Monday, January 6, 2014

Keep Your Koi Pond, Bird Bath Or Fountain Clean & Fresh

By Roland Stockwell


A bird bath, fountain or a koi pond are all beautiful features for your backyard. While these items are lovely decorations, they do require cleaning to keep them safe for birds, fish and other animals.

It is essential that you use cleaning products that contain no chemicals and are safe not only for all the animals in your yard but also for the humans, as well. There are several good products available that are not only safe and chemical-free, but also very easy to use.

The koi pond is especially fragile, as it contains your precious fish. To keep the fish healthy and safe, consider using either the AquaLily system or perhaps AquaSpherePro. Each of these contains helpful types of bacteria that work to keep water clean and fresh. The AquaLily contains a removable dispenser, and each month you pop in a new bacteria pack and then place it into your koi pond. Each pack lasts for 30 days, so after the time is up, you just add another pack. The AquaLily will treat koi ponds as large as 2,500 gallons.

The other option is the AquaSpherePro. This product is gently tossed into the pond and will biodegrade during the course of 30 days, releasing beneficial bacteria and keeping water clean, removing excess nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter. There are different sizes of spheres, so you just need to order a combination to accommodate the size of your pond.

Bird baths are another fun feature for any yard and are perfect if you have a small space but want that garden ambiance. Healthy Ponds has created a safe, easy bird bath cleaner that will treat up to 7 gallons of water. Each dispenser contains enough helpful bacteria to keep water clean for a month. Before the first use, empty and thoroughly rinse your bird bath and fill it will clean water. Be sure to avoid cleaning the bird bath with any chemicals or soaps as the residue can be harmful to animals.

For fountains, keeping the water clean is simple and easy with a product such as the Fountain Water Cleaner created by Healthy Ponds. Each cleaner will keep 25 gallons of water fresh for 30 days. The cleaners are sold in packs of four, so you will have 120 days of clean water. For larger fountains, you can use a product such as Blast, which treats up to 2,500 gallons and reduces organic build-up.




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