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Top Questions About Building a Fish Pond

What is the Best Soil for Building a Fish Pond? 

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Top Questions About Koi Ponds

How Many Fish Can I Keep in My Koi Pond?

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Top Questions About Maintaining a Fish Pond

How Do I Locate a Leak is in My Fish Pond?

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Top Questions About Danger Signs in Your Fish Pond

My Fish Are Always at the Surface of the Water. Are They Always Hungry, or is Something Wrong?

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Top Questions about Winterizing a Fish Pond

Do I Need to Empty My Fish Pond When the Temperature Gets Below Freezing?

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Top Questions About Water Quality in Decorative Fish Ponds

Can I Put a Timer on my Fish Pond Pump and Just Run it During the Day?

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Top Questions about Recreational Fishing Ponds

Seasonal turnover is a natural process in ponds and lakes, typically during spring and fall

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Top Questions about Backyard Fish Ponds

If your pond is relatively new, it’s worth considering some basic reasons for your pond’s lackluster plant life:

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Top 6 Questions about Fishing Ponds

How Do I Clear Up a Muddy Fishing Pond?

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Top Questions about Algae and Weeds in Fish Ponds

Managing algae blooms in fishponds is essential for maintaining water quality and the overall health of the aquatic ecosystem

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Fertilizing for Fishing Lakes

If you’re used to fertilizing fields for bigger crop yields, you may have already heard of fertilizing ponds as well. 

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Private vs Public Fishing Lakes and Ponds

Building a private fishing lake may seem like a big project just for something to share with friends and family. 

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Choosing a Fish Safe Liner Material when Building a Fishing Lake

Flexible liners solve a lot of the challenges of lining a large fishing lake, but they’re not all equally qualified for the task. 

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Preventing Water Loss with Flexible Liners in a Fishing Lake

Gradual water loss is a silent killer of millions of pounds of fish per year. 

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Structure and Design of the Fishing Lake

The actual design of the fishing lake is more complex than you might think. 

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Proper Fishing Lake Depth when Building a Fishing Lake

Choosing the right depth for the lake is essential to encouraging rapid fish growth and natural reproduction cycles. 

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Water Sources for Fishing Lakes

Careful construction and design will result in a fishing lake that is leak proof as possible. 

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Regulations on New Fishing Ponds and Lakes

The first place to start when planning any new body of water, especially one that will be fed by an existing creek or river, is with the regulating bodies of your county and state. 

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Protecting Fish from Predators and Self-Feeding

Fish fry are a primary food source for a wide range of amphibians, insects, animals, and even the fish themselves.

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The Question of Fertilization and Other Treatments for a Nursery Pond

Fertilizer is generally thought of as something limited to use on land. However, nursery ponds for raising fry and fingerlings are fertilized prior to the addition of new fish.

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Feeding Fry to Fingerling Stages of Growth

Feeding fry properly is the single most challenging part of running a nursery pond. Fry are not easy to feed, and even a steady supply of phytoplankton and other tiny lifeforms can suddenly disappear overnight or fail to keep them thriving.

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Which Liner Material is Right for a Nursery Pond?

Don’t underestimate the number of options you have for lining a nursery pond, even after you decide you want a flexible geomembrane.

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Liners to Prevent Water Loss in Nursery Ponds

While few fish pond owners would try to building rearing or feed-out ponds without a solid liner, these materials are also needed for nursery ponds.

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Flow and Water Change Requirements for Nursery Ponds

Like all fish rearing ponds, nursery ponds require a steady supply of conditioned fresh water and routine water changes.

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Letting Nursery Ponds Dry Between Seasonal Uses

Traditional use of open nursery ponds involved drying out the pond at the end of the season.

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