Why have a pond or water feature?

We cover a wide range of areas for all fish keepers. Discover amazing facts on your favourite fish, learn how to setup a new reef or tropical aquarium and a whole host of useful articles to keep your aquarium looking its best.

Why have a pond or water feature?

We cover a wide range of areas for all fish keepers. Discover amazing facts on your favourite fish, learn how to setup a new reef or tropical aquarium and a whole host of useful articles to keep your aquarium looking its best.

Aquarium Guide >> Pond

The Fish Guide - garden ponds

If there’s one feature in the garden guaranteed to attract wildlife with astonishing speed, it’s a pond. Within a short time your garden will attract birds, amphibians, insects and many other animals.

The sound of moving water is soothing so during those summer months sitting out in the garden helps relax the body while enjoying the sunshine.

Fish in a pond are probably some of the easiest fish to look after. You can leave them alone or give them lots of care and attention, they don’t mind either way. The majority of people will sit watching their fish for many hours during the summer and find complete tranquillity in doing so.

Ponds are a relatively cheap way to start a new hobby in fish keeping. They don’t require large ponds and garden centres will stock pretty much everything you will needs to get started.

For small garden ponds that can house a few fish and plenty of plant life you can buy pre-formed liners that take a few hours to fit. These are a great way to start out and you can even buy matching water fall cascades

Do be careful when purchasing the preformed pond liners. The smaller liners are really only designed as a water source and plant life in the garden. If you intend to keep fish make sure at least part of the pre-formed liner has a section at least 90cm deep. These pre-formed liners will have plenty of smaller shelves giving you plenty of planting space.

Look out for plants that meet the different needs of wildlife. Flowering plants will attract pollinating insects, while plants with broad, flat leaves that float on the surface provide shade for your fish.