Last Updated: 2/28/14

Click on the links below to go to the almost 100 web pages (which average 12 pages long each) I have written about hundreds of pond topics! That is like 1000 pages of information! How did I write all that? I should have been paid!

Check out my new site, Pond Showcase where you can see photos of various people's ponds and/or make a small free pond web site of your own (or a larger one for a small donation). The site also has sections for commercial pond companies and pond clubs to have mini web sites.

My Ponds:

• My Pond Setups and Inventories-
  
  • 50 Gallon Rubbermaid Tub Pond - Demolished 6/13/99
    
  • 1800 Gallon Liner Pond
    
  • 16.5 Gallon Liner Pond - Demolished 3/19/12
    
  • 12 Gallon Lotus Tub Pond
    
  • 20 Gallon Outdoor Tub Pond
    
  • 2 Gallon Pot Pond
    
  • 50 Gallon Tub Pond
    
  • 153 Gallon Liner Pond
    
  • ~20 Gallon Mosaic Pond
    
  • 12 Gallon Tricker Pond
    
  • 20 Gallon Inside Tub Pond
    
  • 50 Gallon Inside Rubbermaid Pond
    
  • 30 Gallon Back Liner Pond

  • 153 Gallon Pond Cleanings -
    Details of my pond cleanings (11 separate web pages)
    
  • Iris Repotting -
    Details of my repotting iris on 9/4/06
    
  • Videos of my 1800 gallon pond and of my goldfish spawning in it

• My Pond Pictures-
  
  • Index
    
  • Big Pond Photos - 1997-2008
    
  • Big Pond Photos - 2009-present
    
  • Pond Construction, Pond Plans, and Other Ponds Photos
    
  • Winter Pond Photos
    
  • Amphibian Photos
    
  • Animal Pond Photos
    
  • Fish Pond Photos
    
  • Pond Pictures from Other People

• Problems With My Large Pond-
  Problems I have had that hopefully you can avoid. Also, see my pond setup page for some general building tips about things that I did right with my pond.

• How I Got Started Keeping Ponds

• Pond Anecdotes - Short stories from Robyn's Ponds: The Frog and the Dragonfly, The Frogs and the Butterflies, The Head-Less Snake, The Magic Turtle, and The Fawn and the Net

• Comments About Robyn's Pond Pages

• Newspaper, Magazine, and Internet Articles - references for articles about Robyn, her site, and/or book as well as articles written by her; also internet reviews of Fishpondinfo.com

• The Missing Fish: A Teri Cole Watergardening Mystery - the first chapter of a fiction pond-related book that I wrote years ago and will never be able to finish

• Robyn's Pond Blog

• The Fishpondinfo Newsletter

General Care, Information, and Maintenance:

• Pond Setup -
  What to do before anything else, questions to ask yourself before building a pond, building tips, stocking fish and plants, putting gravel in the bottom of the pond, the best first web sites to visit, the big firsts in pond keeping, equipment, miscellaneous pond tips, and converting pools to ponds

• Pond Installation -
  Sample pond drawings, site preparation, liner installation, edging, overflows, after completion, and links

• Pond Care -
  Feeding; filtering; cleaning; daily chores; power outages; surface foam; finding leaks (including reasons water levels may drop); and keeping animals from getting sucked into pumps

• Pond Care Part II -
  Magically appearing fish, floating liners, and dirt ending up in ponds

• Algae -
  Benefits of algae, disadvantages of algae, types of algae, the effects of algae on pond chemistry and aquatic plants, algae prevention, algae eaters, other methods of reducing algae, UV sterilizers, algae control in large ponds, algae links, and more

• Barley Straw -
  Introduction and how it works, dosage, barley straw suppliers, barley straw notes, and barley straw links

• Winterizing and Seasonal Care -
  Pumps, plants, fish, and frogs; keeping the pond from freezing solid; de-icer tips; seasonal care including leaf nets and how to keep a pond cool in summer

• Storms and Ponds -
  Rain and flooding, wind, hail, lightning, hurricanes, and snow and blizzards

• Glossary of Pond-Related Terms -
  Definitions relating to fish, frogs, turtles, ponds, etc.

• Pond Talk -
  E-mail discussions between Robyn and others that cover plants, algae, decomposition, bacteria, chemical processes in ponds, a koi parasite, overflow designs, the benefits and workings of algae, why fresh water spawns algae, koi clay, water changes, gravel on the bottom of ponds, and more! This is information that does not easily fit on my other pages.

