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Buying and Storing Koi Food

One of the most common mistakes made is buying koi food in bulk. Once a bag of koi food is opened and exposed to air and light the vitamin content begins to break down and will diminish rapidly. After one month of being open the foods vitamin content has alrea
Quarantine

Adding a new fish to your pond is not without risk. Placing your new addition into a quarantine tanks is the most effective way to avoid contamination of your existing fish and will aide in surfacing any sleeping infections.
General Koi Care

It's easy to see why Koi are rapidly gaining popularity these days. With their colorful beauty and impressive size, the Koi is a domesticated cousin of the Carp. The Koi is also easily obtained, available to fish lovers in practically all parts of the world.
The Importance of Air Pumps

The new Pond Keeper has no trouble intuitively grasping the importance of filtration and heating for the garden pond which, after all, effects the environment of the Koi pond in easily seen and understood ways.
Koi Pond Predator Control

Once you have poured your blood, sweat, and tears (not to mention the contents of your wallet) into building a beautiful and tranquil Koi pond, the last thing you want is to look out your window and see a wild animal making lunch out of your investment. Koi po
How to Winterize a Koi Pond

If you're fortunate enough to live in a warm climate, your pond can stay active all winter. However, if you live farther north, you're going to have to do a little bit of preparation in order to ensure that your pond survives. The most common problem for Koi p
Pond Pumps

In order to maintain proper flow, circulation and aeration of your pond water, and to keep clean water moving into the pond, you will definitely require a good pump.
Pond UV Sterilizers

U/V sterilizers will keep your water clear of planktonic algae. This means that a new pond does not have to go through the green water stage. If you already have an established pond an ultraviolet system will clear an algae bloom within one to two weeks.
Controlling Pond Algae

Algae is one of the most talked about topics among new pond owners. Controlling algae is usually more of a problem for new ponds. A new pond does not have the proper balance of plants and animal life.

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Here we specialize in all things Water Gardening Related, Pond Pumps,Pond Filters, Fish Foods and Medications, Water Garden Supplies, Water Falls,Fountains, Birdbaths, Etc.

Savio Complete Pond Packages, Matala Bio Step Filters,GC Tek Aqua Bead and Alpha One systems.

Our Pond Construction area features everything you need to build a pond yourself.

Building a Koi pond

Planning, patience, persistence.

The three key commodities that are absolutely essential in order to succeed.

We have attempted to provide you with some general rules that apply to all Koi ponds no matter what materials you use in your construction. These are common sense practices which we sometimes tend to overlook.

How Deep Should a Koi Pond be?

A Koi pond needs to be at least 3-feet deep, preferably 4-feet, and in most cases does not have to be over 6-feet deep unless you are trying to grow jumbo show Koi.

In colder climates 4-feet would be the minimum and an area that is 6-feet in part of the pond. In warmer climates you can get away with 3-feet deep, but remember that a shallow pond will heat up and cool quicker, which is not good for the Koi.

Maintenance Planning - Plan ahead
A Koi pond should be as maintenance free as possible, so when planning the location of your bottom drains keep in mind that they will only draw from a radius of 4 to 6 feet. Plan to have enough bottom drains to remove the debris & silt from the bottom of your pond.

Some components to consider
Make sure to install a skimmer and as far away from the waterfall or water return as possible, so that all floating debris to the can flow towards the skimmer.

A vortex, if space and budget allow, is very beneficial for your biological filter, as it will catch the bigger debris and cause less clogging in the bio-filter.

Basic design considerations
The pond edge should always be higher than the surrounding ground to avoid runoff water that could have chemicals from fertilizers, fungicides, and just any debris lying on the ground.

Keep the pond away from trees for two reasons: their roots could damage your pond and you don’t want to have to remove leaves all the time. Leaves in the pond will upset your pond’s water chemistry.

You will want to place the pond in an area close to your house, so that you can enjoy it from inside during inclement weather.

Budget
The last consideration is probably the most important, your Budget. This will determine the size of your pond as much as the space you have allocated for it. You should consider everything for the pond—filters, pumps, plumbing, electrical, stonework, landscaping and any other expenses associated with your pond. Once this is done you can begin construction.