The pond is always great to have on your property but to ensure its beauty remains intact you need to take good care of it. Many people often have many miscalculations about pond cleaning and because of that; they are not able to take care of their pond in a serious way.
Here are the most essential pond cleaning tips that you can’t afford to ignore
Cover your pond: It has been seen that ponds are often open which is the big biggest cause of contamination and damage to the ponds. You can cover your pond with the help of a Polycarbonate sheet to protect it.
An open pond invites a lot of debris, dust, and other foreign objects from the environment that often makes its water dirty hence required more regular cleaning. If you can install a temporary roof over your pond then you would be able to save at least 50% of your energy that you would have otherwise spent on pond cleaning and its maintenance.
Install Fencing: If your pond is open from all sides then it is not good if there are more chances that your pond will get often consumed with dirt and other foreign objects. Besides this, it is also dangerous because small kids or animals would easily fall into your pond unwillingly that will enhance your cleaning work to a larger extent. To avoid the situation it is better to install fencing all around your pond area to ensure nobody from outside would fall inside the pond and foreign objects should remain outside from the pond area.
Use the best pond cleaning tools and equipment: If you want a long life for your pond then apart from cleaning it regularly it is also important that you should use the best pond cleaning tools and equipment for pond cleaning.
Water testing strips: Testing pond water for different microbes and bio-organisms at least once a week to enhance your pond water should always remain clean and healthy. Do you could easily get your full water tested from a nearby pond store buy full testing kits but it is better to have water testing strips what is a short and quick inspection of your pond water.
What you all need is to insert the water is testing strips in your pond for a minute and pick it out. Once the strip is out you need to match the color of the strip with the testing scale and based on that and you’ll able to know what the condition of your pond water is. Based on the results you would be able to know whether you need to add more chlorine, fluoride, or other chemicals in your pond water to kill those microorganisms that are affecting your pond water.
Skimmer: Skimmer is a must-have full equipment for every pond especially those that have many trees and bushes around it. On a windy day or storm, the leaves of the trees and plants often fall into the water making it dirty and polluted. With the help of the schema, you will be able to clean those leaves and other debris from the pond and clean your pond water.
Algae Brush: It is a kind of aquatic microorganism that is like fungi often found in still water. The Algae are sticky to the surface of the pond and not easy to clean it with a regular pond cleaning brush for that you need a special brush that has stainless steel bristles to scrub the algae from the surface. This brush will help you to remove algae easily from the pond surface, pond walls, and pond steps.