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Slime Coat for Pond Fish and Beneficial Bacteria for the Pond

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Do your Pond Fish need a Coat ? ...Pets for Pond Fish ??? ...Fun (Pond) Fact

Your Pond Fish have a Coat! It is called a 'Slime Coat'!

This coat is especially important in the Winter, because it protects the Pond Fish like Koi and Goldfish from disease causing organisms and parasites!
The slime coat can be damaged by rubbing against plants and rocks, bad water quality and various other causes.
How can this coat be mended?
Pond Salt will help and water additives like "Pond Care Stress Coat" and "Koi TLC" are a sure remedy!
Keeping the slime coat in good shape goes a long way toward avoiding disease and having to spend money on expensive fish medication later.

Our printable Winterization Check List is HERE

Pets for Pond Fish?

Well, sort of....'Beneficial Bacteria' can be called 'Pets for your Fish' because they contribute so much to the health and well-being of not only the FIsh, but also the Pond.

In our trade, we loving call them "Bugs" because they are small and - in ideal conditions - they multiply like crazy!
There are many different formulations available, aside from powder, solid block and liquid forms there are formulation that are especially helpful for fish health, or plant health or - most important right now....those that can still do the job of cleaning the Pond and keeping the Fish healthy in cold water temperatures.

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Fun (Pond) Fact (TM)

Toads like to spend the winter close to the Pond!
Don't clean up too good around the Pond, leave a brush pile or two
for them to dig into and hide!

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If your Fish could Decorate the Pond...C & C Sale...Fun (Pond) Fact

If your Pond Fish could have a say in furnishing their own space for the upcoming season, this is what they would want:
1) An open Window into the World: A de-icer to keep a hole in the ice for toxic gases to get out and oxygen to get in - just like in your house
2) A Fireplace give you that cozy feeling? An Air Pump does that for your Fish! It makes them more comfortable, helps them keep healthy and improves their color in all seasons!
3) Light makes us all feel better, especially on short, dark and dreary winter days. Underwater Lights make the Pond look great, even wondrous under snow and ice and attract the errant, still moving bug as a special treat for Fish.
4) We all like a nice, safe place to rest. Fish do not need a Bed, but they do need safe places to hide from predators and Pond Netting and Koi Kastles provide that much needed protection!
There you have it: A fishy decorated space!

Don't forget: Using Cool Weather Bacteria now saves clean-out time in Spring!

Bargains Page C & C Sale

Buy any $ 100 of Cal Pump Pond Products on our Bargains Page, get $ 10 OFF on any Crystal Clear Product on the same Page!

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Pond Fish can be moved safely as long as the water temperature is 50 degrees Fahrenheit or above, but care must be taken to adjust the temperature of their current environment to their future one (let the fish bag float for 10 - 15 minutes for example).

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Are your Fish breathing?

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Your Pond is a Magnet.....
...for leaves! Have you noticed how every leaf in the neighborhood seems to find that little hole with water in your backyard? These leaves sink to the bottom (even with Pond Netting some dry, small debris filters through) and start to decompose. The decomposing process uses oxygen and combined with ice cover can cause a drop in oxygen that is dangerous for the Pond Fish and can cause death rapidly! A De-Icer will keep a hole in the ice and let some oxygen get in, but for Ponds with large Pond Fish Populations or medium to large Koi more help is needed! An Air Pump is a relatively inexpensive investment that, combined with cold weather Beneficial Bacteria, pays large dividends keeping the Pond Fish alive in cold weather and also helps prevent sudden Koi death if the Pond stratifies
(we will talk about that in the next 'Seasonal Tips' newsletter). Pond Air Pumps are available as a single unit or as De-Icer/Air Pump Combo packages.

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Special Fall Savings Edition

Help us Clean our Warehouse!
We make it worth your while!

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Special Edition of Savings - Up to 50% off

We have to clear out our warehouse,
new Spring Pond Supplies will start
arriving in just a few weeks!
Up to 50% OFF on items that we find
while cleaning! HURRY - these prices
are only good on in Stock inventory!
When it's gone, it's gone!
Stock up - it's definitely worth it!
Some items at or near cost!
We are installing new shelves,
so everything MUST go!
Rare Opportunity for
Exeptional Savings!
Don't miss it! When the
warehouse is empty the
Savings are gone!

Get it NOW

Other Great Savings available in all Departments!
Limited Quantities - Sale limited of inventory in Stock. No Rainchecks. These Special savings while supplies last!

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Pond Winterization; Cool Weather Fish Food and Pond Netting

Do your Fish have Indigestion ?

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Your Fish & Your Pond need Your Help digesting...Fun (Pond) Fact

Pond Fish are "cold blooded", which means their body cannot regulate its own temperature. Their body temperature depends on the environment they live in!
When the water they swim in gets colder their body functions slow down. This includes their ability to digest.
They also do not have stomachs! Their digestion is entirely done with their colon, which is slowed by their lower body temperature.
Feeding the wrong kind of Pond Fish Food once this happens can lead to severe digestive problems including impaction and even death of the fish (with no apparent outward signs of distress).
Cool weather Pond Fish Food contains easily digested vegetable matter (wheat germ and/or spirulina) to prevent this from happening.

Keep the Leaves out and your Fish safe! Cover your Pond !

A Garden Pond is a LEAF MAGNET!
It seems if there is a tree within a mile it will find its way into the Pond!
Once it falls into the water and drops to the bottom it will start to decompose and that causes several problems:
1) it will release nutrients that feed algae
2) it uses oxygen to decompose that is needed by your Pond Fish
3) it produces that horror of Pond Owners: Sludge!
Take the easy way out! Cover your Pond with Pond Netting !
It is inexpensive and saves lots of work and trouble later!

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Fun (Pond) Fact (TM)

Oxygenating Plants will TAKE oxygen OUT
of the Pond when it is dark outside
(or the Pond is covered with ice and snow)!
Photosynthesis (the process that lets plants
produce oxygen) does not work without the sun.

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If you could mine your Pond.....
you would find minerals and metals!

These minerals and metals are normally found in fresh water and evaporation and consequent topping off concentrates these minerals and metals more and more.
This accumulation of minerals can be harmful to the Pond Fish!

It is best to do a partial water change in the Autumn (20 - 30%) to dilute these substances and make the Pond healthier for your Fish to survive the winter.
We have talked many times of the importance of de-chlorinating all tap water that is added to the Pond, no matter how small a quantity it is. This time of year it is helpful to use a De-Chlorinator such as "Stress Coat" which helps to increase the slime coat that protects your Pond Fish from disease and parasites during the time when they are most vulnerable: Winter!

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