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		<title>Multiple pumps have multiple benefits</title>
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For years we have told our customers about using multiple pumps. There are many benefits to doing this and there are only one or two negatives. The negatives can be compensated for with the lower price of electrical cost and convenience. 
Let’s say you need 8000 gallons per hour at your waterfall. You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://site.123ponds.com/blog1/2009/03/06/multiple-pond-pumps/</link>
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		<title>Social Fish</title>
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Salmon are independent, swimming alone throughout the year, until spawning season.  That’s when they flood the rivers and streams, swimming upstream to the places of their birth to begin a new generation.  Only the strong survive the rigors of this grueling quest, fraught with danger from predators and fishermen alike.  That is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://site.123ponds.com/blog1/2009/02/24/social-koi-fish-in-pond/</link>
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		<title>RE-LINE? OR PATCH?</title>
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When the pond is obviously leaking, there are ways to find that pesky leak.  The first is to turn off all water flow systems, including the waterfall (the number 1 culprit when a leak is suspected) and stream (#2 most common culprit!).  Monitor carefully as you watch the water level drop.  Just in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://site.123ponds.com/blog1/2009/02/18/reline-or-patch-your-pondliner/</link>
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		<title>POND BIOLOGY, in brief…</title>
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In the pursuit of clean, clear water, we have gone to all extremes inventing filtration systems when filters were practically un-heard of, just a few decades ago.  One word seems to be linked synonymously with all good filters—biological.  I wonder how many people actually appreciate the concept of biological filtration today…


            Biological simply [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://site.123ponds.com/blog1/2009/02/14/pond-biology-in-brief%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<title>Barley Straw Pellets (and Extracts)</title>
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The primary purpose of using Barley Straw products has always been to clarify the pond.  Generally, this is in regard to algae since everyone has been told that Barley straw products, in the process of breaking down, will sequester nutrients that feed algae.  The primary problem with Barley is that people may not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://site.123ponds.com/blog1/2009/02/09/barley-straw-pellets-and-extracts/</link>
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		<title>Microbe-Life/PL</title>
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This product is called by many names, “PL”, “Lift”, Microbe-Lift”, “the stinky stuff”… because it is the cornerstone product of the entire Microbe-Lift microbial line.  Everybody by now recognizes the name and the smell.  If it doesn’t smell, it isn’t good for your pond.  But, what’s the reason for that odor, really?  And [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://site.123ponds.com/blog1/2009/02/05/microbelift-pl-pond-bacteria/</link>
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		<title>CATCHING YOUR FISH</title>
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From time to time, everybody has had occasion to remove a fish.  Maybe the fish was ill or you just needed to do a scraping for parasites, as a preventive measure.  Or, maybe you needed to thin the herd.  The darker colored fish are the hardest to find and definitely the best swimmers.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://site.123ponds.com/blog1/2009/02/01/catching-your-fish/</link>
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		<title>BACTERIA AND BEAD-TYPE FILTERS</title>
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Some people say not to add bacteria to the pond with such-and-such filter.  Well, what exactly is the purpose of a bead filter?  Is it not the same as any other filter media?  Is it not to have plenty of surface area (beads) for bacteria to colonize?  Of course it is.  In fact, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://site.123ponds.com/blog1/2009/01/24/bacteria-bead-filters-for-ponds/</link>
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		<title>Bacteria and Cold Water</title>
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There are live (vegetative) beneficial bacteria in our pond, and there are spore-based (beneficial) bacteria.  The spore-based bacterium does not have the adaptability and competitive edge which our vegetative strains do, but at the same time, they will work better in the colder temperatures.  All bacteria slows down in winter if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://site.123ponds.com/blog1/2009/01/18/pond-bacteria-in-cold-water/</link>
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		<title>DOES POND WATER HAVE TO BE CLEAR?</title>
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Where is it written that pond water is supposed to look like a swimming pool, or drinking water?   Is a mud pond clear?  Of course not, but it produces the largest, fastest growing fish every year.  It is algae-filled, un-shaded, unfiltered, sitting out in the heat without the “requisite” depth for a koi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://site.123ponds.com/blog1/2009/01/14/clear-pond-water/</link>
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