Butch, Author at Pond Armor

Pond Maintenance Water Quality

Carbon Dioxide – Lurking Danger in Your Pond?

If you have not taken the steps necessary to add oxygen to the water in your pond, the carbon dioxide levels may be higher than you think. If they are, then the chances are that the concentrated levels of carbon dioxide in your fish’s blood…

ButchMarch 11, 2024

General Tips Pond Maintenance

Applying A Pond Coating – How To Apply An Epoxy Sealer And Have a Leak Free Pond

With so much research being done at this time of year, I thought an article about the application of a pond leak coating might be an interesting topic. If you’re a professional pond installer that has used epoxies before, then you probably already know a…

ButchJanuary 28, 2024

General Tips

Have You Ever Considered An Indoor Pond? 4 Things To Consider With An Indoor Pond

When you think of a koi pond, you usually imagine an outdoor pond in someone's backyard. Maybe a waterfall with a small stream leading to a bigger pool where all of the fish are kept. Lots of nice plants surrounding it, giving it a natural…

ButchJanuary 11, 2024

Concrete Ponds

Choosing a Concrete Sealer

There are many types of concrete pond sealers on the market today and the biggest problem for anyone looking for one is to know how to find the best product suited for the project at hand. You can search the internet and find a huge…

ButchJanuary 10, 2024

General Tips

Is Epoxy Toxic to Fish?

Is epoxy toxic to fish? That is a very valid question, is it not? There are a couple of things you need to keep in mind when trying to ensure you have aquarium safe epoxy, especially if you’re building a water feature that is going…

ButchJanuary 7, 2024

Concrete Ponds

Rough vs. Smooth Concrete

The surface area you apply Pond Shield to when you are smoothing concrete should be smooth in order to get the full coverage of each kit. The best way to explain this is to compare a ready to coat surface to that of 60-grit sandpaper.…

ButchJanuary 2, 2024

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Choosing A Pond Filter – Which Pond Filter Is Right For You?

There are simply a lot of pond filter systems available on the market today. One could easily get lost in the sea of products. The best way to try and figure out which filter you need, would be to look at the different way water…

ButchDecember 29, 2023

General Tips

Sealing Your Pond – A Simple Checklist To Prepare You For The Task Ahead

The big day when you will be sealing a pond is soon to arrive. You’ll finally get your pond back into waterproof shape. You will be able to bust this job out in a day. Well hopefully you will. Best intentions and all that huh?…

ButchDecember 26, 2023

Rubber and Plastic Liners How To

Patching a Pond Liner

Ok, so you have a hole in your pond liner now. That is just what you needed, a pond liner to patch. Not to mention, the hole is probably somewhere near the bottom of the liner. And why should it not be? It is a…

ButchDecember 18, 2023

Wood Ponds

Wooden Pond Structure Construction Materials

When you have decided to make a woodpond structure in this instance, the next step is to research they style they are going to build so that they may further educate themselves in any of the idiosyncrasies that may revolve around their project. I talk…

ButchOctober 12, 2023

Wood Ponds General Tips

Building a Wooden Pond or Tank

I have seen people build wooden pond and holding tanks that looked great, only to see them leak like a sieve. For those of you that do not know what a sieve is, it is a meshed kitchen instrument used for straining liquids. You get…

ButchJuly 15, 2023

General Tips Rubber and Plastic Liners

Blue Fish Pond Liners – Why Is Blue Fish Pond Liner Such A Good Idea?

People have been keeping Koi for some time now. As a matter of fact, Koi were actually used as a food staple by rice farmers at one time. Because the rice fields were shallow, the Koi could be let loose to swim freely until it…

ButchJune 1, 2023

General Tips

Koi Treats – What You Should And Shouldn’t Feed Your Koi

There is a variety of Koi feed available on the market today. Generally speaking if you read the packaging of the food you plan to purchase it is almost like reading the back of a can of soup. You will get to know what makes…

ButchApril 23, 2023

Water Quality

Pond Algae – Six Ways To Control Pond Algae Growth

Oh yeah! Controlling Pond Algae growth is my favorite part of pond maintenance. Not! That darned pond algae, I just hate it. Pond Algae is always a mess to deal with. Fortunately there are some ways to control pond algae so that during your pond…

ButchFebruary 28, 2023

Construction Articles General Tips

Just a Word about Colored Pond Liners

Most people have gotten used to the color black being their only choice when it comes to pond liners. While black is not a bad color for a pond liner, Pond Armor, offers a large selection of standard colored pond liner epoxies. We also offer…

ButchJanuary 30, 2023

Rubber and Plastic Liners

Pond Liner Replacement – 5 Tips to Make Replacing a Pond Liner A Breeze

The time has come to look at replacing your pond liner. Your pond liner has been there almost a decade and is really starting to show its age. You probably have a few pond liner patches that you’ve put on it. Some may have worked,…

ButchJanuary 15, 2023

Concrete Ponds

How to Acid Etch a Pond

You’re at the point where you’re about to prepare your pond for a coating. You may be asking yourself what is acid etching? Acid etching is the process by which your concrete will be cleaned and prepared prior to actually applying a coating. Learning how…

ButchJanuary 2, 2023

Concrete Ponds

Salt Water Corrosion Effects on Concrete

Did you know that salt water has a corrosive effect on concrete? It is. In fact it is a problem that engineers have been faced with for some time in regards to larger concrete structures like sea walls. Of course sea walls are corroded by…

ButchDecember 14, 2022

Calculations

Pond Volume and Square Footage – Simple Calculations You Need To Know – Part 3 Ellipses

What is an ellipse? Simple. Ellipses are circles. Did that confuse you? Think of ellipses as special instances of a circle, meaning if you have an oval shape, it’s still considered a circle, but a special kind of circle. If you have an oval shaped…

ButchOctober 30, 2022

Calculations

Pond Volume and Square Footage – Simple Calculations You Need To Know – Part 2 Rectangles

OK, let's move on to pond rectangles. To note, these calculations will work for those of you with square ponds too. As I said in part 1 of this series, you’re going to need to know the total square footage of your pond as well…

ButchOctober 24, 2022

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Carbon Dioxide – Lurking Danger in Your Pond?

Applying A Pond Coating – How To Apply An Epoxy Sealer And Have a Leak Free Pond

Have You Ever Considered An Indoor Pond? 4 Things To Consider With An Indoor Pond

Choosing a Concrete Sealer

Is Epoxy Toxic to Fish?

Rough vs. Smooth Concrete

Choosing A Pond Filter – Which Pond Filter Is Right For You?

Sealing Your Pond – A Simple Checklist To Prepare You For The Task Ahead

Patching a Pond Liner

Wooden Pond Structure Construction Materials

Building a Wooden Pond or Tank

Blue Fish Pond Liners – Why Is Blue Fish Pond Liner Such A Good Idea?

Koi Treats – What You Should And Shouldn’t Feed Your Koi

Pond Algae – Six Ways To Control Pond Algae Growth

Just a Word about Colored Pond Liners

Pond Liner Replacement – 5 Tips to Make Replacing a Pond Liner A Breeze

How to Acid Etch a Pond

Salt Water Corrosion Effects on Concrete

Pond Volume and Square Footage – Simple Calculations You Need To Know – Part 3 Ellipses

Pond Volume and Square Footage – Simple Calculations You Need To Know – Part 2 Rectangles

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