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In This Issue: Feb 10, 2005
II Ponds in Winter --- Southern, Northern
Brrr, the weather in most parts of the country has been absolutely
horrid! We have had a little bit of everything: cold, snow, rain, fog...
Can't wait for spring! In the meantime, though, here are some
cautions for your garden pond until the weather gets better:
** Southern Garden Ponds: Since winters in the southern states tend to be
much milder, many ponds hover right around the 50 degree water
temperature mark. This is hard on the pond fish like Koi and Goldfish,
because it keeps them right on the edge of dormancy and hunger.
Exercise care when feeding!
Only easily digestible cool weather pond fish food should be fed that
contains
mostly vegetable matter.
Beneficial bacteria tend to multiply much slower and if the fish are
active enough to feed they do - of course - produce waste. Care must
be taken that enough bacteria exist in the pond or water garden
to digest the waste. Microbe Lift Fall/Winter Prep is a very good
cool weather pond bacteria.
All necessary pond products and pond supplies
can be found in the "Seasonal Supplies"
department (many at Grand Opening Prices of 20% off)
at http://www.pondmarket.com/store
** Northern Garden Ponds: Chances are, everything is pretty much dormant
in the garden pond in our colder states right now. There are, however, a few
cautions to observe even here:
Pond Fish cannot go very long without oxygen. A vent hole must be kept in
the ice on top of the pond either with a pond pump or a pond de-icer.
If there are a lot of decomposing leaves in the pond the oxygen situation
can get especially precipitous in the later weeks of the winter.
Microbe Lift OX is a great pond bacteria product to help with that
situation:
it immediately makes more oxygen available to the pond fish and also for
the
beneficial bacteria to help their reduced numbers deal with the decomposing
matter in the pond. Oxygen is very important for all life in the garden pond
or water garden, but particularly for Koi
All these products can of course be found at (many at Grand Opening Prices
of 20% off)
Our Online Store
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