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Professional Pond Maintenance Service

Maintaining a pond is the key to keeping a pond crystal clear and your koi healthy. Nature's Touch Ponds offer a comprehensive service plans to maintain every part of your pond.

:: Pond Startup

Most ponds get shut down in the wintertime. Our Pond Startup includes:

Reinstall pond pumps to turn waterfalls back on.
Remove floating heaters.
Reinstall filters and UV Lights.
Change UV bulbs.
Remove leaves and debris from the pond.
Check water chemistry and adjust as needed.
If you have an aquascape system you need to do a pond cleanout yearly.

:: Pond Cleaning and Cleanouts

Pond cleanouts is a process where you remove the fish, water from the pond and clean all of the dirt and debris from the pond. You refill the pond, acclimate the fish and release them in the pond for the season

Aquascape Design Systems require a yearly cleanouts.
Springtime is best for this service
Disconnect the plumbing
Drain the pond, this water can be great to fertilize plants.
Catch the fish
Remove debris and wash the pond making sure to wash as much muck as possible. Rinse as many times it takes to be clean.
Clean all of the filters and filter pads
Refill the pond, dechlorinate, and acclimate fish.
When fish are introduced back into the pond it is essential that the new water is the same temperature, ph, and alkalinity.
Relax and enjoy for the pond for another year

We offer to check your fish for parasites as an add on service during our pond cleanout programs. A harsh winter can be hard on your koi, with this service we can ensure you fish are healthy and parasite free. If we find parasites we know how to treat them.

:: Weekly, Bi-weekly, and Monthly Pond Maintenance

Maintenance is the key to keeping your pond and fish healthy. Here is a list of services we provide when you sign up for a maintenance contract

Monitor water chemistry (ph, ammonia, nitrite, ammonia, alkalinity, general hardness and temperature) and fish health.
Clean skimmers and filters
Check pumps to make sure there are no clogs
Top off water and perform water change
Skim Surface and bottom of the pond for debris.
Add water treatments and dechlorinator as needed.
Clean excess algae from waterfalls.
Trim and maintain aquatic plants
Make comments or suggestions on your pond.

:: Aquatic Plant Design

The right design can add lots of beauty and interest to your pond.

:: Aquatic Plant Maintenance

Plants need to be divided from time to time normally spring time is best.
Monitor aquatic plants for disease and pests and treat these problems when they arise.

:: Monitoring of water chemistry and fish health

Water chemistry is the key to keeping your aquatic plants and koi healthy. If your water parameters are perfect your koi health should follow.

PH
Ammonia
Nitrite
Nitrate
KH or Alkalinity
General Hardness
Temperature

Monitoring of fish health can include watching koi behavior and checking them with a microscope to look for parasites.

:: Fall leaf netting

Keeping leaves out of your pond during the fall months will save you a lot of time and trouble. We offer netting and maintenance plans to keep the leaves off your net and out of your pond.
Leaves can discolor ponds and some leaves can contain toxins that can harm your fish.

:: Pond winterizing

There are many ways to shut your pond down for the winter.

Shut the waterfalls off for the winter.
- Minimizes the risk of running your pump dry when the top of the pond surface freezes.
- Water does not super cool going over the waterfall during the cold nights.
Let the waterfall run.
- Creates a neat effect as the waterfall and pond freezes
- Runs the risk of ruining your pumps and pipelines if the water level gets low and it freezes.