Pond Care Advice and How-To Guides

By Tony Staples How to Find and Patch a Pond Liner Tear If your pond is losing more than an inch of water per week and evaporation doesn't explain it, you likely have a liner tear. The fastest way to...

Milky or green water in a new pond is the nitrogen cycle running its course, not a broken filter. What each color means, what to test, and when to step in for the fish.

Shallow and decorative points to a fountain. Deep or fish-stocked points to a bottom diffuser. How depth, fish load and surface area decide it, with a side-by-side comparison and sizing checks.

A pond pump costs $5 to $65 a month to run, and wattage decides which. Here is the formula, a cost table by wattage, and where variable speed actually pays for itself.

The Short Answer: Roughly 1 Inch of Fish per 10 Gallons — But That's Just the Starting Point The old "1 inch of fish per 10 gallons" rule gives you a floor, not a ceiling. A healthy koi pond can...

By Tony Staples The Short Answer: How to Size a Pond Liner To find the liner size you need, use this formula: Liner Length = Pond Length + (2 × Max Depth) + 2 ft overlap Liner Width = Pond...

Pond Filter Media Replacement Guide: What to Replace, When, and Why By Tony Staples The Short Answer Most mechanical filter media — foam pads, filter mats, and filter brushes — needs cleaning every 4–8 weeks during the active season and...

By Tony Staples The Short Answer: What Does Your Pond Need Each Season? Your pond has four distinct phases every year, and what it needs changes with water temperature more than with the calendar date. In spring, you're restarting biology...

Which Pondless Waterfall Kit Do You Actually Need? The short answer: match the kit's pump flow rate (GPH) to the width of the spillway you want, then size the underground basin to hold enough water to keep the pump submerged...