Aeration or aerating ponds and lakes or adding oxygen can and will benefit the body of water but only if it is properly sized for the depth and volume of water. Over the years we sort of experimented as most do since that was all you would hear about to fix a pond “add oxygen” […]
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Pond Dye Packets are a cool idea, less mess no worries about freezing and easy to use. Have a ½ acre pond then you would only toss in one water soluble packet to color the water which adds shade to help to prevent photosynthesis, add 2 packets for a richer color and even more sun
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One of the three main components to building a pond is water, water that will fill the pond and keep it full. The water we are looking for comes from the watershed, the area above the pond that when snow melts, rain and rain storms fall to the ground and moves down hill to the
Wishing You a Merry Christmas and an Awesome New Year. You never know what life or nature can throw at you so enjoy the upcoming Holidays. I would like to start by saying, the below video is not my house or video but I wanted to share it with you, I think its awesome. Sure
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A natural pond is your typical pond built on the land and nature provides the water to keep it full. Known as a farm pond, tank, pool and lakes. Nature helps to keep it under control but can also have moments we catch that are not so fun to watch. It’s survival of the fittest
What happens to small fish under the ice. A couple years ago I was walking the pond, ok I walk around the pond everyday, it was late fall and cooling pretty quick. I noticed these little black darts shooting away from the pond edge, so I grabbed a butterfly net and caught a few only
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What a ride with Sandy, our area was hit by wind and rain knocking down trees and flooding a few areas, making it a little difficult getting to work going around road blocks and dodging the downed trees that had been blown over. The ponds made it through the storm with no problems, a little
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With Sandy bearing down on the East Coast, wind and rain are the major threats, with an emphasis on a lot of rain. With this in mind, pond owners should check out their safety devices on their ponds starting with the emergency spillway. Be sure it is free from debris, sticks, and logs, leaves even
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This has been a crazy year in most of the country from flooding to wide spread drought. As our ponds got smaller due to lack of rain, seeping and evaporation the chance for fish kills raised tremendously. Even large lakes had fish kills during these trying times. Here at WhatPond the ponds did drop down
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Strange title I know but was pondering this while I was healing from a recent injury. Ponds and Accidents really are not the same , ponds take time to plan, decide where to dig, layout, permits, and the digging process and of course the time it takes to fill. Accidents happen in less than a
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