Category: Water Quality

Water quality is the underpinning of fish health. Take care of the water, the fish take care of themselves.

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Nov
2019

The Best Aquarium Filters, EVER

Sponge Filters are the BEST There are two reasons for this article. First, I use sponge filters…

28
Nov
2019

Getting Ponds and Koi Ready for Wintertime

Getting Ponds and Koi Ready for Wintertime By Bonnie Hale Guest Author Koi MOVING KOI INSIDE FOR…

28
Nov
2019

Koi Fish Pond SuperCooling: What Is That?

Koi Fish Pond SuperCooling: What Is That? SuperCooling, Common and Preventable Supercooling – When you want a cup…

14
Nov
2019

Water Testing: How and With What Kit

To keep track of water quality, which is the absolute UNDERPINNING of fish health, you need to…

12
Nov
2019

New Fish in New System Won’t Live, Dying

New set up … I have recently started a new pond or tank and introduced several fish….

07
Nov
2019

“Carbonates” Support pH, But Can Be Exhausted

Carbonate balance is a long subject, but I intend to keep it brief. I will over simplify…

07
Nov
2019

Water Changes for Health, and Ammonia Control

If fish are suffering illness due to any obvious deterioration of water quality, you are well advised…

07
Nov
2019

Hydrogen Sulfide Pond Gas – Not Very Common

Hydrogen Sulfide gas is a gas produced in an-aerobic pockets under water. These may occur anywhere there…

07
Nov
2019

Carbon Dioxide in Aquaria and Ponds

Carbon dioxide is produced by the respiration (not photosynthesis) of both plants and animals. When you exhale,…

07
Nov
2019

Live Plants and Koi For Algae Control

Koi and plants do fine if the plants are abundant enough. If you “try” one or two…

07
Nov
2019

Veggie Filters: Algae Control Naturally

The prime competitor to algae is simply other plants. All pants consume nitrogen and phosphorus and iron….