Nature's Beauty WaterGarden News

Friday, June 5, 2015

Get Your Feet Wet!

NBWG Newsletter

Summer

You're ready to splash into summer but are your fish ready? With these helpful tips from Aquascape Inc. your fish can enjoy summer too.

Tip 1: Warm water has a low capacity for holding oxygen so you can add oxygen to your pond by placing an aerator or AquaForce® pump in your pond. You can also install a fountain with a pump if your pond doesn’t have a waterfall or stream built in.

Tip 2: If you feed your fish, feed them in the morning and be careful not to overfeed. Uneaten food decays faster in warmer water and can pollute the pond.

Tip 3: Be sure to remove dying leaves and flowers before they have a chance to decay in the warmer water.

Tip 4: Be extra cautious when using algaecides in warmer temperatures as the sudden death of algae will consume a large amount of available oxygen.

Nature's Beauty Watergardens can help you with your water garden design or installation.
Call Steve at (660) 229- 3777

Sale: 1/2 Off Consolation Fee

Expires 06/13/15

Water Hyacinth

A great way to protect your fish from the sunlight is to provide the fish with the shade from floating plants. Hyacinths are an amazing floating water plant to do this. Their roots dangle in the water absorbing nutrients from the water. Because of this they work as excellent filters. Since they remove nutrients straight from the water instead of lower down where the majority of water plants are located they provide a more substantial filtering.

Sale: Buy Two Water Hyacinths Get One Free

Expires 06/13/15

Sarassas

Sarassas have the shape of a comets but have beautiful red and white coloring. They usually grow up to 6 to 7 inches long. Sarassas are sometimes called the poor man's koi.

Sale: Buy One Sarassa Get One Free

Expires 06/13/15

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Heads Up

With Spring here, water garden cleanouts are at full speed. You can still schedule your water feature to be cleaned by calling 660-229-3777. Clean ponds ensure healthier fish and fresher ecosystems. You should be able to enjoy your pond, not smell it.

Nature's Beauty has a full service shop available. Pick up fish food, beneficial bacteria, filtration, algae solutions and pumps.

Right now we have a new selection of fish for your water garden. These include premier koi and butterfly koi, nice looking shubunkins, sarassas, fan tails and comets. Also available are plecostomus and high finned sharks. They both eat algae. Come in and choose your new pond members before they get picked over.

SW Corner of Ellsworth and College in the back, Marshall MO
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9-5
Saturday 10-5

Happy Pondering!

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Free Pond Thermometer

Free Pond Thermometer w/ purchase of netting, cold water bacteria or cold water fish food!

Don't wait too late for getting your water garden ready for the winter ahead! As leaves and temperatures drop, a little preparation now for your pond will help save your fish and plants lives.
What to do for your water plants:

If you have any tropical water lilies, you may choose to try to winterize them indoors. Such as: putting them in a large heated and well lit (14hrs/day with at least 1500 foot candles) aquarium.

Or, you can try removing the lily from the pond before the first frost. let the lily go dry in a cool dark place for a few weeks. Cut off the dead foliage and flowers after soil is mainly dry and remove the nut-like tuber and wash clean. Then, put the tuber in damp but not wet sand or peat moss in a plastic container with a lid with a few holes poke in the lid for air circulation and keep the container in a cool, dark place(55-60 degrees). Watch for rotting. Then next early summer, repot and place in your warm(70 degree) pond. Or many just choose to treat as an annual flower and replace them with a new one from Nature's Beauty Water Gardens next spring.

Many tropical marginal plants can be winterized too, like cannas and taros. Tubers or bulbs can be stored in peat moss in a cool, dry, dark place. Some like palms, can even grow as a house plant in a sunny room indoors with their feet wet in a saucer of water. Hardy lilies will return next year if the tuber is well under the ice all winter. Trim leaves off of hardy marginals to just above the water level and they will usually grow back in spring.

Your fish need to get ready to hibernate for the winter. At 65 to 55 degree water temperature, feed a cold water fish food that is low in protein and high in wheat germ content. Then quit feeding altogether when the water temperature is consistently below 55 degrees. Feeding during the winter in not advised as it can cause very bad digestive problems because the stomach bacteria in the koi or goldfish has gone dormant.

