Pond and Lake Management

Is Your Pond or Lake Flourishing?

A healthy pond or lake does not mean that it is weed-free. Each pond or lake is a unique ecological environment made up of many variables. With proper management, most ponds and lakes can flourish with a healthy balance of beneficial bacteria, plants and animals.

Accomplishing a Healthy Balance

Balanced chemistry is achieved through aerating with a pond aerator. Many times aeration is obtained by wind activity or water flow; but in most cases, supplemental aeration is needed with a floating aerating fountains.

Aquatic plants consume excess nutrient contents and also can add an pleasing look to the pond with seasonal flowers. These beneficial aquatic plants will compete with unwanted aquatic plants for nourishment.

Animals complete the balance by consuming the micro-nutrients and/or aquatic plants. Triploid Grass Carp are ordinarily the choice of stocked fish in ponds and lakes because of their herbaceous diets,