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Why Dissolved Oxygen Levels in Ponds are Important
Oxygen is one of the most important factors that influences the biological balance in ponds. The amount of dissolved oxygen (D.O.) available in ponds is quite low, around 8-12mg/l (8-12ppm) compared to the air we breathe in the atmosphere which contains about 20% oxygen (or 200,000ppm). Oxygen is dissolved into ponds in 3 main ways - by the atmosphere, pond plants and aeration supplied by the movement of water. Plants and algae are important suppliers of oxygen during d

Kerri Bailey, BS CH
Nov 192 min read


Feeding Your Pond Fish During the Fall & Spring Seasons
Fall and spring are crucial times to monitor when and how much you feed your pond fish. During the fall months as the days grow shorter and the nights become longer, this dramatically cools our pond water. Fall is time to winterize, tidy up your pond and reduce your feedings of your pond fish, until you completely stop during winter. Sometime in April-in early-mid spring, weather depending- we begin to gradually begin to start feeding sparingly a couple of times a week, gradu

Kerri Bailey, BS CH
Oct 232 min read
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