New Water Feature equipment

When you install a new water feature .... this is the best time to choose equipment properly. The golden rule is don't rush and if you don’t not fully understand what you are buying AND why then reconsider. Go to
www.practical-water-gardens.com again and review the topic. If you are still not sure email me and I will do my best to give you totally unbiased advice.


Now, the planning stage is a once off opportunity to save a lot of money. If for no other reason than you want to save a lot of money then buy my book - there is a complete no questions asked guarantee that you will benefit. If you don't think you have benefited then just ask for your money back ... simple.

You even keep the book.

The pump or pumps ( 2 pumps are often better and cheaper than 1) is the most difficult item for most people to specify and this is where a lot on money can be wasted ...

1. By buying the wrong pump - size and type

2. By buying a pump with unnecessarily high daily running costs.

This is unfortunately also an area where many retailers do not give the best advice perhaps because of ignorance or maybe because of vested interests.

Do not rush into buying the first pump offered ... ask
important questions. Take a look at www.pond-pumps.com for more advice and the questions to ask.

You will need a correctly sized biofilter if you intend to keep fish. Do not dig the hole for the pond before you have understood why and accepted this fact. You will never have a beautiful fish pond, hassle free unless you install a biofilter ... on the other hand you might be one of the very few very very lucky ones but I really doubt it.

You can even build your own biofilter cheaply.
Go to www.clean-garden-ponds.com and take a look around

Your pond will almost certainly go green or a murky brown in summer if you have fish, feed the fish, and have immature and/or insufficient plants. There is only one way to prevent this permanently and for certain. Install an ultra violet light specified to the conditions in your pond. For more information see www.garden-ponds-algae.com If you do not do it in the beginning you will wish you had later ………… promise.

Spring is still a few weeks away. Do yourself a favour - dig and delve around the above web sites, re-read the free introductory pond keeping book you may have downloaded. Start to feel comfortable with the principles of pond keeping.

It is not rocket science but is a little technical and is
one of the main reason why so many people enjoy water
gardening - .... for the mental stimulation offered in
seeing fish grow and multiply, watching plants thrive,
noticing insects populate and listening to frogs croak
all because your water feature provided them with a perfect, cozy, healthy living environment because you learned what they really wanted.