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"Koi
in your Garden Pond...and Pond Plant
Tips"
In
this issue: May 11, 2007
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Koi in your Garden Pond
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New Features at PondMarket.com
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Pond Plant Tips
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Fun (Pond) Fact (TM)
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Koi in your Garden Pond
Spectacular!
Colorful! Tame!
Koi
are a great Pond Fish for larger Garden
Ponds! Each Koi needs at least 250
to 350 gallons of water due to their
mature size.
Nothing
looks quite as majestic as a mature
Koi (with a length of 2 to 3 feet)
seeming to float through the water.
Koi
can be tamed to eat out of your hand
and will recognize their owners quite
readily.
Koi
live a long time...in well maintained
Koi Ponds a life span of 25 years
is average...but longer life spans
are not unheard of.
But
Koi MUST have adequate filtration,
very good water quality and plenty
of oxygen, especially during hot spells.
Nutrition is also very important.
Koi grow fast and benefit from Growth
Food and Vitamin Suppliments. Their
colors will intensify and literally
shine if fed a good quality diet.
Beneficial
Bacteria additions are a must, to
deal with the waste these wonderful
fish produce, otherwise the pond bottom
will accumulate a thick layer of "sludge"
that acts like a compost pile to feed
algae.
The
PondMarket carries a wide selection
of Koi Food, Beneficial Bacteria and
Pumps and Filters to provide a cozy
and healthy home for these great pets!
Visit
www.pondmarket.com/catalog
for Koi Supplies and don't forget
to visit our information site at www.pondmarket.com
to download our free e-book "Basic
Pond Fish Care"!
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New Features at PondMarket.com
Here
at the PondMarket we are always looking
for ways to make "ponding"
more fun...and are continually adding
new and fun stuff to our website!
Just go to www.pondmarket.com
and explore the menu on the left side...the
further down the menu you go, the
more fun it is...
The
newest additions?
GADGETS
for your desktop and for Google!
Pond
Recipes...go ahead
and visit this page, find recipes
to make for an afternoon or evening
(or breakfast?) by the Pond! Or...submit
your own to be published for other
Pond Enthusiasts to enjoy!
Check
out the "Pond Events" Page!
There is always something going on
at our Retail Facility in St. Louis.
If you are a local subscriber...stop
on by.... IF YOU TRAVEL this summer
and are close to St. Louis, come visit!
We are located conveniently at the
intersection of Interstates 55 and
270.
>>>> Pond Plant Tips
This
is the time of year to divide and
re-pot your Pond Plants! Be sure to
fertilize adequately with aquatic
plant fertilizer (this is fertilizer
specifically formulated to NOT feed
algae, which is also a plant). It
is also fish safe.
Water
Lilies and Lotus in particular are
very heavy feeders...and will bloom
much more profusely if fertilized
adequately (every three weeks or so).
Spikes are available for the other
plants that will only need to be applied
once and continue feeding all year.
Fertilizer
tabs such as Lily Grow by Tetra are
more suitable for Lotus and Water
Lilies to make more fertilizer available
faster to these spectacular plants.
The PondMarket carries everything
needed for Pond Plant Care. Visit
the Plant Supplies Department.
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Fun (Pond) Fact
This
is spawning time for Koi! Koi only
spawn once a year...but the amount
of eggs produced is enormous! They
will eat their own eggs and small
fry (baby fish), so be sure to provide
lots of hiding places with plants.
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