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Getting Your Koi fishpond Prepared for Wintertime
Written by Owen Jones on October 3, 2009 – 4:08 am -by Frank Froggatt Although it is still late summer, it is time to start thinking about winterizing your Koi pond. Wintertime is kind of a down period for your fishpond, as there isn’t a whole lot going on through those months. Nevertheless, there are special precautions that you need to take before Winter arrives, to make sure that your pond and fish survive. Clean Up- Normally it takes about an entire weekend to wholly go over a pond. If it has any unwanted bulk material in it or around it, you need to clean it up. Inside your pond, clean up all leaves, silt, and other material from the bottom. Take out any of the flowers or plants in your pond that won’t survive winter. Cleaned up all of the garbage that is around your fishpond... more
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