It has been a crazy year so far, at least weather wise. It seemed like it took forever for summer to get here but when it did it came on strong and hot trying to make up for the cold rainy weather we had through almost all of July. So with our goofy weather pattern […]
Back in early March I had the opportunity to speak with the Girl Scout Troop, 5th Grade Junior Troop #30822. The talk was on pond maintenance and care. What happens to the pond over the years and how to help bring the pond back under control and achieve healthy clear water once again along with
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WhatPond Helps Promote the 22nd Annual Secchi Dip-in with Donation Madison, WI – May 2015 – WhatPond, a leading provider of pond information and tools, is giving back with a donation of ten Compact Secchi Disks to the Secchi Dip-in. The Dip-in is a program of the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) that gathers
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Spring is hopefully here, at least it is warming up, buds on the trees and the grass is turning green. I guess the bummer part is the grass is growing too which means we’ll have to mow it eventually, bummer on that part. With the days getting longer and temperatures warmer the pond water is
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Running Diffusers in Winter is a good plan, but we need to doing a couple things first. First up is the water temperature, once it drops to 50 degrees it would be time to move the diffusers to a shallow part of the pond. Let’s say you have one diffuser in the center of the
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As we look outside, we see the leaves changing, cooler temperatures and those fall clouds, sadly it is a reminder that the Pond Season Is Almost Over. What can we do to get the pond ready for winter? First up is all the
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There are bacteria all around us, some good, and some bad even some that can be deadly. Our focus is the good guys we use for healthy, clean water and eliminating muck. The good pond bacteria already exist in and around our ponds, but they’re not overly abundant to do the job, or to keep
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The answer is yes and no. Let me explain my goofy answer. The pond in question is a pond 100 x 300 and five feet deep. Currently has one diffuser in the middle of the pond and a 4.6 cfm compressor. And the specific question was about adding a larger compressor producing 11 cfm. The
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Pond Cleaning is not an overnight fix. It took years for the pond to get into the condition it is now and will take time and patience to bring it back to life again. One of the first options that come to mind is to dredge the pond, get all that muck out of the
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Buying a pond or you are looking at a piece of property and it has a pond. Here are some examples of what to look for or look at when you walk around the pond. The first couple quick things to do is simply look at the pond, is the water clear or cloudy? Is
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