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article: Additional Equipment for the Water Garden
Additional Equipment for the Water Garden
Your water garden will require constant upkeep, but many water gardens learn to
balance their water garden without the use of equipment, or at least too much of
it. In a previous article, we discussed the basics in the water garden like the
ground fault circuit interrupter, the aeration pumps, and lighting, but here we
are going to discuss some of the other equipment that is very useful in the
water garden, making your water gardening tasks easier and saving you time in
certain situations.
A popular piece for the water garden is a water-circulating pump. A pump that is
going to take all the water in and put it back into the water garden that can be
done in less than two hours is a water-circulating pump that will increase the
benefits of you water for the fish and plants in the garden. The
water-circulating pump is often used in a pool where no natural stream is left
into the water garden. The water-circulating pump is used with a filtration
system so that the dirtiest of waters will be cleaned and filtrated for the fish
and plants. You most often will not need a water circulating pump if you have
been able to balance the water quality between your number of fish and plants,
but in some very hot temperature areas the water circulating pump the water
circulating will increase the oxygen levels as needed.
Pond sweeps are a necessity in areas of the country where leaves, pine needles
or other debris from the surrounding area of the pond get into the pond. A pond
sweep is just like a sweeper, going to the bottom of the pond, getting out the
major debris, the leaves, the rocks, the limbs and such so your pond is cleaner
and ‘easier’ to balance out in the spring months. Most often, your pond sweep is
not going to be able to get out all the debris in the pond, but fighting at
least sixty or seventy percent of what falls into the pond is a great start. If
your water garden is out in the open, you most likely will not need a pond sweep
to keep your water garden cleaner.
Deicers are another piece of equipment that is not needed in every water garden,
but for the smaller water gardens with fish living in them over the coldest of
winter months, this could be a very essential piece of equipment. Doing just
what the name says, a water garden deicer is going to keep the water garden from
freezing, so that the fish in the water garden will have additional oxygen even
during the coldest months of the year.
Living in an area of the country where your water garden is near trees, a pond
net could be used to collect leaves, stones, and debris from falling into the
water garden. A pond net is placed over the water garden, collecting debris and
then you can remove the net and empty it so that the debris never reaches the
bottom of your pool. This is a difficult net to use on the largest of water
gardens, but on the mid size and smaller water gardens it is a piece of
equipment that makes your water gardening tasks so much easier.

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