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About garden ponds
The sound of water in the garden, warm, but bright colors water lilies and hyacinths, a flicker of brilliant backs of the fish among the greenery – all this guarantees a lot of pleasure from the hours spent at the pond.
Having made the decision to create a garden pond, you need to pay attention to some components that will help in creating a cosy corner.
The first thing that you need to pay attention, this is the cover of the pond. You can use concrete, flexible waterproof coating, the finished semi-rigid structures, the latter made of fiberglass or polyvinyl chloride, are famous for their strength, available in different sizes and shapes. Just wanted to draw Your attention to stations for mechanical water purification. all the details about which You can read by clicking on the link.
Flexible waterproof covering made of polyethylene of varying thickness. Some of them have the UV protection that prolongs material lifespan. The advantage of this coating is that you can create a pond of any shape and size. Continue reading
Goldfish in the pond and waterfall
A common element of landscape design – an artificial pond that can be the envy of your neighbors, if you run a fish in it. To achieve the desired effect of improvement of exterior, the main thing is not to choose the wrong breed of fish. For example, the carp spend a lot of time on the bottom of the pond, where they feed, so will not be visible.
Very popular in country ponds goldfish is one of the ornamental varieties of carp. Quiet and peaceful multi-colored goldfish almost perfect pond. However, shallow (less than 50cm) the pond in the summer is unacceptable for this species, and in winter, the fish need to move into the house in an aquarium up to 200 litres. Bright back decorative carp koi: black, brindle, red, Golden, black, or yellow, are clearly visible from the shore, is bound to attract the attention of your guests. These Chinese-Japanese bred fish to artificial ponds. They are well used to humans and come to get food from his hands. Very greedy and like to dig the bottom of the pond, so the water may be cloudy. The pond need a depth of at least 2m, and they winter in warm areas. Continue reading
Breeding fish in an artificial pond
Nothing livens up an artificial pond, floating like a bright fish. In addition to aesthetic pleasure from the contemplation of them, communicating with them and feeding the fish bring practical benefits, destroying mosquito larvae at their country house.
How to breed fish in the pond?
First, we must determine the species of fish intended for breeding. There is need to consider the size of your pond. Such large breed as carp, Koya, paint, IDE need a fairly large and deep ponds with a volume of 8-10 m 2 and more and a depth of 1.5-2m. Medium ponds 4-5 m2 with a depth 1.2 m suitable for cultivation Orgy, verkhivka, bleak. For small water bodies suitable goldfish. It is quite hardy and undemanding. In General, the calculation of such that 10 cm 2 of water surface shall be 2. 5 cm body length of fish.
The preference is to give fish a bright color (yellow, red) and those livelihoods which are visible to the naked eye. There are bottom dwellers such as tench, crucian carp, which are virtually never seen. Continue reading
