Customer Reviews

The Ecosystem Pond

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The book is basic in content and has an overall flakey/new age tone. It reads like a sales pitch for the author's pond installations business. Moreover the title has nothing to do with "natural" ponds. It just offers a 'different'(sorta) outlook in one area--which is 'use rocks on the bottom of the pond, young man'. I'm building a much larger pond than I have now, but I certainly won't decide about the pond substrate one way or another based upon this book.

I was looking for information on how to create a truly natural pond--i.e.,an ecosystem that is self-sustaining over the long haul---with minimal energy input. This book tells you how to keep goldfish and koi--that's not an ecosystem--it's an aquarium---hardly anything natural, unless you're trying to recreate a habitat you'd find in a Chinese garden. Not my idea of an 'ecosystem'. If I could have given the book zero stars I would have done so. Don't waste your money!!!!! It's not even worth the effort to throw away, sad to say. (Tell us how you really feel, Steve.)

I've gone to this book several times over the past few weeks. It is a great reference for many of the common decisions/problems you will face while planning, building, and starting up your pond.