Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Reptile Room

The Pond Market has a New Reptile Room!

New Reptile Products are already on display.
Be looking for all the great products that
PondMarket.com is going to carry this season.
The website is being updated and the
new reptile products will be available soon!


Thursday, February 19, 2009

Pond Fun Fact

A sure sign of Spring: You start hearing Frogs around your Pond!

Tree and Wood Frogs tend to be the first ones ready to mate.
Don't destroy the eggs!

A Garden Pond provides valuable habitat
to substitute for habit that we have destroyed by building homes,
roads and other infrastructure!

The mating season of Frogs only lasts a few weeks
and after that quiet will return!


Tuesday, February 17, 2009

New Pond E-Books

The New Pond E-Books are up and running!
The old ones have been revised and revamped.
The E-Books are now compaible with Macs as well!
The E-Books range on information from How to Build a Waterfall to Basic Pond Care to Pond Fish and More.

Check them out HERE!

They're FREE!!









PondMarket E-Books!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Splash

Splash is the informative, all you need to know, Pond & Water Garden Newsletter.
Splash is full of all the latest news from the Pond Market.
You'll find special deals, news about new products, fun facts, and more!

Sign up for Splash today!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Pond Auctions

You asked for them...and Pond Market started them!
Pondmarket has already put a few items up for Auction.
These are items that have been used in our Display Ponds
and are being replaced this spring with new equipment.

It needs a little clean up, some may need some small parts -
but otherwise they are fully funtional
and can be had for Pennies on the Dollar!

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Seasonal Task Calender

There is now a Seasonal Task Calender available at PondMarket.com!
This calender will help provide pond owners with information on what they should and can be doing for their water gardens all year round.
February is already up and running and
the calender will be updated as the year goes on.

Three different calenders have been designed for pond owners
that live in different climate zones.

Southern Zone - Areas that rarely, if ever, go below freezing

Temperate Zone - The Middle Zones, the Midwest, etc

Northern Zone - Areas with deep and long Winters (northern US, Canada, Alaska, etc)

Check out the new Seasonal Task Calender HERE!

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Bottom Sludge and clogging Pond Filters

Every Pond Filter needs to be cleaned and
most of them might clog at some point or another,
but Pond Filter maintenance can be kept to a minimum.

Every Pond develops bottom sludge and many Pond Owners, unfortunately,
feel they have to completely drain and clean out the Pond each year.

These two items are related, both clogging Pond Filters and a lot of bottom sludge indicate lots of decomposing organic waste.

This waste is produced by a myriad of sources, among them fish waste,
leaves, grass and debris that blows into the pond,
uneated fish food, dying algae and many other things.

Reducing these contributing factors to a minimum
will reduce both Pond and Filter maintenance.

How to do that?

Think of Beneficial Bacteria as your best friends!

Assuming the Pond has an adequately sized Pond Filter,
using Beneficial Bacteria religiously and the right kind of Bacteria for the job
and the time of year goes a long way toward keeping these problems in check!

Use Beneficial Bacteria formulated for Spring to digest dead leaves and small twigs (use a net to fish out bigger quantities first),
an all-purpose or Summer formula to deal with the increase in fish waste and
Pond Plant debris and a cold weather formula in Autumn and warmer periods in the Winter to keep cleaning up things as they blow in the Pond.

Make sure the pH of the Pond Water is in acceptable range.
Beneficial Bacteria colonies grow much faster and digest waste much more efficiently if the pH is within the 7.0 - 8.0 range.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Fun Pond Fact

Herons love Pond Fish! They are colorful, easy to see, easy to catch and have limited escape opportunities!
The good news is that we know Heron's are very territorial
and once ONE has his eye on your Pond, the others will stay away.

Heron Decoys are a great way to keep Herons from fishing in YOUR Pond!

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

First Round of Results


The first results from the Annual Survey have come in and
70% of respondents asked for coupons.
PondMarket.com now has a Coupon Page!
Coupons are going to be posted on a regular basis!

Many of you asked for Pod Casts with Pond subject discussions.
PondMarket.com is working right now to get this in motion.
PondMarket Pod Casts should be going Live this Spring!

More Free Pond e-books were requested as well.
The current e-books are in need of a good updating.
The PondMarket Team is already getting these in gear for this Spring!

So much more is in store for the PondMarket!
The Newsletter will be published every week for the next few weeks
to make sure everyone finds out about all of the exciting news.

Keep your eyes open for all the exciting things happening at The PondMarket!

Friday, January 23, 2009

Fun Pond Fact

The fat in a Koi's body can get so cold and stiff that
they may swim in some really strange positions (on their side, head down, etc),
but once the water warms up this condition usually cures itself.