Pond skimmer filters dramatically reduce pond maintenance while blending seamlessly with the surrounding landscape. Pond skimmers continously draw in floating debris such as leaves, pollen and seeds from surrounding plants and trees where they can easily be removed before they sink to the bottom of the pond.
The video above from Aquascape shows how a pond skimmer works, it's features and how well it blend sinto the the surrounding landscape
Your pump should circulate the volume of your pond a minimum of once every 2 hours, ideally once every hour or more if you have a moderate to heavy fish load.
Your pump should circulate the volume of your pond a minimum of once every 2 hours, ideally once every hour or more if you have a moderate to heavy fish load.
Great Blue Herons are typically solitary birds, so placing a lifelike heron decoy at the edge of your pond often deters them from visiting your pond and eating your fish. If you have a heron that lives near your pond, moving your decoy around from time helps to maintain illusion.