How to Plant a Water Lily You just purchased a water lily, it likely came in a very small pot which is far too small for it. Or maybe a friend split one of their large water lilies and gave you a piece of the tuber. Now what? If you would like to know how...Read More
Winter Pond Checklist If you haven’t checked your pond yet this winter, now is a good time to take a close look at your winter pond equipment, fish and water quality. Even though your pond may seem dormant during winter, many things are still going on under the ice. Although fish’s metabolisms are very slow...Read More
Inside Our Winter Pond Cover After some very cold days and nights, I thought I should check inside our winter pond cover to see how things were doing. Each winter, for the past several years, we cover our koi pond with a temporary greenhouse structure or winter pond cover. This simple structure is made with...Read More
Wintering Koi Indoors? Now Is The Time Thinking about wintering koi indoors this year? Last winter was so harsh that many people lost some or all of their koi and goldfish from to the extreme conditions. Judging by the reports from our local customers, the majority of people in Ontario suffered major fish losses in their...Read More
Feed Your Fish a Spring and Fall Fish Food Spring and Fall Fish Food, Cold Water Fish Food – whatever you may call it has one thing in common – Wheat Germ. A wheat germ based food for koi and goldfish has exceptional digestibility, especially at low temperatures. This is very important in colder climates...Read More
Pond Netting – Keep Leaves Out of Your Pond Autumn is here and although the changing colour of the leaves is beautiful, having them fall from the trees into your pond is is not. Any leaves that do get into your pond will release tannins (tannic acid) into the water which turn it a tea...Read More
Bucket O’ Frogs Just a picture of a nice bunch of frogs we collected from someone who was closing down their pond temporarily and wanted to give their frogs a good home for the winter. We released these in to our plant ponds where they should be extremely happy.Read More
Portable Koi Show Tanks / Quarantine Tubs in Stock After such a harsh winter last year, you might be thinking about bringing your koi inside this year for the winter. If you don’t want to build a permanent tub to house them, then these portable fish tubs are the answer. These koi show tanks set up...Read More
Our Japanese Koi Are Through Quarantine & Ready For Sale Our Japanese koi that arrived in April are through quarantine and are available for sale except for the Kohaku & Showa from Hasegawa. The Hasegawa mix should be ready in another week or so.Read More
Great Blue Herons are typically solitary birds, so placing a lifelike heron decoy at eh edge of your pond often deters them from visiting your pond and eating your fish. If you have a heron that lives near your pond, moving your decoy around from time helps to maintain illusion.
Daily Pond Tip
Great Blue Herons are typically solitary birds, so placing a lifelike heron decoy at eh edge of your pond often deters them from visiting your pond and eating your fish. If you have a heron that lives near your pond, moving your decoy around from time helps to maintain illusion.
