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In this Issue: Sep 18, 2003
|| Fall Preparations are Important!
|| Hide 'em!
|| Why Fall Food?
|| Fun (Pond) Fact
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"Winterizing the Pond"
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>>> FALL PREPARATIONS ARE IMPORTANT!
It is easy to forget about the pond in the fall,
there are so many other things to do: The kids
have started school and after-school activities
again, the days get shorter, etc...etc...
But fall preparations can have a direct impact
on how well the pond does next summer:
1) Cut down decaying plants to prevent them
from decomposing in the water.
2) Clean filters and pumps and move them inside
if necessary (this depends on whether you leave
them running all year, whether the equipment
can be left out and other factors - consult your
owner's manuals).
3) Scoop out as many leaves as possible
4) Cover the pond with a net if trees are close by.
Much more detail can be found in our free
e-book: "How to Winterize the Pond", but I wanted
to touch on the importance of winterization in this
newsletter.
So much of next spring and summer's success depends
on the preparations made now. A cleaner pond
over-winters with much more success and starts up
in the spring clearer, healthier and faster!
==> The next issue of the newsletter will have some tips
on winterizing plants and will also start our
"Southern Ponds" feature again for the winter.
Check out this new Pond De-Icer from Tetra:
It serves as a bird bath too!
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>>> HIDE 'EM!
When the plants in the pond start dying down for the winter
they leave your precious fish pitifully exposed to predators!
Hawks, Owls, etc... consider Koi and Goldfish
a Gourment Dessert! Take steps to prevent them landing on
the predator dinner plate, give them places to hide:
1) Take large terra cotta flower pots and put them in the
bottom of the pond turned on their sides (the fish can
scoot into them). Be sure the pots do not contain
residue from fertilzer, etc.
2) Cover the pond with a net even if there are no large
trees nearby.
2) Use two foot sections of white PVC pipe and put them
on their side in the pond so the fish can hide in them.
Pond Store
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>>> WHY FALL FOOD?
Special Food Formulations for the cooler water temperatures
of fall and winter are available for the pond fish and we
are asked often if it is really necessary to switch to
this special food?
Here is the reason:
Koi do not have stomachs and digest all of their food with
their intestines. As the water cools, the Koi's metabolism
slows and with it their ability to digest food.
Fall/Winter food is formulated with more vegetable matter
(which is easier to digest) than summer formulas.
It is equally important to stop feeding completely when the
water temperature dips below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, because
the food will no longer be digested at all and will sicken
the fish if it remains in the intenstine!
More Info: Our Pond Store
>>> Fun (Pond) Fact
Average live spans of frogs range from 4 - 14 years and the
oldest fossils of frogs found are estimated to originate
about 200 million years ago!
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