There’s No Better Way To Protect Your Fish From Herons
Carol, a pond friend of ours, wrote into us recently and had a great question about heron decoys. Last fall, a Great Blue Heron came into her fish pond and may have taken out any number of fish. It...
View ArticleThe First Call Of The Season
It always comes, and I hate it. It's that first call of the season each spring or summer when the temps start to rise. It usually goes something like this. "Hi, I need some help here, my fish are...
View ArticleHow Long Should I Quarantine A New Fish?
For pond owners, there's not much of anything that's more exciting than bringing a new fish home and adding it to your pond or water garden. In all the excitement, one thing that some folks do that's...
View ArticleWinter Fish Kill – How To Prevent It
Unless you happen to like temperatures way below zero, or blizzard conditions, you'll probably agree that this past winter has been one to hate. It was tough on everyone, and everything, including...
View ArticleProzac And Fish
I have to admit I've never dreamed of the day when the two topics in the title would ever go together. Prozac and fish. But alas that day has come. This has to be one of the strangest articles on fish...
View ArticleWhat Kind Of Winter Is Ahead?
It's likely that no one needs to be reminded of last winter. It was long, very cold, and very snowy in many parts of the upper U.S.. Based at least on recent memory, I can't recall one that was as...
View ArticleThe Battle With Ice
It was a long, cold winter for most of us last year. It seems like so long ago, but now that the deep chill is drifting in again from the north, my thoughts have gone back to the spring when we found...
View ArticleA Goldfish Story With A Happy Ending
I came across this article and video recently and wanted to share it with you all here. Ultimately it's a happy story, of George the Goldfish. George is about 10 years old and is owned by a lady in...
View ArticleThe One-Two Punch For The Coldest Conditions – And A Video With Great Winter...
It’s amazing when you stop and think about it. How much your pond goes through. And your fish too. They have to deal with the hottest of summer extremes and every now and then, the coldest of bitter...
View ArticleAct Now: Proposed Regulation Could End Access To Koi
For pond owners who love to work with Koi, this is important information that you need to be aware of. Here's some background on what's going on and what you can do to protect your access to a variety...
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