Seasonal Pond Care

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Winter

Keep a hole in the ice so that gas exchange can occur. That is the process that allows oxygen to come into the water and carbon dioxide to leave the water. A floating pond heater with a protective guard will allow you to keep a hole in the ice to achieve gas exchange.

Do not break in the ice, for that can be fatal to fish.

Spring

  • Remove dead foliage from the pond.
  • If you need to change the water in your pond, do so at a rate of 1/4 of the total volume of water in the pond at a time. This can be done every other day until all the water has been replaced. Add chlorine remover and heavy metal remover at this time.
  • Watch for increasing ammonia levels as water temperature rises in the pond. If ammonia increases, add an ammonia removing product to the pond.
  • Add Pond Zyme to remove pond sludge, such as dead leaves and fish waste.
  • Apply Stress Coat to restore the slime layer, which is a natural protective coating that fish have to protect themselves.
  • Start feeding fish when water temperature is 50 degrees or above.
  • Fertilize all water plants in the spring, using either a liquid or a pellet form of fertilizer.
  • Use Accu Clear if algae bloom occurs.

Summer

  • Feed fish in the pond.
  • Fertilize water plants once a month.
  • Check the pH and the ammonia levels twice a month.

Fall

  • Reduce feeding of fish.
  • Stop feeding fish when water temperature drops below 50 degrees.
  • Remove dying foliage. Cut the foliage back to pot level.
  • Cover the pond with pond net to prevent leaves from falling into the pond.
 

 




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