Index — all chapters A–Z
Every chapter in the handbook, listed alphabetically. Use the sidebar search (press /) to jump to any topic.
A
- Algae Deep-Dive — Green water, blanket weed, diatoms, and toxic cyanobacteria.
- Aquatic Plants — Four functional groups, planting density and technique.
B
- Beach & Swim-Entry Detailing — Gentle gravel shelves for wading and wildlife.
- Building a Bog Filter — Step-by-step gravel-and-plant regeneration filter.
C
- Calculators & Tools — Live widgets: volume, liner size, pump turnover, stocking, bog filter.
- Case Studies / Build Journals — Wildlife, goldfish, and swim-pond walkthroughs.
- Citizen-Science Monitoring — Log your pond and join real ecology surveys.
- Cold-Climate & Winter Care — Ice, de-icers, feeding, and spring startup.
- Container & Patio Ponds — Tiny tub ponds for balconies, courtyards, and small spaces.
- Costs & Materials — Realistic budgets and where to spend or save.
D
- Design & Depth Profiles — Shore-to-center zones, shelves, climate and plant-zone sizing.
- Design Styles — Natural, formal, Japanese, and cottage aesthetics.
E
- Edging, Hardscape & Lighting — Coping, gravel beaches, and night lighting.
- Electrical Safety & Freeze Protection — GFCI/RCD, burial, pump winterizing.
- Excavation & Earthworks — Tools, step-by-step digging, spoil, clay vs sandy soils.
F
- Filter Media & UV — Choosing bio-media and when UV clarifiers help.
- Filtration Systems — Mechanical, biological, bog filters and reed beds.
- Fish & Stocking — Density rules, species, feeding and acclimation.
- Fish Health & Disease — Quarantine, common diseases, and humane treatment.
- Fish Species Guide — Top fish species profiles for different pond types.
- Frequently Asked Questions — The 20 questions pond owners ask most.
G
- Glossary — Quick reference for terms used throughout.
H
- Hot, Arid & Tropical Ponds — Evaporation, shade, heat-driven oxygen and algae.
I
- Indoor & Aquaponics Ponds — Fish waste feeds plants in a closed loop.
- Invasive Species — Plants to avoid and safe native alternatives.
K
- Koi Ponds — Deep, heavily filtered ponds for large, long-lived fish.
L
- Leak Detection & Repair — Find and patch liner leaks without draining.
- Liners & Sealing — EPDM, butyl, PVC, bentonite, clay, sizing and install.
M
- Maintenance Routines — Weekly, monthly and a full seasonal calendar.
- Myths & Misconceptions — Common bad advice debunked.
N
- Native Plants by Region — Region-specific lists for NA, UK/EU, and AU/NZ.
- Natural Swimming Ponds — Two-zone design, differences and build outline.
P
- Planning & Site Selection — Sun, slope, size, depth minimums, regulations and safety.
- Plant Guide by Role — Top plants by function: marginal, oxygenator, lily, floater.
- Plant Propagation — Dividing, cuttings, and overwintering your stock.
- Pollinators & Amphibians — Dragonflies, bees, frogs, and how to host them.
- Pond & Wellbeing — Biophilic design, therapy gardens, and soundscaping.
- Pond Legalities & Permits — Permits, wetlands, invasive laws, and liability.
- Pond Microbiology — Biofilms, nitrifiers, and the invisible web.
- Pond Placement & Orientation — Sun angle, wind, views, trees, and soil type.
- Pond Renovation — Refurbishing old, neglected, or failed ponds.
- Pondless Waterfalls — Disappearing fountains with no open water.
- Predator Protection — Herons, raccoons, cats, and humane deterrents.
- Pumps & Circulation — Flow rates, head height, plumbing and waterfalls.
R
- Rainwater & Auto Top-Up — Harvest roof water and refill automatically.
S
- Safety & Community Ponds — Fencing, covers, and public or therapy ponds.
- Seasonal Calendar — Month-by-month care calendar and seasonal checklists.
- Smart Monitoring — Sensors, auto-dosing, and WiFi alerts.
- Solar & Off-Grid Ponds — Panels, batteries, and controllers for remote sites.
- Streams & Creek Builds — Long lined runs with drops, meanders, and sound.
T
- The Pond Ecosystem — Nitrogen cycle, nutrient competition, oxygen and trophic layers.
- Tools & Safety Checklist — Kit to gather and a pre-dig safety checklist.
- Top-Up Water & Rainwater — Chlorine/chloramine, softened water, harvesting.
- Troubleshooting — Symptom/cause/fix table and the barley-straw method.
W
- Water Chemistry & Testing — pH, KH, GH, ammonia, nitrate, oxygen, ORP and test methods.
- Waterfalls, Streams & Spillways — Weir leveling, liner folds, rockwork and pump lift.
- What Is a Natural Pond? — Philosophy, the four pillars, and natural vs. conventional builds.
- Wildlife & Biodiversity — Habitat access, what you attract, mosquito myths.