Keep as many leaves out of your pond as you can, as excessive gasses can overwhelm your fish, causing death. Leaf netting helps tremendously, maintaining your skimmer, using special cold water bacteria (since the normal bacteria goes dormant in cold temperatures). Keeping an opening in the ice during the winter also helps tremendously. Accomplished with a fountain bubbler, pond aereator, floating heater or a combination of these. We have these items available at our store, now open Fridays 9 to 5, Sat. 11 to 5.

Our special now is free pond thermometer with any purchase.

Late fall is also a good time of year for water garden project. We continue to build ponds, pondless waterfalls, even patios and fire pits. Call now to schedule your consltation which is 1/2 price thru December.

Happy pondering,

Nature's Beauty Water Gardens

372 w. College St.

Marshall MO 65340

660-229-3777

Friday, October 17, 2014

preparing watergardens for fall and winter

ahh! the beautiful fall colors

Prepare your water garden for fall and winter.

We love the changes that fall brings, the cooler temperatures, beautiful leaves, ripening fruits and vegetables. But remember, the beautiful leaves come down and into your water garden creating some challenges in caring for your pond. Attending to skimmers very frequently and pulling out leaves can be very labor intensive. We though, have pond netting to solve the problem, in 7' x 10', 14' x 20', and 28' x 30' that you can stretch across you pond. Normal dry bacteria becomes less effective in cooler temperatures. We have special cold water bacteria that helps with added debris in your pond this time of year. For you fish, low temperature fish food aids in digestion, getting them ready for winter.

And what about winter. Are you prepared. Aerators to create bubbles that not only oxygenate, but help keep a small hole in the ice. we carry two sizes. Also pond deicers and floating heaters. If you need help setting things up we can assist as we do many fall netting and even fall cleanout if desired. If you have a fall project in mind, such as a pond or pondless waterfall, we are still are constructing till winter hits and, who knows, maybe a mild winter can let us build later. Just call for assistance: 660-229- 3777 for Steve. Or come by the Store at 372 w. College St. Marshall MO.

Note these Store hours: Friday and Saturday 11:00 to 5:00 but closed October 24th and 25th.

Happy Pondering!

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Wanted to make sure everyone had heard the big news.

"Pond Stars" the Reality TV Show featuring Aquascape and Aquascape products will be on Tuesday evening on Nat Geo Wild. Check your local listing for the time.

Pond Stars follows the wild world of pond building, as this talented team transforms uninspired spaces into water feature wonderland's, bringing wildlife into backyards and public areas all across America.

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Nature's Beauty

Watergardens Newsletter

Fantail Goldfish

Many pond owners enjoy the look of fantail goldfish. With their split tail fins and bulbous round abdomens they swim a dance all their own.

SALE Now 3" Fantails

Buy One Get One FREE

While Supplies Last

Plant of Choice: Water Hyacinth

(scientific name- Eichhornia crassipes)

Plants are critical to the balance of each water feature. Several times a week customers ask what they can do to help clean their pond's green water. When we ask about their pond plants--there aren't any. For this reason the plant choice in this newsletter is the water hyacinth. This floating plant provides quick shade and protection for ponds. The dangling roots draw nutrients out of the water that are otherwise sustaining the green algae. Increase the plants, decrease the green algae.

SUMMER TIME SALE

Buy One Hyacinth or Lettuce

Get Two FREE

Water Garden Filtration

For good water quality, your water garden should be filtered. Debris blown in by trees, mowing, or otherwise can cause a issue, it can even cause the death of your fish. It is important to have the proper pumps circulating the water, as well as mechanical and biological filtration. Please check out our website for Aquascape Ecosystem ponds and diagrams to see how this can work. Come by the store and see our demo pond with crystal clear water. If you would like us to see what one would do for your yard, call us for a consultation.

Special

1/2 Price Consultation Fee

Reg. $50 Now $25

exp. July 15th