If you ask any homeowner who has a pond in their back yard, it is unlikely that he or she would be able to tell you how to clean a pond. It is something that very few people actually bother to do. Instead the majority rely on man-made instruments of technology, such as filters, to do the job for them. What they do not seem to realise is that these features are designed to do a temporary job rather than be a substitute for the human cleaning process.

Well, everybody knows that fish live under water and that there needs to be a certain concentration of oxygen in the water for them to survive and thrive. Pond aerator pumps are essential to the health of fish in captivity but they are next to useless if they’re not the right size.

It seemed like a good idea at the time. You know, the lilies you planted in your pond a few years back. Or maybe your lilies came from ducks bringing in seeds or through the rain or the wind. However they came to be, you’ve got ‘em now, and you almost certainly considered them in a favorable light when they first appeared.

After you spend the time, expense, and hard work of creating your own little water-garden paradise, do not overlook what a good-functioning pond skimmer can do. Although no absolutely necessary, pond skimmers not only help keep your pond from becoming cloudy and obstructed with leaves, grass (and grass clippings!), small branches, feathers from visiting birds, and other debris, but by keeping these things out of the water, they also keep potentially noxious gases from forming, which can sometimes ultimately kill both fish and plants.

Many of us who have ever had the pleasure of visiting a successful koi pond find ourselves yearning for one of our own. The fish grow to lengths of more than two feet and oftentimes come to behave much like pets we know and love that reside above-water.