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Pond Service Tip #1


The Best Time To Clean A Pond Is In The Early Spring Just After The Water Thaws But Before Everything Has A Chance To Wake Up!

The best time to perform a pond or water feature clean out is in the early spring.  You want to try and have the clean out before the water gets above 55 degrees.  Waiting until the water is warmer than this will cause bacteria colonies to form, throw off the ecosystem of your pond and cause more algae blooms.  This just makes it harder to bring your pond into proper balance.

It's also a great idea to make this your annual full-scale pond clean out.  Draining the water, cleaning the fixtures and pond itself, cleaning and checking filters, grooming aquatic plants and acclimating fish are all basic parts of this process.  By keeping your pond regularly maintained, you can keep the ecosystem thriving and stop any issues from affecting your filter or pump systems.

You can perform the clean out and maintenance yourself or hire local water feature professionals to handle it for you.  To find out how Laughing Waters Pond Maintenance can assist you in keeping your pond and water features running in peak condition, call us at 708.586.2393!  
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