Garden Fish Pond

Adding a garden fish pond or just adding fish to your existing pond creates another way of expressing yourself in your garden. Like Roses, we don’t have room in our garden just now to have a pond with fish, but we have friends that do and we always look longingly at these fascinating garden features. The blending of plant and animal life in you garden just makes it seem complete, like you’ve built your own little ecosystem that you are lord and master over, albeit a generous an compassionate lord and master because you are responsible for all of the living beings in your domain.

Adding some fish to an existing pond isn’t just a matter of going down to the pet store and choosing a couple of goldfish, bringing them home and tossing them into the pool and forgetting about them. It’s not all that complicated either, but the fish that you put into your pond do need some attention, particularly to their environment.

A good book that we have found is Fantastic Fish Ponds by Terri Horsman. In this book, Terri covers all aspects of buying and caring for fish. She doesn’t get too detailed about pond construction as this is an entirely different subject, but she does talk about the various types of filters that are available. She also goes into detail on how to choose fish, how many you should have and caring for them. The book is available for download at her website, www.fantasticfishponds.com. The only downside to the e-book that is available is that it isn’t in PDF format, so it’s kind of difficult to print pages to save for reference, for hi-lighting or for note taking. This book will help you in creating your garden fish pond.

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