If you live in a colder climate, you may wonder what to do with your pond fish when your backyard oasis is at risk of freezing solid. Fortunately, with the right conditions and preparation, many types ...

This undated photo provided by Kristen Alligood shows a pond designed by Sonny Alansky for the backyard of his home in Rockledge, Fla. It measures roughly 37 feet in diameter, and has three waterfalls ...

The backyard pond looks calm until the trap comes up shaking with something totally unfamiliar inside. The fish is odd, ...

Backyard ponds have been popular since they enjoyed a boom in the 1990s, but in recent years demand has shifted to water features such as pondless waterfalls and fountains, according to Water X Scapes ...

Pumps, filters and water quality are all factors that must be considered by pond owners. The water in the pond must circulate, be aerated, and can’t be allowed to become tainted by waste. All of these ...

Mark Hilinski isn’t the only one who loves the waterworks he designed and built on his 2-acre property. The Kingston Township resident likes to tell the story of one bear that came for a roll in his ...

On a winter night when Denver’s low temperature sunk to 2 below zero, Becky Peters-Combs heard a mechanical groaning in her Park Hill backyard. “That can’t be good,” she said to herself. So she went ...

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One fish, two fish, black fish, blue fish. Roslyn Mischel has one of each in her backyard. Interested parties have offered $150 for the blue one, a sum paltry enough ...

When Joan Doyle was a little girl, her Lakeview home featured a fish pond so large and elaborate that she and her siblings named the house after it. “When my sisters and I talk about our old family ...