| Do you like the sound of moving water? Do you | | | | in the winter and spring. |
| find the sound relaxing? Well, you can easily | | | | Leaf Netting: stop leaves from clogging up your |
| create the sound of moving water in your own | | | | pond in the autumn. The net should be suspended |
| garden. You can put in a fish pond or a water | | | | a foot or so above the pond to stop autumn |
| garden. So, if you think that your garden requires | | | | leaves falling into the water and decaying. |
| landscaping, it might be a good idea to consider a | | | | Feeding: all fish should be given fish food, not |
| fish pond or water garden. | | | | bread or scraps. Some fish ought to have |
| People believe that a fish pond takes lot of looking | | | | specialized fish food in order to maintain their |
| after, but that is not inevitably the case. The | | | | colour. When you buy your fish, the salesperson |
| truth is that the larger the fish pond, the less | | | | should inform you what they eat. In general, the |
| work you have to put into it. This is because a big | | | | larger the pond the less trouble feeding becomes |
| pond can create its own ecosystem, whereas a | | | | as they will eat natural food like insects, grubs, |
| small fish pond requires help. | | | | larvae and flies. |
| The ways that you can help a small fish pond be | | | | Fish need less food in the winter when they |
| a good environment for your fish are as follows: | | | | become semi-dormant and live off the fat stores |
| Pond Filters - use a pond filter with a good pump. | | | | that they built up in the warmer months, so give |
| Do not forget that you could get a solar powered | | | | food often in the summer and autumn, but less |
| pump. It will save on the environment and on | | | | often in the winter. You must check to see if |
| your wallet. You should use a pond filter on a | | | | excess food is left floating on the surface. |
| small pond, because the ecosystem cannot cope | | | | Winter: make sure that there is a hole in the ice |
| with all the plant waste of a small ornamental | | | | so that the water can take in oxygen and the |
| pond on its own. A pond pump will feed the | | | | fish can feed if they wish to. You can buy a |
| filtration system and a waterfall or fountain if you | | | | floating de-icer or some people float a round |
| want. | | | | football in a hoola-hoop, which seems to work |
| Your pond filtration system should be left running | | | | unless the temperature gets very low. |
| twenty-four hours a day, but you can not just | | | | In fact, the hoola-hoop is a good idea all year |
| set it and forget it. Make sure that the pump is | | | | round actually. If you place the food in the hoop, |
| running daily and keep the filter as clean as | | | | it stays in one place and you can see if you have |
| necessary for it to do its job. You may find that | | | | given too much. It also makes a nice site to see |
| you have to clean it two or three times a week | | | | all the fish feeding in a group. |
| in the summer and autumn but only once a week | | | | |