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How Pond Management Influences Restocking And Landscaping(Post)
Knowing when to restock your pond is very important, whether you’re working with one that is established or recently built. Aside from fish, other things that will need to be restocked include ...
How a Koi Pond Is Built: A Step-by-Step Construction Guide(Post)Understanding how a koi pond is built starts with recognizing that it isn’t just a decorative water feature with fish added later. A proper koi pond is planned as a complete aquatic system, wit ...
Pond Plant Spotlight: Mosaic Plant(Post)The mosaic plant is related to the genus Fittonia and is prized by many due to its stunning foliage and veins which are a combination of pink, white and red. The downside to this plant is that it ca ...
Custom Hexagon-Shaped Formal Pond in New Hope, PA(Post)At Fitz’s Fish Ponds, we pride ourselves on turning visions into reality, creating stunning, functional ponds that showcase artistry and engineering. One of our latest projects, a custom hexagon-shap ...
Why Should You Add Submerged Plants Into Your Pond?(Post)Many pond owners overlook submerged plants because they don’t provide the visual appeal of surface plants such as hyacinths or water lilies. However, there are a number of key benefits that sub ...
Inside the Sasha and Gary Vee 400,000-Gallon Pond Build(Post)A 400,000-gallon pond isn’t a typical backyard project. It requires heavy machinery, enormous boulders, carefully planned filtration, experienced leadership, and a crew that can adapt when the ...
Project Spotlight: Formal Dedicated Koi Pond(Post)“10,000 Gallon Formal Dedicated Koi Pond built by Fitz Fish Ponds in Kinnelon, New Jersey” Fitz’s Fish Ponds started building this project in the summer of 2018. This customer, who ...
Top Tips For Your Pond Plants(Post)Many of the techniques used to produce stunning and vibrant pond plants are the same applied to traditional gardens. Just a few of the things you’ll want to consider include the plant’s h ...
One Year Later: How the Vaynerchuk Recreation Pond Has Come to Life(Post)One year after Fitz’s Fish Ponds completed the transformation of Sasha Vaynerchuk’s massive backyard pond, the project has evolved into something even more impressive. What was once a mud ...
How To Manage Duckweed in Your Pond(Post)Although many pond owners like duckweed due to its beauty, and the manner in which it propagates, it can become a problem over time if not properly managed. Some variants of duckweed don’t have ...
Adding Fathead Minnows To Your Pond(Post)Fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) are a small, fast-reproducing forage fish used to feed bass and bluegill in stocked ponds. Most owners stock 1,000 to 2,000 per surface acre, in fall or early sp ...
Plants That Will Naturally Clear Your Pond Water(Post)Duck Potato, American Pondweed, and Pickerel Weed are the three pond plants most often used to keep pond water clear, because they pull the dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus out of the water that wo ...
The Five Most Fundamental Pond Lighting Techniques(Post)Adding the right pond lighting to your landscape is the best way to enhance it, especially at night. Below are five fundamental techniques which are used by professionals to produce both distinctive ...
How To Convert Your Swimming Pool Into A Koi Pond(Post)The typical large city has thousands of swimming pools, which require considerable costs for upkeep. The most tedious aspect of owning a pool isn’t so much the cleaning, but the fact that it is ...
How To Use Beneficial Pond Bacteria Most Effectively(Post)One term that new pond owners will hear about frequently is beneficial bacteria. When most people think of bacteria, they think of the harmful variety, but some are positive and a necessity for the e ...