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Garden ponds have few problems if maintained properly. However, garden ponds are not always cared for as they should be, and problems occur. We help you identify and deal with garden pond problems.

If you have a problem with your pond that has not been addressed here, then feel free to email us, and we will do what we can to help and advise.

One of the biggest problems for many is green water (Our mail box will attest to that starting in May each year). There are several reason why water turns green, so the important thing is to find out exactly what the cause is in your own particular instance. It is not a one solution fits all. We are currently working on that aspect, and hope to have a basic page about this quite soon We don't simply want to post a cure. We now have the information to allow you to find out the cause.

Once you know the cause of the problem as with all it is much easier to deal with.

There is nothing more frustrating than trying to cure a problem when you don't really know the basic cause. And, with green water problems, there are a few basic causes which we outline.

If you have a problem with your pond that has not been addressed here, then feel free to email us, and we will do what we can to help and advise.



A frog is happy in the duckweed

One of the biggest problems for many is green water. (Our mail box will attest to that starting in May each year). There are several reason why water turns green, so the important thing is to find out exactly what the cause is in your own particular instance. It is not a one solution fits all. We are currently working on that aspect, and hope to have a basic page about this quite soon We dont simply want to post a cure. We now have the information to allow you to find out the cause.

Once you know the cause of the problem as with all it is much easier to deal with.

There is nothing more frustrating than trying to cure a problem when you don't really know the basic cause. And, with green water problems, there are a few basic causes which we outline.

Green Water in your Pond

A green pond

Firstly, find out the cause, then try one of these cures. It is almost certainly a case of too much nutrient in the water. Blanket Weed or Algae are the main culprits, and need different approaches to control.

Basically, there is a nutrient imbalance in the pond. Find out more...

The Imbalance of Nutrients in the Water

There are a kind of a few different causes, it can one, two or a combination of all.

We are looking at the food chain and an imbalance of one or two items in the food chain. All will be explained, but first what is or why does the pond water turn green.

The green colouration in your water is Algae, microscopic floating Algae. Microscopic, you say, why can i see it, because there are literally millions of them. Algae can build very quickly if it has no deterrents, especially in the summer where the conditions are perfect and the nitrates and phosphate levels are high.

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String Algae in your Pond

String Algae looks similar to blanket weed

String Algae looks similar to blanket weed. Basically, there is a nutrient imbalance in the pond. Find out more...

Filamentous Algae is commonly known as String Algae, Blanket Algae, Pond Moss or Blanket Weed. Whatever you commonly call it, it is Filamentous Algae.

Filamentous algae are colonies of microscopic plants that link together to form threads, very fine, hair like, threads. They mass together to resemble flowing hair, if submerged, and like a dumped clumped blanket, if it is surfaced. These Microscopic plants have no roots and bind themselves onto almost anything in your pond. In flowing water it can look good. When it gets too heavy for its host, it breaks off and floats to the surface and clumps and mats together to form the blanket. This really does not look good.

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How to Stop Herons from Stealing your Fish

A Grey Heron in your Pond

A Grey Heron in your Pond

There are only 3 types of Heron which mainly live, feed and breed in Great Britain. They are the 'Bittern', 'Little Egret' and the most common 'Grey Heron'. Other Herons like the Great Blue Heron do visit Great Britain frequently.

The Grey Heron is one of Britain's largest birds, stood tall, it can reach about 1 meter and and it has a wing span just short of 2 meters.

It has very long and thin legs, which helps it wade through marsh lands and shallows in its search for food. It has a long but powerful neck with a long and pointed beak, its powerful neck can thrust its dart like beak deep into the water to catch its prey.

Herons can be called 'Stalkers', they can stand in the shallows, motionless for hours, waiting and watching for their prey to come to them.

Herons nest and feed in numbers, they like to nest high trees usually in remote rural areas, cross species can nest together in 5 to 10 nests. They are happy to travel long distances to their regular feeding grounds, the flock can be in numbers as high as 70 or 80 birds in flight. One quick swoop and you could lose your whole fish stock.

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Herons Stealing your Fish.

At one time this was a rural problem. No longer, these flying anglers have got braver or hungrier as the rural pond-keepers have found ways to deal with this annoying problem.

Snails in the Pond.

It is often assumed that snails help to clean the pond. This is rarely the case! You should not allow your snail population to increase.

Foam at the base of the Waterfall or Fountain.

We are not talking of bubbles, but of proper foam being caused by a protein imbalance in the pond.

Lowering Water Levels.

It is not always a leak that is causing this problem. There will always be natural evaporation especially if you have a fountain or waterfall. A windy spot for the pond will also cause loss of water as the breeze wafts over the surface of the pond. If the lowering of water is gradual or quite sever it could of course be a leak, and they dont always happen with concrete lined ponds! Rubber and Plastic of all sorts can be made to leak!

Weeds in your pond.

- Normally - but not always - a submerged problem with assorted aquatic weeds. Much easier to deal with than 'greening' of the water, but sometimes sharing a common cause!

Pond Pests and Diseases

Fish get diseases such as assorted fungal problems. They also get pest infections as do Pond Plants.






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