A Healthy Pond Is a Happy Pond
Having a healthy pond inevitably means maintaining your pond or water feature to ensure it is in the very best working order.
As a result of running a healthy pond, you can be sure that you’ll get the very most out of it - whether it’s providing the best home for your aquatic life, or simply having a pond or water feature which brings real beauty to your outdoor space that you’re aiming for.
Top Tips For A Healthy Pond
The Aquascape experts have been keeping ponds and water features in Surrey healthy for over 40 years. We know that different ponds and water features come with different requirements to keep them healthy, which is why we use our many years of experience to first assess your pond health requirements before we carry out any work.
Below are some top tips to keeping your pond healthy that you can carry out yourself.
- Have the right balance of plants which don’t encourage the growth of too much algae or pondweed - or create oxygen deficiencies in the water.
- Adding oxygenating plants can help improve the water quality.
- Have the correct amount of fish in your pond - don’t let it become overpopulated.
- Over feeding your fish can lead to an added build up of debris in the bottom of your pond.
- Consider monthly use of a good quality blanket weed/ duck weed deterrent.
- Have the right pump, ultra violet clarifier and filter installed - get expert advice for added peace of mind from Aquascape.
- Remove debris from the surface of the pond as often as you can.
- Keep your pond shaded by aquatic plants - especially in hot weather.
- Ensure plenty of light can get to the pond in the winter months by pruning back any overhanging trees and remove any ice which forms.
- Check for any leaks and changes to the water level.
To find out more information about how to keep a healthy pond or water feature, get in touch with a member of our team of expert technicians, who will be pleased to help advise you.
