{"id":2126,"date":"2021-07-07T14:18:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T14:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.gardenstatekoi.com\/MD\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2021-07-07T14:18:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T14:18:27","slug":"is-your-pond-ready-for-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.gardenstatekoi.com\/MD\/is-your-pond-ready-for-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Pond Ready for Summer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we approach summer, keep these three things in mind to maintain a balanced ecosystem pond with happy fish:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be sure to remove dying leaves and flowers before they have a chance to decay in the warm water.<\/li><li>Aquatic plants such as water lilies help provide fish with shade from the heat of the summer sun, cool the water, and even assist with algae control.<\/li><li>If you feed your fish, feed them in the morning and be careful not to overfeed.\u00a0 We recommend feeding fish no more than once a day, at the most. 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