Hello

We hope you had a wonderful summer pond season this year, the weather sure has been great here in Ontario. We have had quite a busy year, lots of new clients and online customers, and a few new challenges too. This year our pond has been clear of algae, the fish are healthy and for some reason the water lettuce grew larger than I have ever seen before. I guess Frank puttering around the pond as often as he does helps. We have also added a few new products to our online catalogue and don't forget, if you don't see it, just ask I am sure we can get what you are looking for.

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Winterizing your pond

To most people October means pumpkins, turkeys, crisp fresh air and brightly coloured leaves. Now to some of us "the pond people of the north", its time for some serious preparation for the winter months ahead.

So now its time to get ready for spring. Yes, I said spring.
What you do now will help keep your pond, plants and fish safe and healthy and give them a strong start in the spring.

Here is a check list of important tasks for you to follow and great products that will help you achieve a clear healthy pond.

First clean out all the debris and dead leaves that have accumulated over the summer months. To do this we use The Muck Vac. This is also a perfect time to do a water change as the Vac empties out quite a lot of water. Water changes are crucial at this time, change about 25% of the water two or three times in the next week or so. Then just trickle tap water back into the pond very slowly so as not to shock your fish.

Excellent water preparations such as MicrobeLift, AquaZyme, and Koi Clay will be effective down to 50ºF and should be used now to clear the unwanted waste that our filters and netting has failed to remove.

We all know the importance of weekly / monthly water changes and none are more important than these next 1 or 2 months. As the average water temperatures are 52ºF-54ºF, tap water is 48ºF making it less stressful to do many changes before the water freezes to remove ammonia.

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Getting your fish through the cold winter months

Now is the time to start monitoring the temperature of your water, you should be checking on a daily basis. When the temperature gets down to 65ºF only feed your fish a wheatgerm based diet like TetraPond Spring and Fall Diet. At 50ºF Stop feeding fish entirerly

Click here for more information on Fall feeding and how to buy TetraPond Wheatgerm food

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Using Salt in the Fall

Pond Salt is easy and simple to use and performs many great functions for fish health. It is highly recommended this time of year.

Click here for the benefits of Salt in your pond