Water Treatments

Dechlorination of your pond water before adding fish is vital to the health of your fish if you use city water! You should perform pond water quality test on your pond water regularly to ensure water quality. Adding beneficial bacteria to jumpstart your pond ecosystem and keep your pond water clean and clear will prove to be one of the easiest routine pond maintenance tasks you can perform. This will insure that your pond water stays clean and clear and keep other pond maintenance tasks to a minimum. Here are some more useful pond maintenance links: spring pond maintenance, summer pond maintenance and autumn pond maintenance. The water garden product categories below will provide more information on each of these most common pond water chemistry problems and products to aid in the elimination of these water quality problems

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Routine Maintenance
Adding beneficial bacteria in the Spring is one of the ways to maintain clear, healthy water.Browse >
Chlorine & Chloramines
Chloramines are a combination of chlorine and ammonia, both of which are toxic to fish.Browse >
pH Adjustment
pH is a scale that denotes how acidic or basic a substance is.Browse >
Ammonia Buildup
Ammonia is extremely toxic and even relatively low levels pose a threat to fish health.Browse >
Nitrite & Nitrate Buildup
bacteria convert ammonia to nitrites and other bacteria convert nitrites to nitrates.Browse >
Low Oxygen Levels
Low levels of dissolved oxygen in ponds are likely the most common water quality problem in fish ponds.Browse >
String Algae
The conditions favorable to string algae are limey water with a high pH.Browse >
Cloudy Pond Water
Cloudy water encompasses the dreaded "Green Water" that makes the pond look like "Pea Soup.Browse >
Excess Pond Foam
Surface skimmers can further reduce the build up of foam.Browse >
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