Pond Maintenance

Question: I’m planning on moving my outdoor fish indoor for the winter. I am going to use the outdoor pond water in a preformed pond liner. What kind of rocks/pea gravel should I use indoors if any? Should I put some rocks from the outdoor pond indoors? Thanks. Answer: Moving pond fish indoors and keeping…

Question: we have a spring fed pond in our development (has drain overflow at surface of other end that flows into stream). it is oval shaped ad about 1/3 acre. not sure of exact depth but think 6-8 ft at deepest. Not sure of exact age of pond but development was built in 1991 so…

Question: Dear Pond Doctor, I have a 35′ x 37′ koi and goldfish pond. I live in a heavily wooded area. Last year I used the netting to prevent leaves in the pond, however, the weight of the leaves from the rain pushed the them into the pond anyway and the net kept tearing when…

Question: I am working on rejuvinating a natural rock pond for a friend of mine. There is a large rock face and two natural pools at the bottom . The pond has worked in the past without leaking but it seems that now that we want to get it up and running again it doesn’t…

Question: I’m currently building a waterfall and I would like to have my lights built into the stone.Any suggestions about the type of lights to use.They won’t be be fully submerged but they do have to be waterproof Answer: PondMarket has what you are looking with these wonderfully fantastically camouflaged Halogen RockLights with Transformers

Question: Help! We recently bought a house with a pond in the back. It is losing water, about one inch per day, and I don’t know the first thing about fixing it. I am concerned with the winter coming up since we will be turning off all the outside water and have no way to…

Question: I recently bought a home in Vienna, VA in the Washington DC area. It has a concrete pond that’s about 300 gallons. It has about a dozen goldfish ranging in size from the length of an index finger to tiny — 12 or 13 total. I followed the directions left by the previous owner…

Question: I added 2 air stones and an air pump to the pond this year. Should I leave it running all winter? I do leave the waterfall running and the pond doesn’t freeze except for some small places along the edge. Thanks! Answer: A fish pond can never have too much oxygen. Since you have…

Question: I have a very small pond with gold fish. I have a heater to keep from freezing now. Do I still feed them? and do I need the filter to be running in the winter time. We are in Missouri. Answer: You should not feed the fish =”https://www.pondmarket.com/store/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=2″>filter, but you need some type of…

Question: We have a pond that was constructed with the really large rocks with gravel on the bottom. My problem is that I my water level drops really frequently and I am afraid that I have a leak. How in the world do I go about finding a leak in such a large pond. We…