"The Pond Professor" Making Your Garden Pond a Pleasure
"So You Want A Crystal Clear Garden Pond"... Here is your foolproof way of getting just this using methods and systems retailers don't want you to know by Tony Roocroft, The Pond Professor
Why do some ponds always have crystal clear healthy pond water full of colorful fish and thriving aquatic plants? ... While most others go green, remain murky, cost too much to run and present problem after problem.
What if there were ways you could make sure your pond was always clean, clear and healthy and it left money in your pocket too?
Then how much more of a pleasure and asset would your pond be?
If you could read just one article that will guarantee this garden pond dream then this is it. Don't skim the article, let me challenge you to read it all and absorb how attainable this desire for crystal clear water is.
You are about to discover that any pond problem you have experienced in the past has also been experienced by others before you. More importantly you will discover that permanent solutions are available that do not cost a fortune or need all your time to keep under control.
Sshh! Here's the single most important secret to successful pond keeping.
It is ... learn from people who have made the mistakes before you.
Do this even before you install the pond. Rest assured though that even if you did not do this before you built your pond it is not too late you can learn all you need to know in an hour or two at the most.
Let me ask you to listen closely here.... learn from others who have not only made the mistakes but have learned how to prevent the same problems ever happening again and have gone on to show thousands of others how to save money and be successful too..
In the next few moments I will introduce you to most of the problems that prevent ordinary people truly enjoying their garden pond, its fish and its plants. I'll show you how to prevent the problems and if you have them already how to overcome them and probably save money too. Here are a few of these questions we are asked all the time ... check to see if you recognize any of them?
How can I get more water down my waterfall without buying a new pump?
My pond is always dirty what can I do?
How do I prevent my pond going green especially in Summer ?
My fish food is costing too much what can I do?
Have I got too many fish in my pond?
How can I reduce my electricity cost, how do I do this without harming the fish?
How do I calculate how much water is in my pond?
What is easiest way to install a pond or waterfall?
Is it possible to install a pond and waterfall in less than an hour?
What kind of pond can I consider if I intend to move house and want to take the pond with me?
What happens if I switch my pump off at night?
Do I need aquatic plants in my pond?
Can I place my pond underneath a tree?
Do I need a bottom drain?
Why did my fish die during the night?
Do I really need a pond filter?
How can I increase the capacity of my existing filter or must I buy a new one?
How can I make a biofilter for just a few $?
Can you recommend a good biomedia for my biofilter?
Focus Guide To Easy Pump Selection Table
How To Calculate Your Pond Volume All Shapes
When you understand that your fish and almost everything else in your pond depends upon oxygen, that green pea soup ponds are potentially lethal to fish, and that basic pond water purification systems that work 24 hours per day are basic requirements you are well on the way to that dream pond you always wanted.
Just think about it for a moment .... how would you like to be deprived of oxygen part of the day, and especially on a summer's day? How would you like to live in your own polluted environment without any purifier day in and day out? How would you like the environment around you change dramatically throughout a 24 hrs period? How would you like to be without shade all day? How you would you like to be suffocated by dense green suspended algae? Fish, plants and those beneficial bacteria that exist in ponds are like you and me ... they do well when the immediate environment is cared for. This is the real secret to great pond keeping pleasure. Knowing how to guarantee this environment makes the difference. And it makes a difference not just to the fish and plants but to our enjoyment of our pond as well. Here is a wonderful opportunity for you and your fish. Create that environment easily, with certainty and without it costing an arm and a leg. The first step is to get to know the reasons ponds fail to measure up to expectations. This article will alert you to problems, solutions and opportunities right now,
Maybe you are wondering who Tony Roocroft, The Pond Professor is
My company is Focus Garden Products Pty Ltd. This company was founded 11 years ago to market world class gardening products to the South African retail trade. Before this and as a qualified chemical engineer, I spent 27 years working in the biochemical and polymer industries in the UK and South Africa.
In 2000 my first edition of "Your Pond Crystal Clear Water Guaranteed" was published. This book is now in its 3rd edition and is simply aimed at providing world class unbiased practical money-saving advice and assistance found nowhere else. Thousands of water gardeners look forward to receiving my Water Gardens Gazette published every 2 weeks.
You know I love the web. It makes it so easy to help people to help themselves. You can find everything I know about successful water gardening and pond keeping somewhere on the hundreds and hundreds of web pages I have created ... you just need to click a lot. The real secrets are that bit more difficult to find.
If you feel like chatting with me here's my contact details. I would also value your comments and suggestions dearly.
Telephone: +27-11-454-0105, Fax: +27-11-454-2869
I searched the web for information. Your clearly presented and detailed manual on pond care was a fortuitous discovery. What a great resource this is. I am keeping it on hand for future reference. Thank you so much for making this information available. Sincerely, Becky Vreeland, Kentucky, USA June 2003