • I'm told some ponds can be installed in less than one hour. Is this true?

  • I'm moving house. How do I take my koi fish with me?

  • What happens if I switch my submersible pump off at night? Will my koi suffer?

  • Do I need aquatic plants in my pond? Can I use grass turf for edging?

  • Can I place my pond underneath a tree or close to shrubs that lose their leaves and have berries on them?

  • Do I need a bottom drain in my ponds? I have a 2 ponds one large pond and a small pond.

  • I woke up this morning and my goldfish were dead. Why did my fish die during the night?

  • Do I really need a pond filter, often called a biofilter?

  • How can I increase the capacity of my existing pond bio filter?

  • How can I make a biofilter for just a few $?

  • Where can I get free sensible simple to understand information about pond or aquatic plants

  • What's the best bio-media for my biofilter? I only have a small to medium size pond

  • Where can I order and buy the best garden pond products from a reliable aquatic center with free shipping and get them quickly with no problems?

  • I have a pond filter but my ponds stays dirty and green or brown. My wife says it's my fault because I watch too much sport on TV instead of looking after the ponds. What can I do about it and still watch lots of sport on television?

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The authors of the many articles about ponds, pumps, filters, plants and everything else covered here are highly experienced pond keeping writers and water gardening practitioners. The knowledge shared with you is free and more importantly it is based upon many many years of practical experience actually landscaping and installing ponds, distributing high quality water gardening equipment, advising pond keepers across the world on the right way of succeeding with fish ponds and, of course by doing "it" themselves to avoid problems.

The writers are Tony Roocroft, Peter J May, William Kelly and Ben Helm ... They focus mainly but not exclusively on the serious challenges of water quality and ensuring pond water remains clean, clear and healthy all year round. Water gardening in all its forms is a fascinating hobby and lifestyle that should be enjoyed by all families.

Peter is an award winning landscaper, designer, author, gardening historian, and illustrator ... and he has dug more holes in the ground than he can remember. Ben is a marine biologist who bred koi for a living and is presently marketing pond products for a leading supplier of koi food and pond treatments in the UK. Tony, better known as "The Pond Professor" and William are chemical engineers with a passion for water in the garden environment. They say gardens are not just for plants, shrubs, annual or perennial flowers and pretty ornaments in or out of pots. They need the extra life that water inevitably brings to any gardening project because water encourages birds frogs and a vast myriad of natural aquatic life.