• The Organic Pond

• The Wildlife Pond -
  Creating a pond for wildlife and step-by-step guide for a simple wildlife pond

• Pond Articles-
  How to Have a Crystal Clear Pond Year Round; The Five Best Marginals for a Wildlife Pond

• Tub Ponds -
  Introduction to tub ponds, uses for tub ponds, choices for tub ponds, setting up tub ponds, caring for tub ponds, my tub ponds, and tub pond links

• Pond Egg Identification Guide

• Farm Ponds -
  Plant choice for large ponds; books; and links on farm, fishing, swimming, earthen, and large ponds

• Indoor Ponds -
  Introduction, considerations, indoor pond temperatures, overwintering pond plants, and links

• Bogs -
  Introduction, building a bog, plants for bogs, and bog links

• Pond Fun - jokes, stories

• Calculator and Converter -
  Determine your pond's volume and surface area and convert between dozens of units

• Preformed Ponds versus Liner Ponds -
  A short contributing article by Shawn McCulloch

• Pond Fountains-
  A really short contributing article by Will Ellerman

• Pond Bridges-
  A short contributing article by Garth Epp

Aquarium-Related Topics of Interest to Ponders:

• Water Additives

• Vacationing, Dealing with Unwanted Fish, and The Secrets of Pantyhose

• Fish Health - six large pages on many things

• General Treatment for Ill Fish

• Treatment with Salt

• Water Chemistry - The Nitrogen Cycle, Useful Conversions for Ponders (weight, volume, temperature), and Dealing with Poisonings

• Acclimating Fish - Adding aquatic animals to your pond.

• Water - Types of Water, Chlorination, Fluorination, Carbonation, Oxygenation, and Compressed Gases

• Water Comparison Table

• Breeding, Sexing, and Fry Care

Pond Sources and Links:

• Pond Books and Newsgroups

• Pond Catalogs - check out all the free pond catalogs you can get!

• Pond Web Sites - links to commercial companies, pond organizations, pond clubs and tours, pond FAQ's, pond magazines, on-line pond newsletters, personal pond web sites, web rings, banner exchanges, search engines, discussion boards/forums, sites with more links to pond links, and more. Visit hundreds of great pond sites!

• Pond Clubs - links to pond clubs in the USA

Pond Plants:

• Pond Plant Index

Pond Fish:

• Asian Fish:
  
  • Goldfish
    
  • Koi

• North American Fish:
  
  • Bluntnose Minnows
    
  • Mosquito Fish
    
  • Orangethroat Darters
    
  • Ozark Minnows
    
  • Red Shiners
    
  • Rosy Red and Fathead Minnows
    
  • Southern Redbelly Dace
    
  • Miscellaneous Fish -
    Catfish, dace, darters, killifish, minnows, perch, shiners, sticklebacks, sunfish, and trout.

• European and Miscellaneous Fish:
  
  • Golden Orfes and Other Orfes
    
  • Bitterlings
    
  • Miscellaneous Fish-
    Grass carp, roach, rudd, and tench.

For information on many species of tropical fish like white cloud mountain minnows that can live in ponds in warm areas or during the summer as well as information on other fish-related topics, see Robyn's Fishy Page.

Insects:

Turtles:

Amphibians:

Mammals, Birds, and Snakes:

• General Information - deterring wildlife, attracting wildlife, and books
  
• Snakes
  
• Birds - songbirds, cormorants, hawks, owls, kingfishers, ospreys, eagles, herons, egrets, pipers, ducks, geese, and swans
  
• Mammals - cats, beavers, deer, dogs, foxes, humans, moles, muskrats, opossums, raccoons, and skunks

Other Pond Animals:

• Snails and Clams - species, habits, and more

• Shrimp and Crayfish - species, habits, and more

• Aquatic Microorganisms, Miscellaneous Aquatic Creatures -
  Microorganisms, spiders, mites, worms, hydra, jellyfish, moss animals, and sponges

• Wildlife - habitats, wildlife, links

Most of these animals are species found near Maryland (native and introduced) but many have wide ranges all over the continent and even the world.

Summary of possible pond scourges:
Algae | Raccoons | Herons | Snails | Mosquitoes | Other insects

If you have a web site that contains information on any pond-related animal, you can join my Pond Critters Web Ring found at the very bottom of this page (so that the java script does not interfere with the rest of the page when Webring is having problems).

The Internet Pond Society (IPS) web ring is on my homepage.

The Alternative Home and Garden Web Ring (run by a ponder), the Watergarden & Pond Super Information Store Web Ring, the Ponders Pages Web Ring, the Back Yard Pond Web Ring, the Backyard Wildlife Habitats Web Ring (see my wildlife page for more information on backyard wildlife habitats), the All Koi Pond Tour Web Ring, the Water Garden Web Ring, the Pond Owners Parade of Ponds Web Ring, the Ornamental Pond Enthusiasts Ring, the New Ponds by Private Homeowners Ring, the Pond Happy Web Ring, and the Pond and Garden Web Ring can be found at the bottom of this page. Also, the Round Robyn Web Ring is there which is for people named Robyn (it has nothing to do with ponds.).

You can put this banner on to your web site to link to mine. Just right click on the image which is pban.jpg to download the image and then put the following html code onto your page (do not cut and paste; write it down and re-type it):

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Robyn's Pond Book is now available! Finally! See my pond book page for tons of information about my book! Also, see my Pond Book Flyer. The 1350K e-book and 8.25" x 11" softcover book can be purchased at 1stbooks.com for $4.95 and $16.95 respectively. Their site also has some information on the book. The book is a 292-page (body or 319 for all pages), text-only conglomeration of all my pond-related web pages (as of 9/01) plus a few extras!

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The server reset the counter on 9/25/00. The last recorded hits was 14218 on 9/1/00 since March of 1999.

The server reset the counter sometime in early March of 1999 for an unknown reason. The last recorded count of visitors to this page at that time was 4320 between 10/3/97 and 1/14/99.

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