Design Ideas For A Fish Pond
As you create your fish pond, you’ll need to remember some basics as you locate and construct it. The size of your yard will have some influence on where you place the pond and how big it will be, but one of the most important things about the location will be the surrounding plant life.
Your pond design will need to take into account the surrounding vegetation and fencing, but you will also need to provide room for any extra equipment that will be placed around it. And you must consider what is beneath the pond location as well.
A large and very influential element to remember is vegetation. Good pond management has everything to do with keeping the pond clean and healthy, which means not placing it so close to trees that you’re always worrying about falling leaves and how to get rid of them.
Another dangerous result from being too close to trees might be that their roots could penetrate the pond and interfere with its balanced ecosystem. In fact, as you decide where to locate your fish pond you’ll need to be sure you know how far those roots extend, even if the pond isn’t right under a tree.
Once you place your pond liner and decide how to edge the pond, you can choose your aquatic plants. Keep a good balance among those that float and those that root along the edges. Remember that about half of the water surface should be clear, even if you have floating water lilies.
Introduce packaged bacteria, under the guidance of a pond supply store, to help the ecosystem gradually establish itself, and then begin placing a few fish at a time over several weeks.
If you plan carefully from the beginning, then in no time you’ll have a fish pond that will be healthy and balanced, and will become your pride and joy.
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November 2nd, 2009 at 1:38 am
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