The more you know about your garden pond the better you will understand its specific needs and requirements. In Garden Pondlopeadia you will find invaluable guidance on every aspect of planning, building, and maintaining a garden pond, including: building, edging and planting a pond, creating waterfalls, streams, fountains, and other water features, pumps, filtration, lighting, drains, and liner connectors, simple water chemistry, choosing fish species and caring for them, together with detailed information on preventing, recognizing and treating common diseases, seasonal pond care and maintenance, with a chapter devoted to the removal of algae, and comprehensive listing of pond plants, with detailed information on each one. Illustrated throughout with helpful line-drawings and almost one hundred stunning colour photographs, Garden Pondlopeadia takes you through every aspect of creating and caring for a garden pond.