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Important Hot Weather Pond Tips
pondmarket.com, 07/29/11
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5 Hot Weather Tips...Upgrade your Waterfall on the Cheap...Fun (Pond) Fact
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Hot Weather Pond Tips:
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The warmer the water, the less oxygen it holds! If your pond holds near its capacity of fish, there is danger of a fish kill with if the slightest thing goes wrong! If your fish are congregating around the waterfall, they are already looking for extra oxygen. How do you prevent it? Add a Fountain for quick, extra oxygen or use an air pump (having an extra pump is always a good idea for emergencies). If that is not in the realm of possibility, at least make sure that all cracks are sealed in your Waterfall to make sure all the water actually falls down the front and produces as much oxygen as possible. Oxygen deprivation is the # 1 Pond Fish Killer!
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Stop feeding the Pond Fish if the water temperature goes above 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Feed early in the morning when the water is coolest.
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Do not use chemical algaecides - when algae dies it temporarily reduces oxygen in the Pond and that could be enough to push a stressed Pond over the edge. Use biological products and preventative products instead and do so early in the morning when the water is coolest and not at all if the fish seem stressed.
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Feed lower protein Fish Food which is easier to digest if water temperatures are above 80 degrees Fahrenheit. It provides all essential nutrients and reduces digestive stress during very hot weather.
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Koi can actually get sunburned and need some shade or deep water to escape to.
Your Pond is an investment which increases your property value and is beneficial to the environment, these few precautions will go a long way toward protecting it.
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Upgrading your Waterfall on the cheap can often be relatively simple:
Water will find any crack and hole, no matter how small and disappear in it. Sealing every crack between the Waterfall rocks will often produce a vastly different picture. It is amazing how much water actually flows behind the rocks and runs down the liner where it cannot be seen and does not "fall" to produce oxygen but just runs down the liner back into the pond.
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Fun (Pond) Fact
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The warmer the Pond Water the faster Goldfish eggs hatch!
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