Water Features and Garden fish pond tips, ideas, solutions
A. Use black or opaque pipes in your pond instead of transparent low cost plastic tubing. Since light cannot penetrate the black piping the algae growth inside the pipe will be very considerably reduced. This means less maintenance and also less expenditure on replacing transparent pipe when it becomes clogged with algae.
Measuring pond volume in USA .... Burt Ballou pointed out that in USA most homes have a water metre which can be accessed readily.
This makes pond volume measurement simple if you start with an empty system. Just make sure that while filling the pond nobody uses the toilet, takes a shower does the washing up etc. All you have to do is then record the start and finish readings from the metre to get a very accurate indication of pond volume.
Measuring pond volume using science .. this is worth pointing out for its simple but brilliant bit of chemistry. Once more I am grateful to a reader for pointing this out to me. This method depends upon a pondkeeper using salt in the pond water. By measuring the salt
concentration in the pond water before and after adding a known amount (lbs) of salt to the pond it is possible to calculate the pond volume very accurately and easily assuming the salt hydrometer is also accurate.
If you want to know more e mail me by clicking link below mailto:info@pondsandpumps.co.za? subject= saltvolume and I will send you a calculator
A waterfall adds oxygen to a pond by creating a large surface area across which air can be absorbed into the circulating water.
A simple fountain also adds large amounts of oxygen to pond water. A fountain is cheaper than a waterfall.
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