WHY DO I NEED TO DO (PARTIAL) WATER CHANGES?
Your pond is a magnet. It pulls in all the dust and dirt from the air. Have you ever watched sunlight coming through [...]
HOW TO FEED YOUR FISH – By Carolyn Weise
If you try to get every single mouth filled, the answer is simply “wrong”. The larger and older a koi grows, the less [...]
WHEN TO START FEEDING by Carolyn Weise
Koi can be compared to Pavlov’s dogs. They quickly learn that by coming to the side of the pond with open mouths, they [...]
Sick fish in Winter
There are several common illnesses that can kill fish during the winter- Temperatures – when the water is below 35˚F for a period [...]
OVER-FILTERING YOUR POND? by Carolyn Weise
I’ve often heard, and have said myself, that you can’t have too much filtration. I believed that. However, the size of your filter [...]
TAKING WINTER VACATIONS
Leaving your pond and koi in the summer generally means you will have someone else watch the pond while you are gone. Even [...]
WINTER FREEZE AND THAWS
Winter is never just “OMG, it’s freezing out!!” Winter always has its warm days, too. Those days, you will see fish coming to [...]
WHAT IF (A FISH GETS SICK?)
From now on, this is a difficult time to treat your pond. The “big guns” (such as Microbe-Lift/BSDT) cannot be used in the [...]
WINTER PREPARATION
September is the ideal time to begin preparing for the safety of your fish to over-winter. Here are some of the stress factors [...]
SUMMER CARE FOR PONDS
Feeding: especially in small or shallow ponds, be sure to watch the temperature of the water. At 80°F, revert to the spring Wheat [...]