You might live in a hot climate where you're concerned about your pet getting too hot, or you might simply have a pup who is a natural water baby and can't get enough of paddling! Whatever your reasons may be, a water garden for your furry friends is a fantastic way to keep them cool and entertained, especially if you live in a hot climate....
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How To: Get Rid of Mosquitoes the Natural Way for Your Pond
Any pond owner will be intimately aware of how they can attract a host of critters. One of the less welcome insects that flood tons of people's ponds are the blood-sucking mosquitoes. In the spring and summer time, these pesky creatures love to loom their heads around ponds and use them as a breeding ground. For anyone who doesn't fancy a blood clearage when they...
Read full articleTeton & PondMAX Fountain Accessories: Keep your Fountain Running Smoothly Year-Round
Our best-selling fountain accessories to help you easily clean and efficiently maintain your water fountain! The Teton Pump Sleeve, Teton XPRC3 Pump Remote, and PondMAX StatuMAX water treatment are perfect additions to maintaining a fountain year-round. Want to become an Authorized Dealer with Castle Aquatics? Click here to learn more! https://youtu.be/mMtmZZdoO_U If you are ready to order, visit our Dealer Locator to find a store near...
Read full articleHow To Make Your Pond Safe For Children
Pond safety is an important component of having a water garden. But finding ways to keep your kids safe while enjoying a pond doesn't have to be difficult or scary. There are plenty of ways to protect kids with ponds. Want to become an Authorized Dealer with Castle Aquatics? Click here to learn more! Use Pond Lighting Pond lighting ensures that the pond is always lit...
Read full articleHow to Troubleshoot Your Pond Pump Issues
Your backyard water feature is beautiful, serene, perfect—and cloudy because the pond pump doesn’t live up to its namesake. Or maybe it’s straight-up not working at all. You need to figure out how to fix it quickly before the stagnant waters become a new home for algae. There are a few measures you can take to troubleshoot your water pond pump’s issues, from the ultimately...
Read full articleTips to Create a Low Maintenance Pond
One of the best ways to take advantage of your outdoor space is to install and cultivate a pond. The gentle sound of wind whistling along the surface, the burbling brook you installed in the corner, watching the bright flash of fish as they flit past. Nothing is more relaxing and beneficial for your mental health. Nothing is more aggravating than giving up every weekend...
Read full articleMy Water is Covered in Foam! What Should I Do Now?
Foam is a natural occurrence on your pond, and in small amounts won’t harm fish, but it is important to get a handle on it before it starts affecting the oxygen and light levels in your water. Not to mention that it’s not very nice to look at. Why is My Pond Water Foamy? Pond foam is caused by organic material breaking down within your...
Read full articleWhy Do Water Gardens Attract Snakes? And How Do You Deal with Them?
Why does it always have to be snakes? If you have a water garden and have seen a slithering, sleek tail whip out of sight, you might rethink ever leaving your house again. It seems like snakes are pulled by a magnet to your pond. So why, and how do we keep them far, far away? Why Do Water Gardens Attract Snakes? Fresh Water Keeps...
Read full article6 Koi Pond Essentials That Pond Owners Didn’t Know They Need
While we all know about the most basic essential elements of a koi pond (a basin of water and some big fish), you can add some crucial components to get the most out of your koi pond. 1. Flow-Through The water in a koi pond needs to be changed periodically to help maintain your koi's health. At a minimum, you should be changing 10-20% of...
Read full articleIntroducing the NEW PondMAX All-in-One Filter: Maintain Clean Water with this full kit!
The PondMAX All-in-One Filter, made in Europe, is designed for easy and practical use in ponds. The filters have special foam pads that provide efficient mechanical filtration; a side foam with lower density to help catch coarse impurities and a large top foam with higher density to capture finer impurities. Special porous stone media, in addition to foams, promote biological filtration and help achieve and maintain...
Read full articlePondMAX Fish Food has your fish covered, year round!
PondMAX Premium fish food offers specially formulated ingredients to create a high-quality and perfectly balanced nutritional diet. Quality food minimizes fish waste, which keeps ponds cleaner and fishhealthier. PondMAX Staple Growth Diet Fish Food is a high-protein, low-carb food, and the high protein gives fish the ability to be very active during the summer months. It is recommended that this food be fed to fish...
Read full articlePONDMAX PA8 AERATION KIT: AREATION HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER
This PondMAX Aeration Kit has been manufactured with advanced technology to provide you with the best quality aeration for ponds or water gardens. The PondMAX Aeration Kit is suitable for many different applications including aquariums, small fish ponds and water garden applications. This kit can handle a water garden size up to 1,250 gallons with a power of 6 watts and air flow rate of...
Read full articleTeton Aeration Kits: A must-have year round!
The Teton Air Pump Kits come in 6 different models and are known for their unique technology and design to infuse oxygen into ponds and maintain circulation to help fish and plants survive. These Air Pump Kits are great for use in Ponds and Aquaculture as they are energy efficient meaning they are engineered to be cost effective and run 24/7 on minimal power; they offer quiet...
Read full articleNew Product Alert! PondMAX All-in-One Filters
The PondMAX All-in-One Filter, made in Europe, is designed for easy and practical use in ponds. Our two new models, SF750 & SF1000, have special foam pads that provide efficient mechanical filtration; a side foam with lower density to help catch coarse impurities and a large top foam with higher density to capture finer impurities. The special porous stone media, in addition to foams, promote biological...
Read full articleCastle Aquatics 2023 Product Catalog #31 now available!
The annual Castle Aquatics Product Catalog #31, effective February 1st, is now available for download! The 2023 Catalog #31 features products features all of your favorite products and several new additions to consider adding to a dealer store. With over 50 featured brands and 1000+ products, Castle Aquatics will be ready to stock a dealer store with all the products needed to help customers become...
Read full articleHow To Clean Your Indoor Water Fountain
An indoor water fountain is a genius method to bring a little piece of nature into your home. Listening to the gentle burbling of flowing water and enjoying the benefits of the relaxing white noise can be low maintenance and aesthetically pleasing. You also only need to do a few simple things to clean your water fountain quickly, making maintenance easy. Before doing any maintenance...
Read full articleGuide For Adding Plants To Your Pond
A pond is a stunning addition to your yard. With the fish, water features, lighting, and other features, adding a pond can turn your backyard into a relaxing oasis! Plus, by adding vibrant pond plants to a pond or water garden will make it look even better! At Castle Aquatics, we believe that plants should be an integral part of any water garden or pond. However,...
Read full articleCastle Aquatics 2022 Product Catalog #30, August 1st edition now available!
The annual Castle Aquatics Product Catalog #30, updated on August 1st, is now available for download! The 2022 Catalog #30 features products features all of your favorite products and several new additions to consider adding to a dealer store. With over 50 featured brands and 1000+ products, Castle Aquatics will be ready to stock a dealer store with all the products needed to help customers...
Read full articleTips For Adding A Garden Pond To Your Yard
If you’ve been dreaming of adding an enchanting and relaxing outdoor feature to your yard, a garden pond would be the perfect addition. If you’d like to add a garden pond to your yard, spring and summer are the best times of year to build a new pond. Building a garden pond may sound like a big project, and you may not know where to...
Read full articlePart 2: How To Reopen Your Garden Pond This SPRING
Now that the weather is changing and the temperature is rising, it’s time to start thinking about getting your yard ready for the spring and summer months. If you have a garden pond in your yard, you’ll want to be sure you follow the necessary steps to get your pond up and running in the best condition possible. In our previous blog, we went over the...
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