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Bring Aquascaping indoors with a patio pond!

11/16/2017

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Front and back view of our freshly arranged patio pond. This setup measures 22" square by 12" tall, and has a super-efficient filter/pump that keeps the water circulating.
As you can see here, you don't need a backyard or even a patio to enjoy a water feature, this one is inside our store!

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Wetland Filters

10/5/2017

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Using Wetland Filtration on Your Backyard Pond
Does your pond have sparkling clear water?  If so, does it require a lot of effort to keep it that way?  Thanks to the benefits of a properly-built wetland filter, it doesn’t have to!    

What is a wetland filter?
A wetlands filter is an advanced form of natural filtration.  Think of it as a big hungry sponge that feeds on the waste from fish and plants.  Like a sponge, it is porous, allowing water to slowly pass through.  Like a sea-sponge, it is alive, and it literally has an appetite for the stuff that clouds your pond water.  Unlike a sponge, a wetlands is a complete ecosystem, populated by of trillions of individual bacteria, and usually, a handful of plants and invertebrates.  These organisms colonize on the bottom of the pond and feed on particulates suspended in the water.  

When you look at an established wetland in a backyard pond, it just looks like a shallow area with slow-moving water over fine gravel.  Maybe there’s some grasses or thalia plants growing there.  What you won’t see, however, is what’s going on beneath the surface that allows it to clean your water so efficiently.   
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What to expect when you Hire Landvista Aquascapes to build or renovate a water feature

3/22/2017

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Our job at Landvista Aquascapes is to enhance your living space - be it installing a relaxing waterfall or revamping your landscaping to create a relaxing retreat - we’re called in to make things pretty.  Of course, that also means that we need to actually spend time in your space while we do that: in an effort to make that process as easy on you as possible, we thought we’d outline the steps taken once you contact us.
  1. Send pictures of your space via text message to 609-670-6537, or email them to Lisa@SJPonds.com
  2. Initial call with Lisa - (30 minutes) * FREE over-the-phone estimate * Discuss expectations and ideas
  3. In-home Consultation - (1 hour) * Discuss details of project in depth providing you with valuable information that is exclusive to the consultation. * Goals, problems, expectations, regulations (HOA, etc.) * $150 to $500 Consultation Fee depending on the scope of the project (credited toward project)
  4. 50% Deposit required to schedule and hold installation date
  5. Walk-Through with the Landvista team, if necessary. * Introduction to the Foreman * Exchange contact information * Set project timeline
*** Steps described in detail below ***

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Designing a Proper Duck Pond

9/13/2016

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If you're a regular reader of this blog, you may have noticed that many of our posts regard the criteria for pond that will be home to a specific family of animal.  Thus far, we've described ponds for turtles, bass, frogs, dragonflies, and snails.  Today's post is about a different class of animal: avian.  More specifically, it is about ponds built for ducks!  This article will describe exactly what ducks need in a pond, and how to design a pond where your feathered fowl can thrive. 

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The friendly mallard: more polite than a rooster!
Filtration
Easily the biggest challenge with designing and owning a duck pond is achieving adequate filtration.  A standard ecosystem pond designed for koi will quickly become overloaded with waste when ducks are introduced.  To effectively handle a load of ducks, you'll definitely want to have a wetland or bog filter.  This uses plants and bacteria to naturally utilize the excess nitrates in the duck detritus as nutrients for growth.  Deciding how large to make your wetland depends on the number of ducks and the size of the pond.  A typical fish pond will have a wetland averaging about 10% of the pond's surface area.  For ducks, you'll want it sized between 30-50% of the pond's surface area.  That may sound like a lot, but consider how the typical environment where ducks thrive is full of reeds and cattails.  That doesn't happen by accident, those reeds grow so well because the ducks provide them plenty of fertilizer.  It's been discovered that the best plants for using in the wetlands of a duck pond are reeds and cattails.  Due to their density and vertical growth, they use the greatest amount of nitrates relative to the area they occupy.
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Can I keep largemouth bass in my pond?

8/4/2016

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Not your typical water garden resident: The Largemouth Bass
People often ask us about keeping bass in their pond, either in addition to koi or in place of koi.  There are typically two groups we hear from: people interested in introducing bass to a pond with established ornamentals like koi and goldfish; and people starting from scratch who are interested in having a pond designed and built specifically for keeping bass.  Most people reading this are probably in the first group, so we’ll start there.

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Tips on Creating an Ideal Pond for Turtles

7/15/2016

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Turtles are one of nature's truly unique wonders.  They have been around on this planet since the time of dinosaurs, at least 220 million years!  They have an extremely long lifespan, ranging between 80-150 years depending on species and habitat.  Like many reptiles, their DNA is very stable and has changed very little over the millions of years of their existence.  ​
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