Pond Water Quality!

When pond water quality is good, fish suffers less stress and are better able to resist parasites and bacterial infection.

Good water is free of toxic pollutants such as ammonia and nitrites, and when it is buffered adequately with carbonates, it can maintain a stable pH between 7 and 8.

The best way to control toxins is to use a plants filter. Plants filtration makes water clean. Plants remove all toxins, therefore, your pond does not need to be supplemented with water changes as often.

If you don’t have a plants filter, for good water quality build a biological filter and perform regular water changes.

Yearly pond cleaning is generally sufficient to keep decaying organic matter at tolerable levels. By keeping your water relatively free of decaying organic matter will help to achieve good water quality.

Maintain a KH (hardiness) level in your pond of at least 5 degrees of hardiness. This KH level is sufficient to keep the pH of your pond water between 7 and 8.

Depending on the water in your locale, you may need to add baking soda to your pond to attain the proper KH. Four ounces of baking soda per 1000 gallons of water will raise KH 1 to 2 degrees of hardness.

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