What Type of Pond do You Want?
Having the desire to have a water garden is the first step, the next step is to make the decision of whether you are going to raise plants in your water garden or if you are going to raise a type of fish in your water garden. Of course you could do both. Understanding a few of the basic different advantages and disadvantages of all these options will help you through these decisions.

Posted Wednesday, April 5, 2006

If you are going to create a water garden that will allow fish you are going to experience the best of both worlds in this natural pond. You will need to be careful in your selection of plants so that your fish can live in harmony with them and with the air mixture left in the water. You should know that there are a wide variety of sizes and shapes of ponds that will not only fit your needs for growing plants but also for fish to thrive.

When creating and designing a water garden for plants, you may find yourself spending a little extra time on ledges, placements of your flowers, and how the placement of these flowers will appear over a course of time. With a fish water garden, the installation is relatively easy and the decisions to be made are going to be limited to that of what you are going to grow around the water pond.

If you are looking for a little excitement and color choosing a plant water garden will be your best option for design. Creating the mixed pond, with both fish and plants, means that you can cut out expensive equipment that might add air to the water for the fish because the plants will add air to the water for their survival. Various conditions throughout the country will also help decide whether you are going to have fish, koi or goldfish in your water pond, because when the pond freezes over there should be one depth in the water garden that will not entirely freeze for fish to survive. In contrast, if you live in a very high heat area, the water may heat to high levels where fish cannot survive without your constant supervision and care.

Carefully think about water gardens in your area before deciding to add fish.