All about oxygenating plants
Oxygenating pond plants which are often also called “submerged” plants are a key component of maintaining a healthy aquatic ecosystem in your pond. Unlike lilies and other plants which will sit happily on the surface of your pond, these…
Read MoreHow do Goldfish breed?
Every year in the pond I will get a mass of eggs and spawn, which always has me curious as to the process involved in fish breeding. Goldfish will breed and reproduce by scattering eggs. The process of reproduction for them is a high-energy event often…
Read MoreHow does Barley Straw stop algae in the pond?
It’s a bit of a gardening “magic trick,” isn’t it? You toss a bundle of dried stalks into the water, and suddenly the pea-soup look starts to fade. The interesting thing is that barley straw isn’t actually a herbicide or a…
Read MoreHow does a UV Steriliser Work?
Certainly in my pond the UV Sterilizer is an important piece of equipment. But how does it work? How does it keep the water so clear? At first, it might seem a bit daft and also counterintuitive to put a high power and high tech light bulb into your…
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