Koi Pond
Water Feature Small or Large Ponds – Leaking Taps
Most small pond use a Submersible Pump with a Gravity filter/Bio Filter and UV light combination. This unit is a Add-ON to enhance your Small Pond look. The height maximum 0.5m high. Pump has a 10m cord with 2 pin pug. Don't cut off plug as this will affect the...
Koi Pond Maintenance by Isivande Koi Ponds
Isivande offers weekly or fortnightly maintenance contracts to our clients providing all equipment to sustain a pond is fully operational. For larger ponds i.e. in excess of 8 000L, we recommend weekly visits and for smaller ponds fortnightly, providing maintenance in...
How to Choose a Good Koi Pond Builder
If you are entertaining the thought of having someone else build your pond read this article before agreeing to anything! There are professionals who know ponds and there are others who don’t. There are some that are in the learning curve and will become great pond...
Mosquito Fish
If you have a Koi pond with some plant life where small fish can live it is fantastic to add some Mosquito fish to your pond. They grow to about 70mm long maximum. They eat mosquito larva. They are very quiet to watch and add some variety to your pond. The female...
Water Pollution in Fish Ponds
We have recently introduced a new solution to water pollution called Clinofish. It is a specific type of Zeolite mineral (found in igneous rock) exclusively mined in South Africa, and is a direct substitute for fish pond filter media that scavenges toxic ammonia from...
Do Koi Self-regulate According to Pond Size?
If you have a small Koi pond with say 3000 liters with ten small koi, the koi will be fine for a couple of months or maybe years while they are reasonably small. As they grow however, the ammonia content will increase and the koi will get sick and die off and although...