Water Features and Garden fish pond tips, ideas, solutions

Before buying any pump check what the running cost will be. Look on pump box and if you can find watts consumed multiply this by 8.76 and you will get units (kWhrs) of electricity consumed every year by your pump. Go to your electricity bill find cost per unit and you can work out running cost of the pump. If you can only see amps on box you can work out watts as follows:

amps x voltage of mains supply = watts

In winter make holes in the ice using pan full of hot water to remove toxic gases. Do not break the ice - not good for the fish

Normal centrifugal pumps can operate against a closed valve with little effect upon the well being of the pump.

The maximum flow through a normal gravity (box type) biofilter is governed by the size of the outlet pipe from the box. Try to pump too much into the filter and you risk pumping your pond completely dry.

To correct pH problems in a pond use dilute solutions of vinegar, or lemon juice for high pH readings and baking powder for low pH readings. Make sure you do not add too much at once. The procedure is add some, wait, test again. It is important to always test at the same time every day since the natural pond cycle creates pH changes at different times of day. For example as carbon dioxide is released by plants the pH may well decrease, When the plants absorb carbon dioxide the pH could rise again. About 10am is a good time to test.

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