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What is a Water Garden?

Water gardens, also known as aquatic gardens, backyard ponds and garden ponds, have become popular in recent years.

Usually referring to a man-made feature, these gardens typically combine a pool with aquatic plants and often ornamental fish. Fixed items such as rocks, fountains, statuary, waterfalls and watercourses can be combined with the pool to add visual interest and integration with the local landscape and environment.

Flora:

Submerged plants are those that live almost completely under the water, sometimes with leaves or flowers that grow to the surface such as with the water lily. These plants are placed in a pond

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Koi Ponds: Winter Care For Your Fish And Pond

Koi Ponds: Winter Care For Your FishThe winter season will be a slowdown period for your pond, since not a lot of things happen during colder months, except perhaps the gentle fall of snow flakes on the ground. However, it is not a good enough excuse for you to neglect the proper maintenance of the Koi pond. Even in winter, you will have to ensure that all living creatures—plants and animals—in your pond can live through the season.

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Koi Ponds: Summer Care For Your Fish

Your Koi pond will be at its best during the summer season. Also because of the wonderful temperature, you are able to enjoy it more than during the cold months of winter. But this doesn’t mean that you will be able to stop maintaining your pond’s cleanliness during this time. Here are some reminders one needs to keep in mind when tending to his pond during summer:

Temperatures and Oxygen Supply
Proper precautions should be taken against the decrease in the oxygen level in your ponds during these months.

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How to Keep Your Koi Pond Clean

One of the priorities that a Koi keeper should keep in mind is maintaining the cleanliness of the Koi pond. Because the water in which the fish live is basically where they do all things—eat, feed, sleep—keeping it clean ensures that your Koi live a beautiful worry-free life. Take note the pond also serves as the Koi’s bathroom, hence, the water in it should always be cleaned.

Your pond should be free from any suspended debris or floating matters. If one is not able to see the pond’s bottom, then that is enough to gauge that the pond badly needs a cleanup.

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How to Prepare Your Koi Pond for Stormy Weather

Koi (and goldfish) have been kept in decorative ponds for centuries in China and Japan.Natural catastrophes are inevitable. Hence, it is every Koi keeper’s responsibility to keep his pond safe and secure even during the occurrence of bad weather.

Small Storms

Smaller storms are easier to handle than larger ones. Here are some steps to guide you in how to protect your pond through this weather.

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